Hey there guys! After today’s fiasco, I decided that we need some moderators that aren’t me or Ada. If you would like to be a moderator, please reply to this post with why you think you would be a good mod, and any previous social medias that I can check out just to make sure you’re not a troll (reddit is the most useful but twitter/mastodon/whatever works too).

  • CreamyWeenie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Well I’m glad this is happening I was just trying to reply to your previous post but it turned out it was removed in the process of me writing the comment. The short of it was that a community of almost 10k needs more than one mod, because while there are three mod accounts two are you and the third is a dead account. Please do your absolute best when deciding who to give moderation control over 196 as I don’t doubt there will almost certainly be bad actors who try to get mod so they can sabotage this place, it sure wouldn’t be the first time this community has been targeted.

    • Moss@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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      1 year ago

      Yeah totally. I’ve needed more moderators for a while now, but I’ve been really worried about bad actors. I know what might seem drastic to some to ask for alternate socials and shit but seriously I feel like its more than necessary at this point

  • jeffw@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I would like to be a mod so that I can remove this post for not having “rule” in the title

  • abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve had experience moderating niche message boards that often got spammed with sometimes hateful stuff, so I can look at reports and delete any bigoted/jerkass content to spare others. Anything beyond obviously harmful content, I’d prefer to leave to delegate to others unless there is a community guidelines that makes it clear what kind of stuff is/n’t allowed.

  • kay@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I know I’m late and you’ve probably picked up enough many people already. Either way, here’s my Linktree. Instagram, which I use “the most” bcs that’s where my friends are, is at the bottom.

    I avoid social media for the most part, but I’ve taken to 196 and Lemmy a lot.

    Everything I’ve seen from the mods makes me think we’d agree on pretty much everything. I’d love to help where I can and meet cool new people in the process.

    Whether or not I’m even needed I can at least use the fact I have your attention to thank you for upkeeping one of the best & funniest queer-friendly spaces I’ve found. Much love :)

  • I_like_cats@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I only saw this post today but I would like to be a mod. I spend about 1-2 hours a day on Lemmy and could use that to mod this community. I don’t have any other social media to show but you can look at my post/comment history here on lemmy if you’d like

  • PeachyMcPeachface@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Not sure how many mods you’re looking to add but I’d like to help out. I’m a speech/debate coach for elementary through college level competors so while I don’t have moderating experience online I perform very similar duties on my day-to-day jobs… You would not believe the shit that comes out of the mouths of 9y/o children… Before migrating over to federated systems, on reddit I was u/AudioBoss. I’m a dirty trans commie (they/them); I don’t fuck with tankies, fascists, TERFs, etc. I got halfway through a masters program in human communication with an emphasis on critical/cultural studies (studies of activism, oppressive systems, meta-studies of Academia, etc) before dropping out to raise a kid coming in January.

    I work with kids so I have a ton of viable experience towards moderating you all /j

    Questions: how much time would you expect each mod to dedicate each day or week? How often (if ever) would the mods discuss the community?

    • Moss@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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      1 year ago

      Oh kickass In terms of time commitment, it’s really just logging on whenever you feel like it and checking what’s in the mod panel. Usually it’s one or two things but every now and then there will be some troll inflection or whatever so having more moderators to nip stuff like that in the bud is useful. Anyways here’s the copypasta: Welcome aboard! Here’s the rules: join the discord link I sent you via DM. If you feel someone deserves to be banned please send their username/a screenshot of them to the discord, along with why they need to be banned i.e. image of their comment reason:transphobia. Then you can go ahead and ban them. If I end up feeling like it’s not actually a bannable offense I’ll go in and restore them to the community. Removing content does not need to be run by me. Also, no making other people mods.