▲ 40 ▼ Reddit mods discuss forming a union and suing for back pay (old.reddit.com) submitted 3 years ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GankTopPlz@kbin.social -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) Reddit hires staff to do moderation and if your neighbor hires a lawn care service, you should be paid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluskale@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But it this case, it’s more like… you’re mowing your neighbor’s lawn at his invitation, you have to follow his guidelines or be fired, and when you mow his lawn he saves money because he doesn’t have to have the lawn care service come. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GankTopPlz@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago mods had unilateral control over their communities until very recently. short of doing anything illegal or breaking TOS, mods could ban whoever they wanted for any reason. what stopped this was the fact that communities would riot if mods were to ban random users they simply didn't like. look at places like /r/latestagecapitalism, /r/blackpeopletwitter, /r/witchesvepatriarchy, or /r/conservative, they will all aggressively ban users or block users from posting if they do not go through verification or disagree with the group think. and the community loves it because they're stuck in their echo chambers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluskale@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But it this case, it’s more like… you’re mowing your neighbor’s lawn at his invitation, you have to follow his guidelines or be fired, and when you mow his lawn he saves money because he doesn’t have to have the lawn care service come. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GankTopPlz@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago mods had unilateral control over their communities until very recently. short of doing anything illegal or breaking TOS, mods could ban whoever they wanted for any reason. what stopped this was the fact that communities would riot if mods were to ban random users they simply didn't like. look at places like /r/latestagecapitalism, /r/blackpeopletwitter, /r/witchesvepatriarchy, or /r/conservative, they will all aggressively ban users or block users from posting if they do not go through verification or disagree with the group think. and the community loves it because they're stuck in their echo chambers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GankTopPlz@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago mods had unilateral control over their communities until very recently. short of doing anything illegal or breaking TOS, mods could ban whoever they wanted for any reason. what stopped this was the fact that communities would riot if mods were to ban random users they simply didn't like. look at places like /r/latestagecapitalism, /r/blackpeopletwitter, /r/witchesvepatriarchy, or /r/conservative, they will all aggressively ban users or block users from posting if they do not go through verification or disagree with the group think. and the community loves it because they're stuck in their echo chambers. permalink fedilink source parent