Mods are power creep because they’re like digital overlords, lording over online realms without pay, feeding off the authority they amass while others do the grunt work. It’s a virtual power trip
Mods are power creep because they’re like digital overlords, lording over online realms without pay, feeding off the authority they amass while others do the grunt work. It’s a virtual power trip
IMO it pretty much entirely depends on who each moderator is as a person - I think most of the ones you’ll encounter on Lemmy are just normal users who want our communities to remain an abuse-free and spam-free zone, with content adhering to the rules.
Outside of that framework, the users are pretty much the authority IMO… they’re bringing in the content and the conversation