Reddit CEO Defends His Absurdly High Pay While Not Paying Mods
Reddit founder and CEO Steve Huffman gifted himself a stunning $193 million compensation package — while mods get nothing.
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Mods volunteer... I don't see the problem here.
I agree. But also the content and quality of their work would likely be better if they were paid. Probably a much better value to Reddit than Spez having a yacht. Or Spez
Unless the improved quality would result directly in increased profit for Reddit Inc., I don't see why they would bother paying for a service that people will FIGHT to do for free. If you sacked every single mod on Reddit today, most of them would be replaced within a day by more power-hungry individuals that will mod endless content for a simple ego boost.
I don’t know if I agree. Reddit doesn’t seem to have a huge issue with “bad mods” atm (despite what the community says, the website is more popular than ever). I struggle to think of a way to pay mods that wouldn’t absolutely fuck things or immediately drive it into a system where suddenly all these users are trying to maximize their profits or bribe existing mods to be part of the team in order to get Reddit money.
For instance, some large subs operate with only a small handful of mods. Others like the askscience sub operates with literally hundreds of sub-mods. Does each subreddit now need a guild accountant to determine who gets what money?
I don’t like Spez, but I really dont see paying mods as making the site better in any capacity for end users
I hear you and I'd prioritize paying the employees a decent wage and putting money back into the platform. But one avenue of that could be paying mods. Not enough to warrant bribery. But more like a small amount to make it a decent side hustle or for someone to do it part time. But there's a lot of complications with that, admittedly.
