• Remmy@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      True story. I started two gaming related subreddits 12 years ago. Combined, the have about 170,000 subscribers. They are still thriving communities and I have 0 say in either of those subreddits. I picked a mod for each subreddit and let them run with it. One of those subreddits went dark, the other did not. Again, I didn’t interfere.

      People sometimes need something in their lives to give it meaning, and as weird as it is, modding these communities provides that.

    • morrowind@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      There’s nothing sad about wanting to create a good community around a topic you’re interested in.

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        1 year ago

        It is if it gets in the way of mental health. Moderating is a thankless grind, especially in Reddit’s case.