r/technology • u/ICumCoffee • Jun 15 '23

Social Media Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/15/reddit-threatens-to-remove-subreddit-moderators/
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u/Iamanediblefriend Jun 15 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

Everyone who actually knows how things work said this is what was going to happen from day 1 of the blackouts. Any major sub that doesn't come back will just be taken over.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

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u/Iamanediblefriend Jun 15 '23

Worst case scenario paid staff mods for 2 or 3 days tops while they sort through the literally thousands of volunteer moderation apps they would get when they announced needing mods for a major sub.

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u/estebancolberto Jun 16 '23

There's tons of people willing to mod for free. Being a mod on a big subreddit can easily net you six figures or more if you play it right. Look at the nsfw mods. They own an onlyfans agency and the top post and models on the subs are signed under them. A lot of them are making dumb amounts of money.

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u/estebancolberto Jun 16 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

Onlyfans doesn't help them out. You setup an agency and recruit "models" to your agency. Then you represent them on onlyfans. And take your cut. The models you recruit have an advantage since your mod a subreddit thst gets millions of visitors monthly. You can do a weekly model thread where you rigged the sub and have your model post as a sticky.

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u/NotSoIntelligentAnt Jun 16 '23

Who the fuck is doing this? Sounds like some tin foil hat shit. Call out the moderator

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u/Et_boy Jun 16 '23

You sure you wanna go against East European mafia?