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.

Ngl, I have no idea what I'm doing, and I am absolutely afraid to be in a position of any type of perceived power. Here's to figuring it out!

got it

Hope this is the place to ask a sorta specific question of the admins. If not, please tell me where to go. :)

I am considering launching a page for news about America's loony Republicans, similar to the page I'm moderating about crooked cops.

It'll only be news, but the sidebar will include my perfectly factual motto, "Republicans are the enemy of common sense, common decency, and democracy."

My question is, would that violate the rule that mods must "Provide a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for everyone regardless of ... political affiliation"?

Whatever the answer, thank you for Lemmy.World. I'm having a blast here.

Thanks! Hopefully this will help make a bunch of communities bigger and better; I'll get these done on the communities I moderate when I'm available

I've noticed some admin are moderating various communities but not necessarily moderating to the rules of the community. How does everyone feel about that?

Bans do not seem to work. The button spins forever, and unlike some other similar issues this one does not seem to resolve in the background after some time.

Cheers @[email protected]. I posted a link to this page in https://lemmy.world/post/389572

I’d be happy to help out

Thanks! Haven't figured out the banner size yet, will upload soon.

Thanks for the guidelines, any suggestions for communities that don't have enough moderators yet? I started a back country skiing community but it's really not the time of year for such a thing to get attention. I have a note on the sidebar to recruit moderators, but I doubt the interest will be there until December or so.

Edit: to be clear, I have no experience as a mod. I am learning as I go. Back country skiing is a pretty small community in general, the Reddit sub only had one mod after 12 years. I see the need for more mods and I have a call out for them, but I don't know how long it will take.