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/m/politics has no moderators other than ernest (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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/m/politics is basically unmoderated, and the trolls and other ne'er-do-wells are starting to find it. I'm not even particularly interested in following it, but that's one topic that you don't want to leave unmoderated. It's a troll magnet for obvious reasons, and that starts to affect the rest of the instance (and the fediverse) if there isn't anyone enforcing some sort of decorum.

@ernest I know you're ridiculously busy right now, but could you find a moment to appoint someone to recruit a mod team for /m/politics? I'd be willing to do the recruiting if you don't have any better candidates, but I wouldn't want to remain on as a moderator after that's done.

Alternatively does anyone here actively want the job?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m curious though, all federated Magazines also say @ernest is the only moderator. I’m not sure, but it might just default to him if there’s no other moderator. (Though I would hope that /m/politics would have more support)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the mags were created as placeholders so people coming from Reddit will at least see some mags that look farmilar.

The feeling I get is that as mags get busy and as people start stepping on each other's toes, mods will be in high demand.

That bring said, @ernest has asked for mods and has mentioned building a moderation team.

Shout out for all the work you done so far @ernest!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The moderation in fediverse operates with remote mags, and these mags belong to their owners - you can verify this in the modlog; It is an error in displaying the information, and it will be fixed soon. As for moderation team - yes, I am working on it, and I think I am on the right track :)

https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/12

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy communities show in kbin with ernest as the moderator, presumably because although kbin supports lemmy groups, kbin moderation and lemmy moderation aren't compatible