Hi all, we have a new mod joining the team.

@FatalChessInjury@lemmy.fmhy.ml has been appointed as a mod of !newzealand, and will be starting to look at fleshing out the details of the community.

I know you’ll make them feel welcome :)

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They are a mod because they applied. You did not.

    Please feel free to apply for a mod position. We need all sorts of views on the team, and I’ve received very few applications. Be the change you want to see.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        First come first serve is a poor method of picking moderators

        Great theory, but we have existed not much longer than a week. We don’t have another method.

        It’s not like this instance is big enough to desperately need many mods right now.

        We absolutely need more coverage. Another instance had CSAM posted and this federated out to other instances, they didn’t have a mod online and so other instances were left having to deal with it. One person cannot provide the cover we need. In fact I’m considering closing registrations each night since I didn’t get much interest from my request for help.

        And I mean, picking the freeze peach mod implies some endorsement of his beliefs on your part.

        I did not get a “freeze peach” vibe from the post. Maybe I’m naive, but I got a “we’re all adults here, we don’t need to be petty” vibe. Whether it works in practice or not is another story, but it felt good intentioned.

        • ycnz@lemmy.nzEnglish
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          1 year ago

          That you didn’t get a free speech absolutist vibe from their post is why people are concerned about you.

    • MaungaHikoi@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Communities are driven first by the people that join them, then who sticks around. In a setup like this, where anyone can drive by comment from any old instance, you’re going to need to ban abusive people or the good users will leave. /r/newzealand had a solid set of rules and for the most part they were consistently applied.

      https://god.dailydot.com/bartender-kicks-out-tweets someone linked the nazi bar story the other day, Twitter is fucked for me atm so I can’t link the original. Either way, if you don’t kick out the shitheads straight away then they become your userbase, and the kicking out has to come from the mods in Lemmy. Downvotes don’t do anything here.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        If you see shitheads, report them. I am working on a post to ask the community how different content should be treated, so keep an eye out for that.