CaspianXI@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy would anyone want to be a moderator?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhy would anyone want to be a moderator?CaspianXI@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecuriosityLynx@kglitch.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThere’s a middle ground between being altruistic and having an ulterior motive: You want the community you’re willing to moderate to not be filled with crap because you personally like it better when it’s not filled with crap.
minus-squarecuriosityLynx@kglitch.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoKind of similar to how most people clean their home primarily because they don’t like living in filth rather than to benefit society.
minus-squaredarkstar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI clean my home because we have guests over often and I don’t want them to hate me
There’s a middle ground between being altruistic and having an ulterior motive:
You want the community you’re willing to moderate to not be filled with crap because you personally like it better when it’s not filled with crap.
Kind of similar to how most people clean their home primarily because they don’t like living in filth rather than to benefit society.
I clean my home because we have guests over often and I don’t want them to hate me