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vikingerik on March 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Software with biggest potential for positi...

Moderators are paid in power. They get to apply their opinions to determine what others can see. That is a very tempting wage for many.

itake on March 28, 2022 [–]

Power doesn't put food on the table.

At best, moderators will be influenced by corporate paychecks and at worst be exclusively composed of privileged people that don't need to work.

This is the reason we pay politicians.

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