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Better check the mod log instead
this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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If this community had active moderators, then your post might have been deleted, because it breaks community rule #3. But since almost no one reports breaking that rule, we admins seldom catch it.
Shhh you are ruining it. We had a good thing going here.
I don't think "mods per user" is that important of a metric. "Mods per daily/weekly/monthly post/comment" is a more useful gauge of a community's activity.
agreed on this.
Are there any numbers how many mods a community should have?
As many as necessary to keep the users in check.
Are all participants civil, you need only one. If everyone is feral and posts 10 comments/30min that are worth moderation, maybe 1 mod ler 10 users.
Some mods can take a 100 users, some only 10.
A mod is not like an API you can rate limit lol
As an instance admin, if I regularly see reports for a local community that break community rules but not instance rules that sit without action for 24 hours or more, that's when I'll get involved with the community to try and get more active mods.
If the reports are for posts that break instance rules, I'll action them whether or not there are local mods active.
We're on our own, just dont be a dick and we'll be fine.
The sands of time have claimed them.
Or theyβre already in El Salvador.
Mods are asleep, post fake Richard Scarry cars.
Something else worth noting is that instance admins do a lot more moderation than Reddit admins did, so the burden on the moderators for individual communities can be smaller. lemmy.ml in particular has a reputation for having admins who actively intervene a lot.
The mods do their job. I don't know for sure which ones are and are not active, but reports get handled same day in every case where I've reported, or been reported. I'd have to check the mod log to see if there's been recent activity in that regard, but don't have interest in doing so when anyone can.
On my pen name account, I moderate two communities, and it would sometimes be months before I'd do anything on the account that would show up because those communities were very slow, and I'm subscribed to them on this account. No need to switch to that account when there's no mod action needed, unless I want to post/comment on it, which is fairly infrequent.
Lemmy is way more forgiving of relaxed moderation.
Hey, haven't used this account in a while, figured I got demodded, but if there's a need I can fire it back up. I think the instance admins have things under control in general.
I feel like the instance mods don't get everything-
Though I do browse the community often and would love to help, but I don't know if you're capable of making that decision, or if anyone else is or willing.
Your wording implies you have other accounts?
Yeah this isn't my main account
How can you afford two Lemmy accounts?
I must be well off, or exceedingly poor with 4 accounts across 3 instances
It helps to put in some extra shifts at the posting mines
Why?
I didn't want a mod tag next to all of my posts, and Lemmy doesn't let you disable it.
Instance admins can also perform moderation actions, and lemmy.ml is known for being on the heavier side for that.
I KILLED THEM
Mods were made of cheese, username checks out
Daveβs not here, man.
Davel's here, though.
