I almost felt like he was not actually paid at all like Disqus moderators are not paid.

Then it is real easy for it to be infested to become a commie hellhole. There are only 2 kinds ways a sensible capitalist person would become an unpaid/low-paid moderator.

• They have a lot of passion for the project (Mostly an official thread of a project they are involved in or a website like https://mises.org/wire)
• They are gaining something indirectly for maintaining (Like an investment community where people discuss ways to make money)