Reddit launches moderator rewards program amid site-wide discontent  | TechCrunch
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Reddit is launching the “Mod Helper Program” to reward moderators who offer helpful advice to other moderators, along with an updated moderator help Reddit is rolling out updates to its moderator support features, but has been slow to launch moderation tools that were offered by now-defunct third-party apps.

The Mod Helper Program is a tiered system that awards helpful moderators with trophies and flairs. Reddit users accrue karma by receiving upvotes and awards, and lose karma if they receive downvotes. The program rewards moderators who receive upvotes on comments in r/ModSupport

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