It will be an interesting time for sure. I hope it can work out in a way that skilled moderators can be compensated for their efforts. It seems like donation-supported instances for niche communities isn’t too unrealistic right now, though that doesn’t solve the volunteer labor problem. Cleverer things will probably become possible as the technology improves.
For the first time in forever I find myself actively participating and engaging. Over on Reddit I really just ended up using my account to moderate and nothing more. I adore those communities, and the teams I moderated with, but I actually find myself enjoying the forum atmosphere again.
Some of the /r/ExperiencedDevs mods are running the programming.dev instance and most Star Trek-related subreddits moved to startrek.website, so it’s already happening.
I will be thrilled if we end up with some experienced Reddit mods running communities or instances of their own.
I would welcome them to mod my community with open arms ! I hope we see some of them come over
It will be an interesting time for sure. I hope it can work out in a way that skilled moderators can be compensated for their efforts. It seems like donation-supported instances for niche communities isn’t too unrealistic right now, though that doesn’t solve the volunteer labor problem. Cleverer things will probably become possible as the technology improves.
That’s already the case, e.g. lemmy.dbzer0.com
I’ve been trying to attract other reddit mods as well but success has not been great
Speaking for myself, I’m enjoying the break!
For the first time in forever I find myself actively participating and engaging. Over on Reddit I really just ended up using my account to moderate and nothing more. I adore those communities, and the teams I moderated with, but I actually find myself enjoying the forum atmosphere again.
Some of the /r/ExperiencedDevs mods are running the programming.dev instance and most Star Trek-related subreddits moved to startrek.website, so it’s already happening.