/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)_/¯
…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.
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 :)
