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ResetEra Ownership Update
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Mods should probably get paid but I don't think volunteering for a mod position on an enthusiast forum is labour exploitation.
Also hope this forum never allows posts to have Likes.
That is the stupidest thing and only made for popular people and echo chamber posts.
That is the stupidest thing and only made for popular people and echo chamber posts.
Ideally it should be a paid role where the moderators are trained and supported as community managers. This is what moderators on large forums essentially do anyway. The "job scope" is much wider than just locking threads or banning people. For good moderation to take place, you have to build trust and engage with the community so people feel listened to. You need to have a good handle on the various subcommunities and their individual needs and quirks. There is constant discussion among moderators on how to build positive culture and discourage toxic behaviour without just waving a banstick around.
This is all stuff that moderators do which community managers also do, except on a forum like this it tends to be informal, not that well supported by peers, and done out of the "goodness of the heart" because moderators are long time members of the community as it is.
By making it a paid position, it means there is incentive to introduce proper support and training, selecting a team that has stability, and it would be helpful for those who might want something more legitimate they can put on a resume as well.
When you're getting shafted out of a share of 4.5 million dollars for the great benefit of "being an integral part of the community", it sure is.
The volunteering part isn't. It's the day to day "job" and the expectations of the role without the best support system in place that is exploitative. It doesn't even have to be intentionally exploitative, it just naturally is.
This forum already has 'likes' in the form of visible quoted posts. That's why certain people rush to post """""""funny""""""" first replies to every new thread.
You might end up using Discord, but you won't like it. It's not conducive for long-form conversation. Or even proper categorization .
Well, you have to think though, the site would very likely not even be up and running today if mods didn't exist. Essentially, the owner of Resetera needs mods WAY more than mods needs Resetera.
You mean you don't want dopamine dispensers to up the engagement?
"We'll build a great team of underrepresented and underprivileged minorites and not pay them," they said.
I don't think it's that different, tbh. If a hypothetical site is pulling in a million dollars a year in ad revenue, what does it matter if that money flows to a single "independent" owner vs an established corporation, if in both cases the moderators are doing the work for free, particularly if the owner is not involved in the community in either situation.
Says the user who colluded with the mods and staff in order to drive regulars off the site to be an integral part of the community.
Only one i'm aware of is nintendo fans
oh and nintendo's sales fans. /s
many PC, Sales, Xbox and Nintendo Era folks have splintered off to their own respective places
There was always an assumption that the site was home spun, running ads just to stay online and keep the lights on.
This news completely shatters that. There is no question that businesses should pay their employees.
Bingo. Site would be nothing without the people that actually manage it. Not a fan of this.
Listen, they're getting paid in exposure!
MOBA, my new masters, please ban people for posting conspiracy theories. We can start with this post.
lmao announcing your multi-million dollar deal in the same post you say mods are volunteers is just ice cold. goddamn dude if you're a mod you got so fucked over so bad you dont owe this guy or these new owners your labour like this.
anyway very cool to sell a huge database of verified personal emails to some evil private equity vultures, going by this company's investor list. gonna be a hilarious couple days on this forum.
anyway very cool to sell a huge database of verified personal emails to some evil private equity vultures, going by this company's investor list. gonna be a hilarious couple days on this forum.
I mean; it's clear that sinister stuff is afoot. It's just currently unclear what the exact evil gameplan is, is what I mean.
Gotta respect the hustle. Happening to have the starting capital to make the website then passively sitting on it while unpaid labor builds the site to a value of 700k a year and a 4.5 mil sale is a hell of a cushy gig. An appropriate term for that is being a LANlord.
Company buys another company, nothing will change nudge nudge wink wink. We've heard that tale before.
Anyway, we'll see innit.
Anyway, we'll see innit.
Probably too old to keep posting anyways and just move completely to social media for news. Might actually play and watch more things
Pretty cool that one person can walk away with all of the fruits of the labor and content creation of its user base while barely engaging with the website themselves.
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