Where are the moderators? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I noticed that "Ask Lemmy" only has 4 moderators.

That's a single mod per 12k~ subscribers.

Or a single mod per 250~ users daily.

@14specks hasn't made a post and comment in 2 years.

@tmpod@lemmy.pt hasn't in 4 months.

@Cloak in a year.

@mekhos in 3 years.

Where are the mods?

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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

As many as necessary to keep the users in check.
Are all participants civil, you need only one. If everyone is feral and posts 10 comments/30min that are worth moderation, maybe 1 mod ler 10 users.
Some mods can take a 100 users, some only 10.
A mod is not like an API you can rate limit lol

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