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In 2017, there were 74,260 moderators of active subreddits on the site.. We can only assume that number has gone up over time.
If they were to pay each of those moderators $50 a week, or $2600 a year (which is probably generous for the kind of work they've already been doing for free), it would almost exactly match the amount of Spez's pay package ($193 mil). And they actually keep the site RUNNING. Spez is literally just a leech.
He feels entitled to their labor for free, simply because he thinks he deserves free labor.
I mean....they fucking volunteered for a free position and could leave at any moment. I hate reddit and I hate this dude but I don't get why 'why aren't you paying the mods' keeps coming up.
They went out of their way to take a position that they knew they would never be paid for lol
I was a moderator and left.