For example, do you need a degree in philosophy to be a moderator of the philosophy community?
If so, how do we test for that?
If not, why do we treat them as authority?
For example, do you need a degree in philosophy to be a moderator of the philosophy community?
If so, how do we test for that?
If not, why do we treat them as authority?
Now I’m curious which communities you moderate, and whether it’s a topic on which I can test you.
I moderate [email protected]. I quite enjoy doing identifications, though those are hard to verify if you, well … don’t know any better :D
edit: also, If anyone does know better, I’ll happily invite them as a mod. Having second opinions is a good thing for these kind of communities!
Cool, but I have no way of testing your knowledge on the matter beyond obvious stuff sych as “how many legs does a spider have”, lol
True. But to proof I’m not a total hack, I do have at least 3 books! And they were actually nearby because I regularly use them.
I do not doubt your expertise, especially since you have an infinite multiple of books on the subject in question compared to what I have.
I know quite a few proper arachnologists from other communities, but none of them uses lemmy. Reddit’s r/spider community is really one of the only things I miss about that platform. It was a great community. We were like 10 people that did identifications and regularly pm’d and tagged each other in posts, because we even knew each others specific areas of expertise …
It’s no fun being the only “authority” on a subject, because I do get shit wrong sometimes and there is no one to challenge it, really.