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People always say that Reddit depends on these mods for free labor, which is true, but there's a reason that the mods do this free labor. They enjoy the power/responsibility/community/whatever they get from it.

I don't even think it's true. Mods are cheaply replaceable, it's just an expedient dependency right now but not a necessity for them.

Hah, yeah, I've made this same comment on Reddit flippantly on a bunch of subs. I'm not shocked it's a joke subreddit closing down permanently and not something like r/aww or something that would make a difference.

That's one of the saddest things I've ever read.