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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

just a question: is moderating any different in lemmy than reddit? like can a moderator power trip here?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mod actions are of the shadow type, as in users don't get to know if they're blocked/hidden/etc unless they have a hunch and go check the modlog.

Modlog is more transparent but the former reason makes power tripping / shaping a community to the whims of a mod easy.

I don't know if there're any reporting tools to inform instance admins if a mod is going rogue

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

to add to the other comment, I think mods can still power trip here. Though I think there's one thing protecting from that: the instance admins can reassign the mods. And though it is technically the same as reddit, in reality your instance admins are way more responsive that Reddit admins.