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/m/politics has no moderators other than ernest (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by cacheson@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
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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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[โ€“] major_malarkey@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've never been a mod before but wouldn't mind giving it a shot on mag. I am positive politics is not the one to start on tho

[โ€“] Skrounge@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm in the same boat, but I wonder if you can mod on a casual basis, because I'm just not spend 3 hours a day modding material, maybe a half hour here or there tops ๐Ÿ˜‹

[โ€“] major_malarkey@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

That's my thinking as well. A place with a couple other mods.

[โ€“] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Oh gods, are you sure you want to do this then? It's going to be one of the most intense mod roles you'll ever do. It'll really be a trial by fire, sink or swim thing.