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?
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.