Very carefully :)

I did end up going with the other volunteer, but it sounds like that might appreciate a helpinf hand - would you mind if I appointed you underneath them to help mod here?

Sorry for the delay, my inbox is overflowing right now. d’oh!

Would you like me to add the other volunteer from this thread? I’m glad to do so. Typically a single mod is sufficient for most communities, however it never hurts to have more than one, for sure. :)

I’d be happy to add them if you’d like :)

https://mony.world/ exists, hosted by us, if you want to play with it. (I wasn’t involved in the setup, so can’t answer much about it)

As someone not fond of Discord, it seems pretty decent and pretty Discord-like.

I considered you a strong candidate, but ultimately went with the other volunteer. Thank you for volunteering!

I’ve added you as moderator. If you ever need a hand, poke me and I’d be willing to be a mod underneath you to help out, or even just temporarily step in to help. But as you’re an experienced mod, I doubt you’d need or want my help - but this is one of those communities I do care about, so am willing. :)

Thank you for volunteering!

It sounds like you are going through an incredibly dark and difficult time right now. Please know that even when things feel completely overwhelming and isolating, there are people who care and want to support you through this pain. Help is available.

There are free and confidential services ready to listen and support you immediately. In the United States and Canada, you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If you are in the United Kingdom, you can call 111 for support or 999 in an emergency. In Australia, Lifeline can be reached at 13 11 14. For most countries in Europe, dialing 112 will connect you directly to emergency support. If you are located elsewhere in the world, you can visit findahelpline.com to easily locate crisis services specific to your region. Please reach out to one of these resources.

Tip of the day: When an admin of an instance adivses you not to break the Terms of Service… consider refraining from doing so.

Good-bye.

Do not use ableist slurs on Lemmy.World.

Note: There were multiple reports from a post back in September where someone was being a troll and uncivil in that thread. That user ONLY posted in this community. I have permanently banned them from the community.

Feminism can be a hot topic. It’s hard enough for me, as a man, and I consider myself a feminist. We all have slightly different views, so even before trolls come in, things can get tense sometimes.

What I would humbly request:

1. Remain civil. If you can’t be civil, take a break.
2. If there’s someone breaking rules, please report the comment (or post)
3. Block the trolls. If they get zero replies, they die from lack of attention and move on eventually.

I would hope that anyone volunteering to moderate will do so with those as guiding principles as well. :)

You main acount had a tempban. That just got escalated to a permanent ban. Nice.

It’s not a problem if it’s an occasional thing, and it looks to me like it’s just an occasional thing. :)

Nicely done.

You got me completely. I’ve been banning spammers all day (I’m working on some mod tools that help identify some that fell through the cracks and should help us respond to reports better going forward), so my first reading was “Spammer?” lol.

Thank you for a very much needed laugh!

Well, okay, you can make up whatever you want to believe, I guess.

Lemmy world is probably owned by a corporation.

No. It is owned by a nonprofit set up for the purpose. The person that started it brought on a few volunteers (like me) to help out. We depend on donations, and receive some recurring and one-off donations. Every few months or so, we post a short request for more donations as the donations dip below the monthly costs, and that seems to keep us going.

I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “curates” / “shadowbans”, so I won’t directly comment on that. But a large part of the reason I was brought on was to have another person looking out for spam and such.

I can respect that opinion, and I will say… I have a number of people blocked. It’s easy to do.

Speaking only for us here on Lemmy.World, we try to ban people who break the Lemmy.World ToS, which include issues like bigotry, incivility, spam, things like that. Not necessarily opinions with which we might disagree or find unpleasant. I think if I allowed myself to ban anyone with whom I disagreed, I would find myself quickly de-adminned, and rightfully so - it would kill the fedverse.

There are other tools for dealing with, well, tools. Including blocking on a personal level, or having community rules in place that make sense for that community that can help create spaces that are more comfortable to be in.

So while I agree with your sentiment, understanding the roles of the instance admins vs community moderators or individual choices - that’s why I set up a monthly donation before I became an admin. Because Lemmy provides me with good content and communities.

Everyone is absolutely free to make their own choices. And this reply is not an attempt to beg you to donate.

Thank you! :)

I’m passing this question along and tracking your comment so I can let you know when I get an answer :)

Thank you! <3

Thank you! :)