2y ago

Inactive mods?

I moderate the /c/stopdrinking community. The person who created it didn't want to mod, and so I volunteered. Now the creator has gone inactive and hasn't been around for for 4 days.

I'd like to update the sidebar, etc, but only the creator seems to be able to do that.

What happens if he never comes back? If he can eventually be removed, what would be a reasonable amount of time to wait?

In the meantime, can an Admin change the sidebar text for me?

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You'll have to ask a site admin like @ruud@lemmy.world
- I replied to @Spacebar@lemmy.world DM.
- How? Do I just message them?
  
  he should have just been pinged by that comment, but i'll do it from the world instance just in case
  hey @ruud there's a community where the top mod has gone inactive and the next person wants to do some changes but can't. could you please help? cheers
Now the creator has gone inactive and hasn't been around for for 4 days.
Question from someone who might want to start a couple of magazines/communities: Is being away for four days long enough to be considered inactive?
- No, it shouldn't be, many people have commitments and as long as there is a mod active then the community is being covered.
  This is the second post I've seen on the matter today and it's disappointing that we are already seeing people trying to assure they are the King of their little domain.
  I was tired of these politics in Reddit and I'm not eager to continue seeing it here.
  
  I just want someone to add a proper description. I'm sorry if that's me trying to become a king of some little domain.
  People really ascribe the worst to things sometimes.
I've been sober since January 2nd and the creator asked for mods because he made it when he wasn't sober and I messaged him I'd be a mod but he never replied. I was active on the subreddit
- I sent a message to the mod because spacebar shows up as a bot on my browser. I think we need Ruud’s help.
  
  What basis do you have for this? What do you mean "shows up as a bot"? Their history is no more suspect than your own, there's just less of it.
  I wish everyone would just chill with this shit. It's been a week, we don't need hall monitors yet.
Sending an email to info@lemmy.world creates a ticket. Ruud got back to me slightly after 24 hours.
Seems like the creator went drinking
Username says you are a bot.
- My bot checkbox is unchecked. Am I still a bot?
  
  I don't see it. Was it checked before ?
Good question , hopefully someone will know cos I ain't got clue
Reach out to the Admins of the instance the community is located on?

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