The thing is this guy is just a goon with some high power. I'm sure these punks don't get paid that well. They are just grunts and they will eventually run things to the ground. You may find the following miracle post interesting (miracle because it was published on Huffpost)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/graham-allison/singapore-challenges-democracy_b_7933188.html
I almost felt like he was not actually paid at all like Disqus moderators are not paid. Like his only payment was the satisfaction of silencing others. That poll looks to reflect a lot of Trump derangement.
*edit, i see it's pre Trump! Damned Obama. ;)
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.
indeed, much of disqus is a commie hell hole!