Disenchanted mods Ars spoke with want change, not more communication.

“Reddit is publicly extending an olive branch to the moderator community that it largely enraged over recent weeks…But as you might expect, mods remain skeptical.”

  • SomeoneElse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I mod a couple of communities I missed from Reddit. I’ve been stealing content from there to get the communities going (using the dystopia app so no ads and I don’t interact with Reddit at all). It’s honestly a bit jarring to read the nastiness/aggression in the comments after 5 weeks on lemmy. It’s so much nicer here, I hope we don’t lose that vibe completely as lemmy grows.

    • SrElsewhere@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I have an ethical conundrum. There were a couple subs I liked. I didn’t like spaz’ off-putting move. But when I learned of deddit’s treatment of a mod, I’d seen enough.

      I moved here and setup a landing place for the members of one sub to land. It was not ‘my’ sub. I didn’t start or mod it. But I wanted it to continue. Not much has happened with it. And the founder, whom I DMed, hasn’t come over afaik.

      Another sub I liked was still dark when I left, and can’t find any indication of it restarting elsewhere.

      I don’t want to step on toes or steal anybody’s sub or the credit due. I also don’t want those groups to die.

      What’s The Right Thing to DO?

      • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Create the communities you want to see here and treat them as completely separate entities, with their own userbase, content, etc. You’ll be the only one posting at first, but if there’s interest it’ll catch on.

        You’ve already gone above and beyond by inviting the Reddit mods, and I admire your sense of ethics, but no need to sweat further. In the end, ethically speaking, mods don’t “own” a community, much less the intellectual concept behind a given community; they just start it hoping others will join up. So you’re stealing nothing by creating your own elsewhere. That’s what Lemmy is about, anyway. And if those mods or sub participants ever decide to leave Reddit and they don’t like what you’re doing, any one of them can create their own instance and start again just like you did.

        Again, I massively respect your conscience in this. I feel like I’ve seen a unicorn in the wild, lol. But you’re good. Go forth and create the communities you want to see.