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Some of the communities I've started are becoming more popular, and I have less time. Even tho everyone is 100% chill for now (only two reports and both false alarms), I guess I should add some mods.
My question is, do all mods have the same rights? In particular, can a mod remove another mod, especially myself? Or add new ones?
How to check other mods' work, e.g. whether they don't ban someone inappropriately?
What moderation tools are there? I only see removal and ban, is there anything else? I guess one can send a warning through a message?
I don't wanna be some dictator or anything, in fact I find it important to keep the atmosphere cool and let people express themselves even if they are upset or make a mistake. How to coordinate such an atmosphere?
A lot of people have weird experiences with Reddit mods that would ban you for nothing and were overall drama queens. I'd prefer to avoid that, if that makes sense.
Any mod can assign a new mod. The first mod / owner of the community can't be un-modded. There aren't many more tools yet. I sure hope there will be some added soon, moderating is very hard atm...
I think Lemmy needs a dedicated mod page that clearly outlines the actions that can take place with links to other views. We need a modmail page so that mods can be contacted and reply to questions anonymously (reply as group). We need a page that shows who we’ve banned and the reasons for the ban. There’s a lot more but this would be a good start.
Took me forever to find the context link on reports...or maybe I'm just dumb.