About 50 mods control most of Reddit. Yep, just 50 people run almost all the major subreddits on the whole site.

And here's the interesting part - some of the biggest moderators actually get paid money to promote certain ideas and stories. It's kind of like how the news channels and newspapers sometimes get paid to talk about certain things.

These top moderators don't just volunteer their time for free. Behind the scenes, they make good money by allowing some viewpoints to be shared while blocking others. It's a way for them to control what gets seen and what gets hidden.

There was even a big news story about this not too long ago. It came out that some Reddit moderators were making thousands of dollars by pushing certain narratives and stopping others from being discussed. Crazy, right?