/m/politics is basically unmoderated, and the trolls and other ne’er-do-wells are starting to find it. I’m not even particularly interested in following it, but that’s one topic that you don’t want to leave unmoderated. It’s a troll magnet for obvious reasons, and that starts to affect the rest of the instance (and the fediverse) if there isn’t anyone enforcing some sort of decorum.
@ernest I know you’re ridiculously busy right now, but could you find a moment to appoint someone to recruit a mod team for /m/politics? I’d be willing to do the recruiting if you don’t have any better candidates, but I wouldn’t want to remain on as a moderator after that’s done.
Alternatively does anyone here actively want the job?
Honestly if I was an admin I’d ban politics from my instance completely lol. Have the magazine already blocked as I knew how it would turn out ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I’m curious though, all federated Magazines also say @ernest is the only moderator. I’m not sure, but it might just default to him if there’s no other moderator. (Though I would hope that /m/politics would have more support)
I think the mags were created as placeholders so people coming from Reddit will at least see some mags that look farmilar.
The feeling I get is that as mags get busy and as people start stepping on each other’s toes, mods will be in high demand.
That bring said, @ernest has asked for mods and has mentioned building a moderation team.
Shout out for all the work you done so far @ernest!
The moderation in fediverse operates with remote mags, and these mags belong to their owners - you can verify this in the modlog; It is an error in displaying the information, and it will be fixed soon. As for moderation team - yes, I am working on it, and I think I am on the right track :)
…Annnd they made /m/politics a USA thing only.
It’s fine, leave this bone to the attention seekers and get your news from another magazine.
Wouldn’t mind volunteering for this.
Note: I’m an anarchist, and won’t tolerate most forms of bigotry.
Since things are new here, it might be a good idea to let people know what they are getting into for moderation duties.
It would be good to have some info to hand, like what mod tools are available, what kind of sitewide rules they must follow, what kind of community rules they can enforce, etc.