Everything in Moderation !moderation@feddit.uk

We are (almost?) all busking it a bit when it comes to creating communities here on Feddit.uk so I thought somewhere where the moderators could ask questions would be handy. The answers may also be generally useful to the wider Feddiverse so everyone is welcome.

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• moderators@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1601077

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Here are mine - just a bunch of opinions/suggestions from someone who used to be a forum mod, then a subreddit mod.

As this is a rather big wall of text, I'll split it into sections, contained within spoiler tags.

::: spoiler Mindset and duty.

A happy mod is a good mod. Take care of your personal life first.

Your comm[unity] is not your personal possession or project, it's a collective effort. You're just its representative - be humble but proud about it.

Use your comm as any other user would. Be active in it, interact with other users, discuss, learn, have fun.

If you don't enjoy your comm any more, for whatever reason, pass the torch to newer mods.

Check your comm at least a few times per day. A quick peek is fine for slower comms.

It's useful to follow the RSS feed of the comms that you moderate, as it'll be quicker to spot rule-b

There's a discussion over on Privacy Guides@lemmy.one about using Matrix/Element (an open messaging protocol and leading client) for secure DMs on here, as you can add your Matrix ID to your account here and it becomes a secure messaging link on your profile. If I've done it right, you can see this in my profile as well as various ones in the first link.

However, it strikes me that, as a federated alternative to end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp, because you can start groups (public or private) and share your contact information without having to give out your mobile phone number, it might be useful for a team of moderators to discuss moderating issues on their community. At least until we get proper moderating tools and encrypted messaging here.

Anyway, worth considering as the community expands and we need to draft in more help. It certainly gave me the kick

There are lists that provide the equivalent communities to Reddit subs. It should aid discovery and help provide a more seamless user experience for those who have yet to make the jump, so consider adding any communities that you start:

• sub.rehab
• Reddit Migration Directory
• Unofficial Subreddit Migration List (Lemmy, Kbin)

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I started Request a Feddit.uk community and would be OK with starting some communities but I'd be looking to hand over the reigns asap as I don't have the knowledge or time to get it moving and keep it moving.

And that brings me to my first stumbling block - how to add and remove moderators (the latter including myself).

After some Googling I found a 2021 request to make adding a moderator more intuitive, so I was able to find that but only in the web interface not the Jerboa for Lemmy app - you click the three vertical dots of someone's post in that community and it gives you the option to make them a moderator. Screenshot attached to this post.

Have better options been added that I can't find?

Then, how do you remove a moderator including yourself? This 2020 post asks this and the answer would appear to be that, at the time, you can't remove y

Thought this was necessary so people can ask about how to moderate things.

If anyone wants to be a moderator here then let me know. Which brings me to my first question...