Also this guy: User @peace. https://lemmy.world/post/479990

@ktr41n Same problem in Kbin. Some people register a ton of magazines (known as community) and do not moderate at all.

While I grant that there probably are a handful of people who can mod a dozen or more smaller communities and not power trip, I think they're probably the exception to the rule, and we shouldn't encourage it. The more communities you mod, the higher the standards should be for community engagement.

Is there a (feasible) way to crowdsource/democratize modding? E.g. having mandated regular elections in place for mods, alternatively for the rules? The latter being better maybe. If rules are voted/agreed on and then either the admins or some external, neutral ,(non community/"subreddit"-level) instance jury/court could handle complaints where the users feel that a mod has not acted appropriately/implemented the rules decided on

Id rather have a mod owning multiple communities than communities without mods. Not a lot of people want to take the job to mod communities.

On the other hand, if the mods are sensonring the communities, then they should be removed from them

Get with the community admin and discuss if you are interested in it.