• chortle_tortle@mander.xyz
    71·
    1 day ago

    I’ve actually come around. I think it might be that forced arbitrary conscription might be the only way to get mods that are not insane.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Actually, I’ve seen MetaFilter be fairly successful at rolling out as a legal non-profit entity with elections and interviews to be admins/moderators. What is the draw? These people are all paid, they are not doing the work for free. It’s now literally their day job and pays them enough to support themselves doing that as their job.

      I know a lot of people don’t actually want to explore that, but I think that would instantly alleviate the complaints of people being expected to do labor for free. I don’t actually think it should be free, but as it is, Lemmy instances are not well funded enough for that, especially with the ability to create endless communities. MetaFilter has different sections, but nobody can just arbitrarily make a new section that needs new mods. So part of it here is how Lemmy is designed, and it’s base design reflects the assumption that moderators work for free.

      So anyway, put me in the basket of “we should pay admins and moderators (as well as vote for them), and this would solve so many problems.”