Anyone can become a Facebook influencer and own pages that will be seen on everyone's news feed. Anyone can moderate Facebook pages and groups. There are few differences. It's web 2.0 by design.
I'm now over 30 years old, but I started being a mod/admin on online spaces when I was about 13. Back then it was IRC, several BBS's, flash chat and flash games.
If I do a total count, I personally supervise over 250k people in Facebook groups alone. Add to that the fact that anyone can comment on Facebook pages and you get an even higher number (millions).
I do it out of love for my communities but I know people who do it just for the power. You'd be surprised at how many pages there about major franchises that share the same admin/mods with the sole goal of controlling what is said there. I know people who create a page the minute a new trailer for a product or franchise comes out without even being interested themselves.
I'm now over 30 years old, but I started being a mod/admin on online spaces when I was about 13. Back then it was IRC, several BBS's, flash chat and flash games.
If I do a total count, I personally supervise over 250k people in Facebook groups alone. Add to that the fact that anyone can comment on Facebook pages and you get an even higher number (millions).
I do it out of love for my communities but I know people who do it just for the power. You'd be surprised at how many pages there about major franchises that share the same admin/mods with the sole goal of controlling what is said there. I know people who create a page the minute a new trailer for a product or franchise comes out without even being interested themselves.