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And Reddit is paying some moderators. It's called the Community Builders Program; they are mostly paying people to moderate UK- and India-specific subs. US $20/hour; most volunteer mods know nothing about this but it's in the open.

Article: https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4418715794324-C...

Announcement for India mods: https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianMods/comments/w4k4y4/launchin...

Discussion about UK mods: https://www.reddit.com/r/RoyalsGossip/comments/xfn4t2/adminr...

This is an initiative of the new VP of Community: https://communityvalidated.co/community-lessons/reddit-a-gli...



Courts should be more concerned about whether a large U.S. private business such as Reddit is even allowed to use any unpaid labor:

https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa/docs/volunteers.asp "Under the FLSA, employees may not volunteer services to for-profit private sector employers."

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/how... "There are no general regulations that permit volunteering of services to an employer in the private sector. All hours worked must be paid. According to the FLSA, an employer must pay all employees not less than the minimum wage for all hours worked."

https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2018/01/04/can-accept-volunte... "Most for-profit organizations cannot accept volunteer, unpaid labor without running afoul of the FLSA."




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