I noticed that “Ask Lemmy” only has 4 moderators.

That’s a single mod per 12k~ subscribers.

Or a single mod per 250~ users daily.

@14specks hasn’t made a post and comment in 2 years.

@[email protected] hasn’t in 4 months.

@Cloak in a year.

@mekhos in 3 years.

Where are the mods?

  • Bassman1805@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think “mods per user” is that important of a metric. “Mods per daily/weekly/monthly post/comment” is a more useful gauge of a community’s activity.

  • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Something else worth noting is that instance admins do a lot more moderation than Reddit admins did, so the burden on the moderators for individual communities can be smaller. lemmy.ml in particular has a reputation for having admins who actively intervene a lot.