> Moderation is a thankless, tedious job, and the people most willing to do it might have other undesirable personality qualities unfortunately.
I'm sorry you feel this way. I donate my time to occasionally moderate on SO to help people learn and become better programmers. In my experience, the vast majority of mods quietly help like this asking nothing in return.
I could very well be wrong. I've never been a mod myself; maybe the bad ones just stand out. It's certainly noticeable on certain subreddits when the good mods are slowly displaced by power tripping bad mods.
I'm sorry you feel this way. I donate my time to occasionally moderate on SO to help people learn and become better programmers. In my experience, the vast majority of mods quietly help like this asking nothing in return.