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The moderator system on reddit is a pain.

There is certainly a scratch my back and I'll scratch yours across subs so you get moderators who don't really even know the sub.

Absentee moderators is common as subs drift off topic/ don't filter spam and etc.

"Actually not bad" subs often include the per-language subs.

/r/ruby still has jamesgolick as a mod. ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8804624

Might be a tribute.

Moderators aren't paid. ...which means they must seek other employment.

One way to do that is to push paid content (or remove content).

Ultimately, these channels of revenue become more profitable and those folks buy more and more subs.