@ToddTrimble From the outsider view I'd guess that the most frequent thing a moderator has to do is handling flags (mod flags can only be handled by a moderator, IIRC if a post lingers for too long in some of the review queues, the flag is also moved to moderators) - which makes the claim about "50 by-hand actions in the last year" a bit misleading (probably unintentionally), since this number is about a very specific subset of mod actions. (The details are listed in the linked query.) Out of curiosity, how many flags do moderators handle per year? Hundreds? More? — Martin Sleziak Dec 30 '18 at 19:27
