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  1. Mod of !anarchism@slrpnk.net posts a great Greta Thunberg quote, but then tries to use it to justify not voting in the upcoming US election
  2. Multiple people point out that’s very clearly not what she meant
  3. Removed by mod Removed by mod Removed by mod Removed by mod

Using your mod powers to decide who is allowed and not allowed to speak is not very anarchist of you, @mambabasa@slrpnk.net

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[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t think mods should be moderating their own posts, generally.

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago
[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is a take that sounds good at first, but quickly shatters when it comes in contact with reality.

Mods are not some mythical aloof figure that hoovers over everything to make impartial decisions but are rather more often the primary posters and "content creators" (horrible term) in a community. This is something we encourage on our instance as we want to foster an organic community with original content and not just be a faceless link aggregator.

Add to this that it is really difficult to find additional volunteer mods for communities, and the person that starts a community is often the only and typically somewhat unwilling moderator of it as well. In thematic communities they are also often the person in the mod team with the most expert knowledge on a topic to decide if something is misinformation etc. or not.

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