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Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
Why do people take on moderation work for free at all?
There are good and bad reasons: A maniacal desire for power, caring about a community and wanting it to work, feeling important and useful, a desire to hurt or help people capriciously.
That all makes sense, but I think there is something more going on. Something fundamental to the way people form communities. It's like helping a neighbor, keeping an eye on local kids playing, cleaning trash from the park near your apartment.