The phrase is meant as an insult to mods, implying their life is so pathetic that they willingly do the (truly horrible) job of moderating 4chan without even asking for payment.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Okay, the hypersensitivity and defensiveness make it even funnier.

YOU CANNOT SAY THOSE WORDS BECAUSE THEY WERE USED IN A JOKE TEN YEARS AGO.

(Why doesn’t anyone take me seriouslyyyyy?!? Come on, guys! I’m a REDDIT MOD! I should be treated with RESPECT!)

[–] shunir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing this. I would never guess there was 10 years old backstory to it.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

'They do it for free' is mild compared to 'jannie' tbh.

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FYI: lemmy thinks you're a bot account.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What? Why?

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It misread the “a” in your user name

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know, but I had an inbox notification without seeing a reply, until I turned on visibility of bot accounts and your comment showed up.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is that a thing? Which app is it?

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I browse lemmy.world in Firefox. It's in your profile settings.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm using the mobile app Jeroba and I see a robot face icon next to your username

UPDATE: it is gone now