this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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Mildly Interesting

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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

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MODERATORS
 

This community has been abandoned by the creator. So in order to keep this community open we need new moderators.

As a moderator it is your job to make sure the users follow the Lemmy World instance rules which can be found here: https://lemmy.world/legal

If interested feel free to comment below or send a DM.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck it, I’ll do it. I’ve never moderated anything in my life, but I’m mildly interested in the idea.

[–] Xylinna 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright, you are now a mod. Good luck!!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait what do I do? Is there a mod manual somewhere?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that’s what you get for being mildly interested in something 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's not much to do really. On the web, you'll see a little pencil icon near the community name, which lets you change things (ex. Sidebar text, images, settings).

It's up to you how you want to do things. I'd recommend adding a description to the sidebar for what you want to see in the community, and any relevant rules. People in your community will need to follow those rules, as well as the rules for the lemmy.world instance (ex. Think local laws vs. national laws), so you don't need to cover everything.

No shame in copying rules from other places, such as the Reddit equivalent, when you're not sure.

Day to day, you'll see reported content in the mod page (little shield icon up top) and if you want to remove a post you need to open the comments and then find the button for it.

@[email protected] I'm happy to help out while the community is cleaned up again (if you guys want more help), but I probably won't stick around since I think Jimbabwe can handle it :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Alrighty then. I’m on it. Prepare to be mildly amused, lemmy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm ready 🫡

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

If you get really stuck, you can likely add those other volunteers here and they can help you.

[–] Xylinna 3 points 1 year ago

Alright, I've added you as a mod. It's fairly easy and we can help you out if you have questions or run into any issues. We also have a good Discord/Matrix group to help out if you run in to any issues. The Discord and Matrix are connected so you can use whichever you are more comfortable with.

https://discord.gg/xc3UzBdq

https://matrix.to/#/#general:lemmy.world

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whoever takes it on should also add in some rules. A number of the posts (while interesting) are not relevant to the community

[–] nogooduser 4 points 1 year ago

Were they too interesting? We can’t have that!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Count me in please!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll throw my hat in the ring. If you need another.

I have a bunch of experience here and back on reddit.

[–] Xylinna 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are now a part of the mod team!

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

Awesome. Let's get mildly interested in this.