Gregory's Server@arve @laxsill It's very noble of you and I can definitely understand the sense of community can outweigh the state of the platform. I just can't see myself stepping up to volunteer my time to effectively be the backbone of someone else's company. At this point they're basically calling anyone using their API, for moderation or not, freeloaders for using it without paying. That's my problem with it, they won't give as much as a thank you and eventually demand payment.
@lewishazell @laxsill It doesn't start that way. The first subreddit I got involved in had one member - me - and was intended for Norwegians on Reddit to post articles in Norwegian. Before we turned off the lights at midnight CET, we typically saw 350-400k unique users every month, with 50k on any given day.
I also moderate a few others that started with a few thousand subscribers, but now into the millions.
It's about wanting community without becoming a sysadmin