Hi all, I wanted to let you know about an incident that happened a few days back. An individual requested to become a mod on c/Portland when they thought there was no moderators due to a federation issue. Then, an admin mistakenly made them a mod.
I reached out to the admins to let them know I was upset by such a mistake happening on their part. I also de-modded the individual, but tried to encourage them to make a post getting input from all of you about becoming a mod. I’m honestly not against them becoming a mod.
I think having more mods would actually help this place grow. If you’ve posted here at least a few times, and are interested in volunteering, nominate yourself below.
I doubt anyone will have any red flags to call out, but if you do contact me about it or post.
Thanks all. I hope you were able to stay cool these past few days.
I take the stance that the less moderation the better. Keep out spam, keep out obvious abuse, but there should never be the sort of moderation that turned the subreddit into a joke. No policing of language. No punishing for posts that occur in other parts of the fediverse but not directly in the Portland group.
Definitely no locking or removing threads because “too many complaints, too hard to moderate.” Oh, your volunteer job is too hard? Time to find a new job.
