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’d argue that they don’t actually have much more power than any other user, since anyone can make a community or even an entirely new server if they want. The FOSS nature of the fediverse puts a lot of agency in the hands of the user if they choose to use it.
But when you leave a community to make your own the population doesn’t follow you. So not really.