Is it appropriate for someone to be a mod here when they don't understand open source, and insult users in the community? (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by SheeEttin@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I'd understand if they were a random user, but a mod should already have at least some understanding about a community's topic.

But worse to me are their comments in that post calling the people responding "childish trolls in this community". I do not think that this is appropriate for a moderator.

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[-] SheeEttin@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago

"childish trolls in this community", "this community is full of trolls", "90% of folks here dont get the issue and rather troll"

[-] red@sopuli.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

That's insulting? Quite civil words, compared to the words the community he is describing, use in that thread.

[-] SheeEttin@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago

Yes. And that doesn't excuse it; a moderator should be better than the community they moderate.

[-] halm@leminal.space 6 points 7 months ago

That's honestly an unreasonable expectation of volunteers, and especially not one I'd want mods to measure themselves by. A mod who thinks he is better than the common users would be a massive asshole.