I mean, it's quite literally thankless work and unpaid labor. That wears on you after a while, after the glow of power and responsibility fades.
If you want pro-social, community-oriented mods, you pay them a living wage (like MetaFilter does) and give them more than just circumscribed authority and literally zero tools that the community didn't make themselves. Otherwise, you get what you pay for
If you want pro-social, community-oriented mods, you pay them a living wage (like MetaFilter does) and give them more than just circumscribed authority and literally zero tools that the community didn't make themselves. Otherwise, you get what you pay for