I hear you, but unfortunately I have not enough experience nor time to moderate the niche communities I loved on Reddit.
You might say this is selfish because I’d leave this to others, as if their time is less valuable, but really you need to be capable of being a moderator and I’m really grateful to those who do so. You also need to be an expert (or knowledgeable enough) in the topic being moderated.
While I was on Reddit my main account had a single comment in 12 years of having accounts (and even more without): it was a request to get a Tildes account in June 2023, then I found out about Lemmy and here I am (and here I’m way more active than I’ve ever been because I feel Lemmy is small and needs active users and I enjoy being here a lot more)
It doesn’t actually need that much moderation. I moderate a pretty sizeable community and mod log is pretty empty. You don’t need to be an expert neither. These are excuses, not reasons.
If you see regular active trusted people, reach out to them about modding when it grows.
I hear you, but unfortunately I have not enough experience nor time to moderate the niche communities I loved on Reddit.
You might say this is selfish because I’d leave this to others, as if their time is less valuable, but really you need to be capable of being a moderator and I’m really grateful to those who do so. You also need to be an expert (or knowledgeable enough) in the topic being moderated.
While I was on Reddit my main account had a single comment in 12 years of having accounts (and even more without): it was a request to get a Tildes account in June 2023, then I found out about Lemmy and here I am (and here I’m way more active than I’ve ever been because I feel Lemmy is small and needs active users and I enjoy being here a lot more)
It doesn’t actually need that much moderation. I moderate a pretty sizeable community and mod log is pretty empty. You don’t need to be an expert neither. These are excuses, not reasons.
If you see regular active trusted people, reach out to them about modding when it grows.