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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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Indeed. I proofread the whole post, but forgot about the title.
ouuugh my philoshussy
Hello,
I'm about to promote this community on [email protected] , but before that I wanted to ask you if you were planning to take on one more mod? It's usually good practice to have a backup person in case the main mod goes missing
I'm not against it, but that person would need to be a good fit and have a similar philosophy in relation to this community. And at current levels of activity, there isn't a particular need for it. If that were to change, I would more actively search for an additional person.
And in an unlikely case that I ever went MIA unannounced, the instance admins are pretty good at finding replacements during monthly server update posts. And they have a mod bot running at the instance level to generate reports on flagged content.
With 2.8k monthly active users, having another mod seems reasonable.
To be honest, I think it just sends a better message having at least two mods compared to only one person, but you do you.
@[email protected] do you think maybe you could spread your posts out over the day? Right now on my front page, 12 of 19 posts are from you to this community.
I'm sorry, but I'm not a robot or a bot, so I only post stuff when I actually read in my RSS feed. I can't dedicate x minutes per hour to posting some content.
Yeah I understand that, but when you do a bunch of posts all at once it floods the feed for people.
I don't know if it's something Lemmy could fix by altering the sort algorithm, but that's how it works right now.
More people posting would be the best solution.
Have you reconsidered getting another mod ? I see [email protected] reaching similar levels of activity while being much more recent, and I think it's because the original mod added other mods quite quickly
There was in total 1 action made by another moderator in that community. https://m.lemmy.zip/modlog?community=701936
It might be perceived bias by users that more mods = better, but there isn't a practical need for it at the moment. But like I said previously, I'm always open to idea. People are welcome to apply.
@[email protected] and @[email protected], what do you think?
Would it be worth thinking about consolidating the communities? Having two very similar communities running in parallel seems counterproductive
There is a bit of misconception of what this community is. It's not really meant to compete with lemmy.world or anyone else really.
Instead of creating just another identical community, I decided to create something more worthwhile. The focus of this community is to create a space where open discussions can happen. And while to many it might sound "great", the reality is that people are used to ultra moderated communities where they only see their own point of view reinforced. So having some unpopular opinions expressed and when they report it, them not being removed, is controversial. But that's what open forum looks like.
The community has clear rules, and they are always enforced, but I don't moderate opinions that don't break any rules. Even if they are against my personal views or unpopular. That is reflected in the modlog, as I always point to the rule broken instead of writing unique reasons for different situations.
I'm not familiar enough with [email protected] to know their philosophy, but my DMs are always open. My Matrix handle is also available in the profile if more secure communications are preferred.
Thanks for clarifying!
I'd be fine with moderating, if it's seen as useful.
For what my two cents is worth, I don't necessarily see redundant communities as a problem. It's like having multiple pubs all in one town. Just because they all do the same thing doesn't mean there needs to be only one.
For what my two cents is worth, I don’t necessarily see redundant communities as a problem. It’s like having multiple pubs all in one town. Just because they all do the same thing doesn’t mean there needs to be only one.
It's fine to have several pubs in a big town, but having too sparsely populated pubs in a village is probably going to lead one, if not both, to close, especially if they are competing with a much busier place in the next town ([email protected])
My friend, this is another example of why you should have another brain on the team. They don't need to be a mod. A que with timed release could easily be coded. There's likely several decent sets of tools already developed and maintained.
Anyone can post, it's open community.
And I do not use automation on purpose, all my posts are curated by me. I could easily repost my whole RSS feed, but it would be just stupid.
Also, scheduling posts is counterproductive. It's blind and can lead to duplicate posts. It also wouldn't help much anymore, as the community outgrown me. I'm no longer an only active poster.
You're starting at zero and trying to figure it out solo. Others already made all the mistakes, reasoned out the nuance, and built the tools. But, you're not interested in any of that.
I suggest you replace yourself with two others willing to adequately serve.
hmm.