Will something be done about moderators owning 50+ magazines/communities and counting? Already seeing power mods migrate from Reddit trying to hoard as many communities as possible.
Will something be done about moderators owning 50+ magazines/communities and counting? Already seeing power mods migrate from Reddit trying to hoard as many communities as possible.
Do you think they are actively trying to become moderators of those communities or is there a chance they’re trying to recreate the subreddits they’re accustomed to?
@CorrodedCranium Well, some of these individuals are ones on Reddit that are moderators of 300+ subs, it’s kinda telling, isn’t it?
Well on Reddit I’m a moderator of one sub purely because I’ve flown so far under the radar of the other mods with my lack of ambition… So does this mean I deserve the keys to the kingdom now?
there’s no way to tell, but if past behavior is any indicator of future intent…
The way that the fediverse works should make it more challenging for someone to squat on communities. There are plenty of instances which means there is plenty of competition. Am I missing something?
That’s not exactly how it works, FMA in communities and groups is usually that most users will likely consolidate towards single locations over time, lemmy.ml being one of the larger instances. Just because other communities can be created on other instances doesn’t mean there is any actual competition (once late into the game), unless the communities themselves are so far broken or unusable or poorly moderated that a migration event does occur elsewhere.
It’s the reason why subreddits like /r/pics have millions of subscribers and /r/pics2 is barren. Sure, it’s not exactly the closest analogy, but lemmy.ml isn’t going anywhere. Once adoption occurs, say in a few years time, do you think people are going to move communities?
Regardless, there isn’t an argument for an individual user to be able to be moderator of several dozens to hundreds of communities.