I’m a mod in many places. A mod of several Tumblr groups (most of them for conflict resolution), of this Discord server, of a now-dead DeviantArt group that used to be very popular (you could say the popularity broke it), and of a Gab group I’m probably going to delete soon, among others. Most recently I was hired as a mod for [email protected] and I think this made me the happiest, I’ve enjoyed r/casualconversation and so this feels very special to me. I eternally thank them.
Really happy to have you on the team!
Okay I guess
Never heard of [email protected] , but it seen somewhat popular.
Yep. I had to raise my community for months now, but recently I’ve had more active posters other than me. I’m just glad that its gotten as big as it is now.
On technicality I am a mod of the letterboxed (nyt game) community, but only because our actual mod added me because I was more well versed with lemmy at that point. She has done everything, I have done literally nothing.
I mod a lot of stuff…
[email protected] is approaching 1k subs, and [email protected] recently crossed 100 subs, meaning all the “moe” communities I’m trying to get started now have at least 100 subs.
I’m also around on [email protected] and [email protected].
[email protected] might come alive once the movie drops, and [email protected] is a place I’m keeping warm for any other fans looking for a place for the fandom. But there is unlikely to be more happening around that game.
My server has like 3 members and I’m okay with it. I like the fact that I am not beholden to a corporation or another server.
I get a lot of upvotes but barely any contribution from my 1.7k followers
That do be how it is when this starts. Right now, if you’re a power user, it’s appealing to make a new community for something you want to post. To expand the breath of the content on lemmy.
But, hopefully, stuff will get consolidated over time, and the larger amount of communities will make lemmy more welcoming next time there’s a wave of users.
ATM, I’m just posting at a steady pace that I feel I can maintain for the long haul, to keep the things I want to see on lemmy, alive.
Edit: Thanks for pretty_women in particular. It’s a content type I don’t post, but do love to see. You’ll always get upvotes from me.
I mod 9 communities. It’s quieted down a lot, but I’m not working hard to drive engagement and content back up right now.
The mod tools are practically non-existent, so why should I work to bring a community to a place where I won’t be able to manage it?
I need to see a feed of just what I moderate so I can scan all comments for issues. It’s not realistic to read every post one by one.
There needs to be options for minimum 'karma" score so a new user can’t just pop in and spam.
There are other needs that have been discussed in other threads already, but that’s my biggest gripe.
Indeed, mod tools are something that seriously need working. I dunno if they are working on it. Hopefully yes.
Regardless, please do create content and try to improve lemmy!
I just started moderating for a hockey community, but it’s very small right now. There are a decent number of subscribers, but not a lot of engagement. I’m trying to add bots with stats and things to enhance the experience and make people want to engage there. But the API I was using to get stats just went through a dramatic change for the first time in 5+ years, and it broke all my code. :(
I’m moderating a handful of communities, most of which I want to get going and a few that I’m keeping an eye on till someone else takes over (ex. Provinces/territories)
Some communities have hit the threshold, and others I’m working to get rolling still. The mod tools though are very ineffective, and any post that spirals will take a long time to clean up. You need to open the post and systematically remove content in the correct order else you lose access to rule breaking content.
If the communities were half as big as Reddit, I don’t think we could keep them clean
Handling the reins of [email protected] and [email protected] comfortably for years now.
Back in late June, I was thinking of making a community here. While drawing up more concrete plans for it, I realized it’d be way too much work for me, even ignoring the fact that I’m completely new to the task of moderation (and hence, would likely fumble around in handling issues). Furthermore, a lot of related communities I’ve followed never went anywhere, which discouraged me.
All that’s ignoring the fact that I was thinking of creating an extremely niche community (a community for Anki, focusing on its use for language learning), I decided it’s not yet time. I was too late to capitalize the early stages of migration, but I’m too early to capitalize on the number of people being able to support niche communities.
I started a community on waveform.social, it was not very active so I didn’t check it every day. One day when I went to check on it, the whole instance had shutdown.
I mod two, one with about 800 subscribers and about 8 active people. I interact with them daily.
I do not aspire to be a volunteer internet janitor.
But have you considered the position of a landed gentry?
I moderate 1 community here, and I had a discussion with other (potentional) members that my reddit reposter bot should be disabled, and instead make our own content, and I yielded to the popular vote.
