Its like the military. The officers get paid......the enlisted people do the work. 
A day in the life of a moderator
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Are there any time commitments I'd need to make?
No. We ask that all moderators do an amount of work which they're comfortable with.
Jan 18, 2024
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#784
Green_Sleeves wrote:
I found the picture of their real uniforms.
*wondering why is there a green one* 👀
What happens if chess.com does not have anyone to mute? Hope they don't mute people without reason just to earn money
Jan 18, 2024
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#787
thank you for telling me that...mods are cultist and worship @Erik
Jan 18, 2024
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#788
justin2357a wrote:
What happens if chess.com does not have anyone to mute? Hope they don't mute people without reason just to earn money
No one is making money for mutes
I find it so funny to imagine people reading this post from 2018 and their brows furrowing as they try to understand what's said from a serious standpoint. They must be so confused 
Jan 19, 2024
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#792
The workload is what you are able to manage and want to spend time on. Moderators are volunteers who help out here and there in their free time.
This forum thread has been locked for talking about ancient politics, and to meet our daily locked-threads quota.
https:// www.chess .com/ancient-politics-are-banned-we-decided-yes-we-did
What? Naw, that’s a totally legit link.
It's politics🤷
Jan 19, 2024
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#797
ArchEmperorSolev wrote:
It is as legit as the [Removed - Staff] government.
Please do not do fake moderator edits.
Jan 19, 2024
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#798
ArchEmperorSolev wrote:
But seriously, is it prohibited to talk about deceased governmental politics?
History is OK, so long as it's reasonably on topic. It doesn't usually generate the heated opinions current political issues do.
Usually. There are exceptions, but they are the exception.
Originally, I thought chess.com moderators were volunteers. You get paid? You have to work long hours?
Read the very last line of the original post.