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OK, it's been out for two whole days now, but if nobody else is going to report on these important employment trends then I guess it's up to me:

Dirtiest Web Jobs Increasing With Outrageous Spontaneous Expression: Tech - Bloomberg
Moderators -- or “mods,” as some call them -- can earn $40,000 to $80,000 annually, but need to be prepared for daily exposure to humanity at its vilest. Extreme racism and bigotry, images of pedophilia, and even personal threats are all too common. Littleton, who has even had her home address and phone number posted by disgruntled commenters, makes sure new recruits undergo extensive background checks.
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Now I guess we really can determine what a good moderator is worth!
 
$80K/year for being a mod? But, but, but...... :confused:

Just wait until someone sends this to Andy. I'm envisioning avalanches of $$$ cascading down upon the mod team. :ROFLMAO:
 
So...is this an accurate description of what y'all are protecting us from:confused: Are these the life stories that got deleted before the poster could even post them? I believe I feel a swoon coming on....

daily exposure to humanity at its vilest. Extreme racism and bigotry, images of pedophilia,
 
Hmm, I never realized moderators got paid. I thought it was all volunteer work. Just goes to show you what I know.
 
modhatter said:
Hmm, I never realized moderators got paid. I thought it was all volunteer work. Just goes to show you what I know.
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The article is talking about moderators for corporate websites--they're social network specialists of a sort and moderating their companies' sites is part of a real job.

Here at e-r.org, the mods and admins are just ordinary inmates. Every year or so we try to get our compensation doubled or tripled, but unfortunately zero times any number is still.... :)
 
Bestwifeever said:
.....Here at e-r.org, the mods and admins are just ordinary inmates. Every year or so we try to get our compensation doubled or tripled, but unfortunately zero times any number is still.... :)
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Reminds me of a saying about the inmates running the asylum. Seems appropo.


(Just kidding)
 
Looking at the revenues of two of the companies they discuss and the number of employees at each, they had $43,750 of revenue per employee at one company, and $50,000 revenue per employee at another. I would assume salaries are something less than this to allow for payroll expenses beyond salary and other costs of running a business.

Granted some of these moderators aren't full time 40 hrs/wk mods, but they aren't raking in the big bucks it seems. Still, not too shabby pay for something you can do from a hammock on the beach in Mexico. But I doubt $80,000 per person is common.
 
That clinches it. We're all getting raises, right? And a company computer?:dance:

Aw, there ya go, busting my bubble....

Bestwifeever said:
Here at e-r.org, the mods and admins are just ordinary inmates. Every year or so we try to get our compensation doubled or tripled, but unfortunately zero times any number is still.... :)
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Bestwifeever said:
The article is talking about moderators for corporate websites--they're social network specialists of a sort and moderating their companies' sites is part of a real job.

Here at e-r.org, the mods and admins are just ordinary inmates. Every year or so we try to get our compensation doubled or tripled, but unfortunately zero times any number is still.... :)
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You mean you and the others aren't getting paid? Oh my...

:LOL:
 
pb4uski said:
Reminds me of a saying about the inmates running the asylum. Seems appropo.


(Just kidding)
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"Asylum"?? They told me it was a positive mental health facilitation establishment when I checked in several years ago
 
Bestwifeever said:
The article is talking about moderators for corporate websites--they're social network specialists of a sort and moderating their companies' sites is part of a real job.

Here at e-r.org, the mods and admins are just ordinary inmates. Every year or so we try to get our compensation doubled or tripled, but unfortunately zero times any number is still.... :)
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If this is true, what is the attraction of doing an unpaid job for a moneymaking business?

Ha
 
haha said:
If this is true, what is the attraction of doing an unpaid job for a moneymaking business?

Ha
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Well, it is true. And any post to a website is pretty much doing an unpaid job for a moneymaking business in that the posters are all providing content for free.

Maybe we need to "occupy e-r.org."
 
REWahoo said:
Looks like salaries have really improved since I was a mod. We didn't get paid much but the COLA pension sure is nice.
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I have to admit that I miss the free massages and the waterproof laptops for the hot tub...
 
Bestwifeever said:
... any post to a website is pretty much doing an unpaid job for a moneymaking business in that the posters are all providing content for free.
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Websites like this provide an outlet to people who are too lazy, antisocial, extreme INTJ, or have whatever reasons to not maintain a blog. Readership of a website like this ensures that any rant will get read by a few dozen. It also provides an easy answer to the question of "what ya do all day".

Maybe we need to "occupy e-r.org."
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OK, where and how do we start?

Umm... never mind. It wouldn't be long before the "occupiers" start[-] bashing each other over the head[/-] deleting each other's post, and make the OWS participants look like a bunch of Gandhi's followers.
 
Bestwifeever said:
Well, it is true. And any post to a website is pretty much doing an unpaid job for a moneymaking business in that the posters are all providing content for free.

Maybe we need to "occupy e-r.org."
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You are right about this, and it is something that I have thought about more than once. But, if a poster can accept that he has a only a subset of free speech available here, he can pretty much say anything, whereas a moderator has a more narrow task of keeping posts away from controversy or anything that might impede the commercial purpose of the site.

Posting here has some elements of a conversation with friends. We don't expect to get paid, other than in enjoyment, when we have a conversation. But if it were my job to supervise a conversation to steer people away from certain topics or viewpoints, I would want to get paid.

I am still curious about what is the reward matrix from those who do volunteer and continue in moderator service?

Ha
 
haha said:
I am still curious about what is the reward matrix from those who do volunteer and continue in moderator service?
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Or any volunteer work, for that matter! But for some reason people are motivated to roll up their sleeves and pitch in, whether it is helping out in moderating the board that they would be reading anyway, or more meaningful (and harder) volunteer work like serving food to the homeless.
 
haha said:
I am still curious about what is the reward matrix from those who do volunteer and continue in moderator service?

Ha
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In my case it is the thought that the forum would not be successful without moderation. I enjoy the community and benefit from it and would like to see it thrive, so I'm happy to contribute.
 
MichaelB said:
In my case it is the thought that the forum would not be successful without moderation. I enjoy the community and benefit from it and would like to see it thrive, so I'm happy to contribute.
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Thanks for the comments from some moderators.

Ha
 
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