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This post has bad vibes.
One of the upsides of federated spaces was no Reddit power mods that moderate just to moderate. Maybe just create or follow communities you like and engage in then volunteer to moderate when/if they ask.
I dont feel that way, the nature of my post was to help with the new influx of users, not mod because I have nothing bettee to do but to help contribute to Lemmy.
Even with benevolent intent, you'd likely be moderating a community that you truly aren't apart of. This is ripe for members of the community to reject moderators who don't fully understand or appreciate them.
For example if you were moderating a firearms or car sub you might remove posts that you believe to encouraging illegal modifications or behavior simply out of ignorance. The community would instantly see you as some radical trying to destroy their hobby, creating discord in the community.
If you would like to help Lemmy grow continue to make posts and comments. Many communities for niche interests have only a few posts and aren't competitive with their Reddit counterpart yet. Just like Reddit the value of Lemmy isn't divined by the hosts or mods but by the users who engage with one another.
The reason I was asking for a community with listings for mod positions was so I can look through and see what I actually want to moderate.
I can see I wasnt clear in my post and im sorry for the confusion this caused. No where in this post I said I would mod anything I could find to be a power mod. I asked for a community that provides those listings. The part about modding anything came from you.
I am trying to do my part of posting but have heard of bigger communities having issues dealing with the influx of new users and want to contribute.