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[โ€“] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They get paid in moderator power trips. "What did you say? Banning..."

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

I think some of the mods are power tripping, but when I was a mod on one of the subs I think I only ever banned one person. If somebody else had been prepared to motivate the sub then I'd have been happy to let them do it, but it ended up me me doing it.