These moderators hold power. They control who speaks, who gets muted, and who stays silent. Giving them access to rain, a system designed to reward the average user, isn’t just a conflict of interest — it’s an outright break of trust on the community. It’s like letting the referee place bets mid-game. And what do you think happens? The game gets rigged.
Mods are supposed to serve the community, not leech from it. When they sit in the same rain pool as the users they’re supposed to oversee, it creates a toxic hierarchy: muting active users to thin out the competition, and collecting rewards they shouldn’t even be eligible for. That’s not moderation — that’s exploitation.
What’s worse is the silence around it. Regular users see what’s happening. They know mods are eating from the same plate while pretending to be above it all. This isn’t about fairness anymore; it’s about greed and control.
If the Stake team actually cares about the integrity of their community, they need to cut this off immediately. Moderators don’t get rain. Not from the bot. Not from manual drops. Not from systems designed for users. Anything less is just proof that the corruption runs deeper than just a few greedy mods.
No excuses. No grey areas. Rain is for the community — not for those gaming the system from inside it.
this thought comes from the amount of unjust mutes I've witnessed and the favoritism and straight up hypocrisy i see, if rain wasn't a thing they wouldn't be working half as hard to mute unjustly as they do whilst already getting paid for being in chat...