001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is your opinion of online moderators? Do you think of them as an ally or an adversary?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down17
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your opinion of online moderators? Do you think of them as an ally or an adversary?001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareGreatAlbatrossAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·1 year agoIn most of the places I exist, I think of them like janitors. Doing appreciated, but not-very-fun work, to keep communities moving. Honestly, if I was in a place with moderators that felt like adversaries, I might not stick around very long.
minus-squareTheAndrewBrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoAnd, like janitors, they usually go unrecognized for the help they give and heavily criticized for anything that’s not perfect.
In most of the places I exist, I think of them like janitors. Doing appreciated, but not-very-fun work, to keep communities moving.
Honestly, if I was in a place with moderators that felt like adversaries, I might not stick around very long.
And, like janitors, they usually go unrecognized for the help they give and heavily criticized for anything that’s not perfect.