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With the constant growth of our mod team and the demanding nature of actually having lives outside of niche internet communities, Ada and I have come to the decision that the mod team once again needs to expand.
Applications work the same way they did the last two mod calls:
Post a brief write-up on yourself and why you think we should give you moderator status, as well as a link to at least one other social media account. (reddit, twitter, instagram, facebook, mastodon, tumblr, bluesky are all accepted.) If you don't want your alts to be public, you can send them as a private DM to me. Applications don't have a fixed close date, but we're looking for at least four new mods in multiple time zones.

I will be personally selecting all new additions to the mod team. Please be civil, and good luck!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I wish you the best.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Hi, I'm BST (GMT+1) and would like to take part. I have pretty good moderation experience, I'm Community Manager at Nucleoid, and have been moderating Minecraft servers on and off since 2019. I am also a moderator of the Alternative Nation community as well as CD collectors!

Another social link: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@mounderfod

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Feel like this might be an April fools joke (on future mods).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I'm just kidding. Also saw that it was posted yesterday so it's my bad lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

Yes hello I'm located in the EST zone and spend an unhealthy amount of time on 196.

I already run c/montreal on Lemmy.ca, so I'm familiar with the tools.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

If you need someone to help in the central time zone, I can. I've modded a fairly large discord server where I had to deal with all kinds of unfathomably deranged content that I won't describe here.

I feel confident I could mod judiciously here and follow your style of modding, but I also have a history with some people here, so they might not feel comfortable with me modding, and I totally understand if that's a problem.

My tumblr is in my profile. It's a fairly new account, but I've been on tumblr since maybe a year before dashcon, but that old account got banned for reasons I have honestly never been able to determine. I can share my signal or discord via DM, if you'd prefer that instead.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Hi, I'd like to help out with moderation. I'm currently also moderating [email protected], [email protected] and a few others. I am 1 hour ahead of UTC and active throughout the day. I've been on mastodon since 2019, but I'm not that active there. I prefer the way Reddit/Lemmy works. I still have an account on Reddit and an alt on lemmy.blahaj.zone (@[email protected]), but I rarely use them.

So, I would like to keep 196 free of harassment and people called Thulean.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

i am willing to team up agianst lemmyshitposts

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Hello! I would also like to join and help out at 196. My main Account on World got banned from a Troll-Mod for being "nice to trans People and rude to Transphobes", I hope this speaks in my favor? I really like 196. It has such a chill vibe and fantastic people! I live in Germany, and I'm active in politics (VOLT).

I hate when people just come in a spam bullshit and harass people. This is such an Immature behavior and just annoying af. I do my best to report them as fast a possible but I would like to do more! If I can help in some way I'm here :D

My Mastodon: https://troet.cafe/@Roflmasterbigpimp

It's all in German, tho. But translators will do the Job, I guess :P

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

based Volt member

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're hired! Sending you the discord link now. Once you join, I'll appoint you to mod

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Yaayyy thank you :D

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

If I can stop random floods of dick pics by drunks, I'm down. Also, let's make this a public application, shall we?

My social media handle is common between Lemmy and Reddit, so no hiding there. I was a mod of /r/Chameleons for a while, as well as some other subs. Needless to say, reptile owners are a unique breed and have even delt with just about every type of human.(My account on Reddit is stale and I quit /r/Chameleons during the third-party app exodus. My main function was to shut down user-user conflict and coordinate with other mods during brigading events, which were more common on reptile subs than you would think.)

I am very active on Lemmy and I'll use an alt for any modding stuffs, specific to the community and instance. (I am mostly instance agnostic, but for my daily driving I use lemmy.ca and haven't had a need to use any other one yet. lemmy.world was annoying, so I moved my "main" account after a short trial.)

Also, I like long walks on sandy beaches just before sunset. That puts my formal modding hours between 11PM and 6AM UTC but I do check Lemmy throughout the day.

Unless its an active troll pushing state funded propaganda, I can roll with just about anything within the laws of the land. Modding 196 could be fun, but I'll just resign the position myself if it doesn't work. No hard feelings.

[OMG UR HIRED / wut?] -- Circle one choice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did you gain the ability to rotate your eyes independently

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes. My eyeballs rolled back so much modding that sub I think I broke something permanently.

I had to deal with this psychopath several times..[NSFL, if you are animal abuse sensitive]: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7665431/Vegan-activist-admits-gave-pet-chameleon-exfoliating-coconut-BODY-WASH.html

The bitch finally got her ass arrested in Moscow for similar shit, actually. Something about giving her pet calf a walk ...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Seems good to me! I'll send you an invite to our discord and appoint you to moderator status here as soon as you join.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Would love to apply but I already got my hands full with being the only mod in like 6 Communitys atm heh...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Totally fine. No need to overwork yourself lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm down, but I will do absolutely nothing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Ok! If you really mean that write an application anyway. Any help is good help!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

I don't want to be a mod, but respect to those who do it out of wanting to help their communities.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm interested, but I worry I might not consistently have enough uptime. What would be the expectations, kinda?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Basically just help out when you have the time. If you're really interested, just write up an application as a reply to this post/comment

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Is it ok that I'm in my 80s and a little senile? How about if I was very senile?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Maybe Congress or the presidency is more your speed, then..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you being serious or not..?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

It's hard to be serious in 196.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

sounds like you meet all the prerequisites for a moderator

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Note that Lemmy DM's aren't that private. I'm not really into sharing other accounts in general but if you don't get any bites let me know.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Oh well. Private enough to send a hyperlink imo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't even know lemmy had DM's

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

It has but admins can potentially see them.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago

What a swell guy, approved!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is having lives outside of a niche internet community a requirement?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not really, but it is recommended

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't tell me how to live my life

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Fair enough! I also like patapon btw

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