You're not obligated to give up your mod spot for the old Reddit mods. Most of them were "power mods" who moderated dozens of subreddits anyway. There's no need for that kind of power here, that's the whole point of being federated. Sure, you can add them to the team is you want help. But YOU created this community, don't just roll over and hand it off to someone who could have made a community here but didn't.
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2023
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Showerthoughts
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.
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Last sentence is such a key point that needs to get hammered. Users here now get to start fresh instead of coming into an established ecosystem. You're the one who saw the value in the fediverse, not them. It's why a lot of people are interacting more and posting. Hell, I don't even mind "reposts" because they're not even reposts on this platform.
Absolutly agree!
Yeah i am interested to see how the change in medium changes the community. I don't really care if this community ends up being identical to the subreddit or something else entirely. I am however very excited that this is a chance for users to have greater ownership over the services they use.
Maybe we can take this concept and apply it to moderation? For approving new mods or creating rules, we could operate by popular vote. There may be flaws with that idea, like bots overwhelming the vote.
I love it. I was a complete lurker on reddit so I'm stoked to pitch in and help recreate this subreddit that I always got a chuckle from. I do want to make space in Lemmy for the people that I assume did a lot of work behind the scenes to create a subreddit we all enjoyed.
Look at me. You are the moderator now. Welcome!
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Have you reached them directly through Reddit? Maybe you can help them to get out the dark side.
That was my thought. I'm happy to moderate, it's been zero effort so far. I know there were mixed feelings about reddit mods but i wanted them to know there is space for them on Lemmy.
Not a mod from the subreddit but longtime showerthoughts member over there. Happy to help keep things rolling smoothly over here on Lemmy!
Ha, i realized I don't even know how to add mods yet... Looking now...
Hey, thanks for getting back! You can just click on the three vertical dots underneath a user comment to show more options, appoint as mod is one of them.