A mod not answering a request would break which rule to report them under?
If these places are empty without posts, the moderation is being done since none is to be done.
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PriorProject@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The more normal transfer path is to offer to take over a specific community or communities by:
- Reaching out to the existing mod and asking to be added to the mod team.
- Documenting their lack of response after a few days or a week.
- Documenting the failure to abide by Lemmy world moderation guidelines: lemmy.world/post/424735 by linking spam or off-topic posts and to communities that lack rules/useful-sidebar-content, etc.
- Posting this info in !moderators@lemmy.world and offering to takeover moderation.
This is better than mass deletion because it keeps whatever small list of existing subscribers and post content intact across the transition. For moderation, Lemmy world admins will get notified of reports and can address anything that violates instance rules.
schmidtster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
PriorProject@lemmy.world 1 year ago
- …create a sidebar with some contents… At least some of these communities have empty sidebars.
- Every community needs enough moderators. A single-mod community is not “enough” for a healthy community because things can blow up when you’re asleep or away, even in a community that was previously inactive. If a community member reaches out to offer to join a single-mod team… that contact warrants a response from the existing mod. Not necessarily to immediately accept the offer, but at least to discuss the possibility of extra mod coverage.
- It’s just not at all true that if others aren’t posting there’s no moderation work that could be done. Mods of inactive communities can jumpstart them by soliciting feedback on proposed rules, advertising them elsewhere, making scheduled discussion posts, and more. Some of these things can be done by a “regular” community member as well, but if community members try to include mods in discussions about how best to promote the community and the mods ignore them… that’s a sign that the community is abandoned.
- If a mod is notified that they’re their community is about to get reassigned and they don’t respond… the community is definitely abandoned.
All of which is to say, there are lots of way to detect abandoned communities when post volume is low, and the process I highlighted is the standard way to request a takeover.
schmidtster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Want to finish posting the rest of that sentence…?
Please create a sidebar with some contents, at least a description of the community and some extra rules when applicable
When applicable changes that entire premise! It’s only applicable when it’s large enough to warrant.
One mod is perfectly fine for communities with posts of about once a week down to a day, not breaking anything there either….
Can’t have a discussion when no one else comments or posts! You’re suggestion fixes to issues that don’t exist in these particular communities yet.
You also suggest that someone posts a bunch of rule breaking posts to make a point… that’s not going end well… hey I just broke all your rules to point out someone else was, let me have their role! Lmfao.
justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
One mod is perfectly fine
There are, however, currently ZERO mods, as the only one listed as a mod is no longer here.
Buddy wants the communities without the initial legwork just to have to legwork…? They aren’t posting themselves and want the communities?
Where did I say that I want these communities? I’m perfectly happy with the ones I already mod. I just think it’s easier to free up these names for OTHER people so that they have the chance to actually create the communities from scratch themselves instead of having to deal with the mess someone else left behind after scribbling their name on it. I also asked to delete the ones that “are completely empty anyway” which would leave the ones that already have content alone.
I really don’t get why that upsets you so much.
justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
About the moderation guidelines …
They did not do that even after 2 months.
They also did not do that, even tho it is an action that takes all of five minutes to do.
The only mod is simply not present, so noone is actually moderating.
People are a lot less likely to participate in a community if the first thing you notice is that the creator doesn’t give a sh*t about it. And like I explained in another comment, “regular” users can not fix this - only a mod can add a banner, the sidebar, rules, featured posts etc. so even on the off chance that someone decides to post there despite the first bad impression, the community will continue to have that first bad impression anyway.