A few sublemmys I moderate have accumulated some inactive moderators.
They weren’t bad mods, and I’d happily welcome them back if they become active again, but several accounts have had zero activity for several months. This gives the impression that the sub is better staffed than it is, and I wouldn’t want users reporting a problem to a dormant account.
Should inactive moderators be removed? If so, is there a standard etiquette of messaging them every x days for y weeks before removing them?
Some moderators have lower seniority than my account, but a few have higher seniority, often the original creator of a sublemmy during the Reddit blackout last June. How should these cases be handled?
@kersploosh@sh.itjust.works went on a campaign to find moderators and lock unmoderated communities a while back.
As far as I know, moderator seniority isn’t such a big deal on Lemmy like it is on reddit. Mainly because the admins can easily overrule the moderators anyway. I don’t think there is really any harm to leaving inactive moderator accounts on the team. All reports are sent to all moderators as well as admins, so it’s not like inactive moderators are preventing admins or other moderators from doing what they need to.
However, if you would still like to remove them as moderators, I think a reasonable standard would be 30 days without any activity or response to PM. Just PM me whichever accounts you are concerned about and I can demod them if they don’t respond in the allotted time.
Worth noting appeals can only be sent to one mod, so managing inactivity is important on that front.
