Tbf that’s a bit misleading. Back then “moderator” was a privilege, not a job. Like in old-school forums. The head mod of a sub could make anyone a moderator, it didn’t require participation or consent or knowledge. Every celebrity that did an AMA became a mod of all sorts of wacky subs, because “being a moderator” just meant that they were granted the permission to perform moderator actions by someone with authority over the sub.
Tbf that’s a bit misleading. Back then “moderator” was a privilege, not a job. Like in old-school forums. The head mod of a sub could make anyone a moderator, it didn’t require participation or consent or knowledge. Every celebrity that did an AMA became a mod of all sorts of wacky subs, because “being a moderator” just meant that they were granted the permission to perform moderator actions by someone with authority over the sub.