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Can I create a magazine, then step down from a moderator position? (kbin.cafe)
submitted 1 year ago by Emotional_Series7814@kbin.cafe to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
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I do not have the time, patience, or thick skin needed to be a moderator. I do have a community or two I’d like to create on Kbin and post to, though. Is it currently possible for this set of steps to happen?

  1. Create a magazine, which automatically makes you its moderator.
  2. Appoint another moderator.
  3. Either remove yourself as moderator, or have the other moderator successfully remove you.
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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sorry but that sounds a bit self serving.

"I want this place to exist but want someone else to provide it for me."

If no one else has created the community...maybe no one cares about it as much as you do (and you don't care enough to maintain it...).

So your chance of getting someone else to do the work for you is pretty slim.

[–] Emotional_Series7814@kbin.cafe 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m fine with being active in the place, doing lots of advertising, doing my best to get the place off the ground, writing up rules, etc.

I’m not fine with being the first line of defense against some troll posting gore. I also know that I tend to be pretty oversensitive and might use moderator powers to remove replies that really should have stayed up. Hence “I do not have the… thick skin needed to be a moderator”.

So yeah, this is totally self-serving. Don’t feel like putting myself through the gore or putting myself through the “oh my god fucking powertripping mod” criticism (whether warranted or unwarranted), better stay out of that position of power in the first place.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool.

I totally understand you position (who would want to be a mod?) but I think you have zero chance of this creating a space you want to post in.

[–] Emotional_Series7814@kbin.cafe 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you saying that you think I have zero chance of getting a magazine off the ground so I have more posters than just myself, or zero chance of finding someone else who is willing to moderate? I’m not entirely sure I understand your reply.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

zero chance of finding someone else who is willing to moderate

This one. Not zero though but close to zero. Usually a mag is created by someone who is passionate about the topic (which you are) and wants to moderate it (which you are not).

There are hundreds of empty Mags that have been created and abandoned. (most of which are just clones of reddit subs) I have seen many threads of mods wanted for this mag I created but no longer want to mod but I have yet to see anyone take one over.