Lemmy Moderators

Mistakes happen. It almost did with me today when I went to post, clicked accidently, and was asked if I wanted to destroy the community I've spent months building. Who thought it was smart UI design to put these 2 options side by side?

This is related to https://lemmy.world/post/13066509

IMO, one of the things that made Reddit deteriorate in quality was the cultural change in how to use votes. Early on, voting was meant as "this is interesting/not interesting for the community". It was only later (maybe around the time that Facebook got heavy into the algorithm recommendations based on reactions ) that voting on a post/comment started to mean "I like/dislike this" and "I want/do not want more of this".

What ended up happening is that contributed to the "filter bubble" effect. People started relying on voting as a way to customize their feeds.

None of this works with Lemmy, because we don't have (yet?) a good recommendation system or a client that can filter/sort the posts based on the user's voting history. So we are stuck with the worst of both worlds: people are downvoting things that do not help them to manage the content, and people from other "niche" communities are being met with downvotes just because their content is not appealing to the majority. Ask people from non-english speaking communities, and they will tell you that any post is immediately voted down by people who are not related at all with the community.

I still think there is value in the downvotes. When the person voting has already established some authority at the community where the post/comment is being made, a downvote is a good signal about the relevance of that post/comment to the rest of the community. For this reason, I don't think I'd remove down votes from my instances.

However, can we start working on a set of guidelines to help users understand when it is appropriate to vote in a post/comment?

Just wanted to rant a bit as I'm having seeing that happening a bit more and more recently, not only on lemmy.world but also on Lemmy as a whole.

Makes it hard to keep you head cool sometimes, I think it's even harder because I legitimately cannot understand what they are trying to do by being disrespectful.

I guess that comes with being a very niche platform for a very niche population.

Have a good one, everyone.

I moderate !usmlr@lemmy.world, I just noticed that all the posts older than about 7 months are not visible. Looking at my own post history I can see those older posts, so I know they're still there. But why aren't they displayed when viewing the community directly?

I have sent dm to some mods but not sure how the procedure goes so requesting here . I do have an older account @feddit.ch with same username but would like to be a mod in this one.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11764546

> c/Videos Mods Needed > > Lemmy’s mod tools have gained notoriety for their limited functionality, and unfortunately, mods often miss out on timely notifications about user reports. To address this issue, we’re seeking additional vigilant eyes to ensure that reports are promptly handled. > > What We’re Seeking: > - Engaged Community Members: We’re looking for individuals actively involved in the Lemmy platform and its community. > - Dedicated Moderators: People willing to proactively check lemmy.world in their browser for mod reports multiple times a day. > - Respectful and Positive Contributors: We value individuals who treat others with kindness and have a history of positive posts and comments within the community. If you are frequently downvoted or reported upon, your application won’t be considered. > - Adherence to Community Rules: Moderators should enforce rules based on both the community guidelines and the .world server rules outlined here. > > Bonus Points: > > If you’re located in Europe, Asia, Australia, or similar time zones, that’s a plus! We need moderators who can keep an eye on things while our American counterparts are catching some Z’s. > > DM me if you're interested!

I got a report that I'd like to discuss with the other mods. Is there a way to message them all at once? Like a chat for the handful of us to discuss it? If so, where is it?

I’d like to be able to quickly purge spammers & nazi-racist types. How can I see all comments by my instance’s users in chronological order?

Several users and I have noticed an increase in antagonism and generally unhelpful behaviors with comments and votes in !autism@lemmy.world. Discussing it with the community users, they suggested that there might be trolls or bots that have been upset with the community. We would like to point out that we recently made a post stating that the mods will enforce the age restriction on the site should anyone identify themselves as below 18 years old.

We were wondering if there are any tools that we can use to analyze votes and account interactions in the community. Any ideas?

Moderating a community on another server and having several problems: I pin a post for rules clarification and within a day the pin gets removed and the post starts sinking. Worse, the post still shows pinned in my instance so it looks like everything is okay. Attempts to work around this by promoting another account ON that community's server don't go through.

Is there a way to make a pin permanent and visible across all instances?

I'd like to leave the mod team, and despite a month of low-key poking around I don't see how that's done.

Hello,

We, the mods of !autism@lemmy.world, are writing because we have alerted the users of our community that we will report their accounts should they explicitly identify that they are under 18 years old in a comment or post shown on Lemmy World to enforce the Lemmy World Terms of Service (ToS). In said post, several users have brought up arguments and hypothetical situations that we would like discussed by the Lemmy World admin team and other mods to get clear guidance on expectations of our moderating actions and help clarify the concerns of the users in our community.

Basically, the main argument we see is concerning the federated organization of Lemmy and the Fediverse in general. The ToS state that:

> 4.0.2: You are at least 18 years of age and over the regulated minimum age defined by your local law to access Lemmy.World.

> 4.1: No one under 18 years of age is allowed to use or access the website.

That clearly states that anyone under 18 years of age cannot access any of the site. However, users are arguing that if a user that is registered on another instance is under 18 years old and posts in a community or comments on a post that is originally from Lemmy World, that user is technically not accessing the site directly. Instead, they are interacting with their instance, and that instance interacts with Lemmy World through the Fediverse protocol. That user did not directly interact or access Lemmy World. The information from Lemmy World was forwarded to them, and the information they shared was forwarded to Lemmy World. This brings up some nuances with expectations for moderating in Lemmy World in general.

• Are mods expected to report or ban a user of another instance that explicitly identifies themselves as under 18 years old through a post or comment that is federated into the community that we moderate?

Another situation that will likely arise is that of a user of another instance making a post on their instance.

• If their post is cross-posted to a community we moderate on Lemmy World, are we to delete the cross-post?

• Who would be in violation of the ToS because of the cross-post: the original poster or the cross-poster?

Yet another situation that could easily arise revolves around a Lemmy World user engaging with other websites or internet services.

• Suppose someone on another website or service strikes a similarity to a user of the actual Lemmy World instance and identifies as under 18 years old, are mods expected to investigate and enforce the policy of reporting and/or banning the user from Lemmy World based on a judgment call?

We want to be clear that the purpose of our post is to clarify the expectations that the Lemmy World admin team has of its mods so that we can conscientiously and dependably comply with the policies that are set to help manage the instance.

Hello everyone,

I am one of the moderators of !casualconversation@lemmy.world. We use a bot relying on https://schedule.lemmings.world/ to create a post every day automatically.

I know that some users block bots because they consider them annoying, be it repost posts or features bots such as tldr or piped. Having the bot labelled as such prevents the daily threads from being viewed by users who might be interested.

I had that reasoning in the past, but had the bot banned for not complying with the instance guidelines.

I thus open this thread to see what could be done to solve this issue. Could there be exceptions to the bot labelling guidelines in this kind of cases?

wished I'd found these sooner. Thanks to whoever wrote them. Should be more links to them. need updates which can be submitted: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-docs

from the top: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-docs

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/8365829

> Question: What moderation tools do you find most useful? > > Follow up question: Are there any moderation tools you wish existed but don't? > > My wish would be some form of content editable by multiple accounts, useful for megathreads or community wikis.

Hiya!

Let me know if this is the wrong place to ask this 😄

1. If I find another post here in Fediverse/Lemmy where I want to comment in the same way I did in some other Fediverse/Lemmy post, am I encouraged to do so?
2. Is it encouraged to copy posts from Reddit and pasting them in Fediverse/Lemmy? (original content would be linked in the new post)

Hello!!! I appear to be community banned by mistake. Could someone share the secret to contacting a mod?

Many thanks!!!

The preference of locale is to cover global time zones to fit lemmy world's guidelines for moderators. I'm in Spain, Siyah is from Pakistan. The history community is growing to the tune of 100 new subscribers per month, so I, as the head moderator, am responsible for making certain all bases are covered for "large communities number undefined" under lemmy world's ever evolving guidelines for mods. It's an easy gig, as I've said before. Nothing too strenuous. You would need to familiarize yourself with the community rules (not hard) and the lemmy world Code of Conduct I'm always available to consult with if you have a question when in doubt about historical accuracy / inaccuracy. I can't say enough about how much of an easy gig moderating this community is. It's also fun because you discover new things about the past you never knew about before with every post from community subscribers. There is activity, and it's usually high quality activity, whether it be posting or commenting. If you happen to live in Antarctica, you would really be helpful here, because then the time zones would all be covered! We allow all things about the past here, so no need to be picky about what counts as "pre-history before writing" and time periods after writing was invented.

Over in the community I moderate here on Lemmy world, which is history, a user posted a link about photos from India when it was colonized by Great Britain. All of us over there were like enthusiastic to the brim, then the user deleted his or her post. When the user deleted their post, there's nothing to click on for a link, and what they posted was actually a really good link. Is there a way for me to recover the link to force it to be available again? It was really good. I navigated to the link before the user deleted the post, but it isn't available now in my history in my web browser, probably due to a sync fail from Firefox. Is there any way to recover this post so my community can continue to enjoy it? Is there a way for moderators to not only see that the user deleted their post, but also interact with the deleted post to copy the link?

Hello all!

We are looking for new moderators on the communities below. These communities belong to an inactive user. Would you like to help moderate and possibly contribute content yourself? Please send me a DM with the desired community.

!tiktok@lemmy.world

!lemmyask@lemmy.world

!recipes@lemmy.world

!gifs@lemmy.world

!twitter@lemmy.world

!documentaries@lemmy.world

Currently in need of mods for !casualconversation to moderate and create content. If interested let us know!

I've got a post in my community that was posted by mistake. This one:

https://lemmy.world/post/4989402

It was actually me that posted it from my Mastodon account.

I can't see a way to delete or hide it from the community.

The kebab menu only has the following items:

• Create report
• Block user
• Lock
• Community pin

I've tried reporting the post and it appears on the report page, but I don't seem to be able to do anything with it other than clicking "resolve report".

Hi folks 👋

Is it possible to take over a community that was created by a now absent owner?

This is the community:

!coys@lemmy.world

I've messaged the mod @gabrielconroy@lemmy.world a few times but I don't get a response. I also created a post in the hopes they would notice, but I think they've abandoned the community - their last activity was 3 months ago.

I'd like to develop this community further, but I'm stuck without being able to become a mod myself.

Any ideas?

That's the visible text of a comment, from someone whose other comments are visible to me.

Never seen this before, and as mod, I'm uncomfortable leaving someone's comment online when I can't see it.

Thx

Sorry for the old-school terminology and mis-terms in this message as I have not had a problem like this since my dumb-terminal days (I'm guessing that long)

How does one add the proper carriage returns to a post?

I have these three lines, with a new line on each but formats as one paragraph: This is line 1. This is line 2. This is line 3.

The only way I can separate these lines is using an extra carriage return between each line which looks horrible.

This is line 1.

This is line 2.

This is line 3.

How do I get the above lines to show up without that extra new line between each?

Thanks!

This is a peculiar situation, but basically I have been transferred primary mod status on a community from a community squatter. Because they were just squatting on the community name they never made any posts. Is there any mobile app or web app that implements a way to remove someone as a mod if they have never made a post?

Hi, I would like to add another user as a moderator in a community I currently moderate - is there a menu or tool for this? Please help.

I am interested in taking a consensus amongst the community on certain actions or rules to implement. Is there a way to post a poll?

I have a friend who would like to hide their existing lemmy posts for a certain period of time and make them available at a later date. Can anyone advise if this is possible or if a moderator can do that?

I run a community for a sports league (!nwsl@lemmy.world) where members can be a fan of one of twelve (soon to be 14!) teams. Oftentimes, communities will allow users to select a "flair" -- a small image that appears next to their username -- that displays their team affiliation. Mostly, this is accomplished with some custom style sheet, the css ::after psuedo-selector and Unicode reserved-range characters, but I'm not picky about how this is implemented.

My question is: do Lemmy communities support flaring in any way? Can I add a custom style sheet to my community at all?

Hello Lemmy moderators!

The Lemmy.World administrator team is planning to release a Moderator Code of Conduct for Lemmy soon.

Even though there will be some basic principles we will follow, which can be found here, we still need your valuable input. We'd like to hear your suggestions on what to add to this Code of Conduct, as you know best about what you want and need.

This Code of Conduct would lay out the official rules, set principles and goals for Lemmy.World moderators, and for any other instance that wishes to follow it.

With Love, The Lemmy.World Administrator (Team)

Is this a good neutral place to spotlight poor moderation?

For example, my post to !asklemmy@lemmy.ml asked what is a decent client for Debian was removed (per rule #3). While at the same time this “What's the best Android/iPhone app for Lemmy?” is not only not removed, it was actually started by the moderator themself, and stickied. So this is a case of a moderator /above the law/ breaking their own rules which they selectively enforce.

In principle there should be a record of this sort of conduct so users know which moderators to avoid (thus which communities to avoid).

Hi moderator team(s),

This is a link to the backgrounds, graphics and otherwise that I've help make for the Lemmy.world squad. Hopefully, this can be somewhat helpful in your work in your communities.

Well yes it is! But that's why it is important to look at it... All us moderators and community owner have responsibility towards the server. This is our server. I think it'll be more flourishing for the community if we enforce this perspective in the server/instance.

Hey all 👋

I'm trying to add my @lemann@lemmy.world account as a moderator to the !bikecommuting@lemmy.world community, which is currently moderated remotely by @lemann@lemmy.one.

This action has been successfully applied on lemmy.one, as visible in the @lemann@lemmy.world moderated communities on that instance:

https://lemmy.one/u/lemann@lemmy.world

This change doesn't appear to have federated to the same profile on lemmy.world however:

https://lemmy.world/u/lemann

Would it be possible to assist with this issue, or maybe point me to any further channels that could be able to assist?

Thanks in advance

I have a few subs I want to give away, and I am wondering; what would be the best way to give away communities you're no longer interested in running?

Is there a way to view the subscriber list. I'm thinking there are some bots sitting on the sub. I would like to confirm. Thanks.

I don't know who needs to hear this where, but being able to sort a user's comments by controversial would be a quick way to get a gauge on how generally inflammatory a user is when moderating one of their comments.

Hello Feddit,

I'm trying to get my foot in the door of the moderating world, but with no luck this far. I aspire to make this a better place! If there's an enthusiastic community out there somewhere, that needs a helping hand from an enthusiastic moderator, then you can consider me.

That's all.