It’s pretty bad when an obvious comment like this is downvoting on HN. It’s a fact, it’s basic economics but also just how the world works.
If you want mods to earn more create a social network and pay them more.
If you want mods to earn more create a social network and pay them more.
This is an entirely unrealistic and unhelpful suggestion.
Moderation is the job of editors and journalists being lost to social media and the internet.
All those millions of local news papers and reporters who had to make judgement calls on whether some content should be displayed, or whether it was not newsworthy?
That is part of what content moderation is, that process debt that SM firms don't want to pay for.