Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Who the administration hires as paid moderators of their websites has never been decided upon by the volunteer staff. Typically these moderators work across a number of websites. It's been no secret that the number of bots coming out of China have been overwhelming the userlist in the last four-six months, and these can only be dealt with by a moderator/administrator of Yac's permission level; unfortunately, Yac can't be here as often as we'd hope. As for why Jay was selected in particular, I think that's a question for him to respond to.