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

If you want, please add your tips to the comments.

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.

Mindset and duty.

Recruitment

Rules and their enforcement

Handling other users