In the spirit of Lemmy/federation giving more power to the users. I want to let the users of this community vote on our first candidate for a new mod. This is a little risky because there has not been much time for community to form, but I think its a chance to set a good precedence.

Voter information

The candidate for a new mod: lemmy.world/u/forkball

My arguments for adding them as a mod:

  • Assuming its the same person, reddit.com/u/forkball was an active reddit user since 2011. And from briefly scanning their history on reddit and Lemmy, they seem like a good level headed person. I think they would be a good mod, but the voice of the community is what matters.
  • I have no mod experience and was always a complete reddit lurker, so it would be good to have a very active community member as a mod.

My arguments for not adding them:

  • Y’all are chill and not causing a lot of work for me. So at this instant I can handle the work load. Not sure how long that will last though.

How to place a vote

I hope to avoid bots so voting will take some effort.

To place a vote you must comment on this post (I wont count nested comments). Your comment must begin with “YES:” or “NO:” followed by no less than 4 words justifying your vote.

Votes must be submitted before June 29 at 06:00 UTC.

If we have more YES votes than NO votes, u/forkball will become a mod.

Here are examples of valid voting comments: “YES: because forkball both showers and thinks!” “NO: because they didn’t give me an up doot”

Fineprint

Lemmy and moderating is still new to me so if this ends up being a really dumb move on my part for some reason I cannot foresee, I reserve the right to bail on this idea and try another method for community input. Things would need to get really nuts for me to bail on this vote.

I don’t expect a huge number of votes, but if im wrong, it may take some time to tally the votes.

Edits

  • It seems implied, but only one vote per username. Feel free to report duplicates. I will also try to publish the counted votes so people can validate my tally.
  • vatlark@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    YES: because forkball was a strong member of the reddit community and from their comment history seems to think for themselves.

    • Poiar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Is there a way you could make the Reddit forkball user upload/write something innocuous in Reddit, that you request the lemmy forkball user to write - to establish credibility?

      • soupspoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I don’t think they’re the same user, did this u/forkball say they are? They write differently, on different topics/teams, and honestly the reddit one seemed fairly grumpy. I say if a person seems decent and isn’t a bot let em try and we can always register our complaints if needed.

  • Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    YES: even if the community is chill now, you don’t know what can happen, look at bots currently trying to invade lemmy for example, getting help before problems could occur is always a good thing, better safe than sorry IMO.

  • MyMulligan@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    YES: because he’s not been a mod before and everyone deserves a chance to invoke the internet’s ire.

  • indomara@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Yes: We will need more mods, we are only behaving because we are distracted, the chaos will come. 😊

  • slifer@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    @vatlark Have you tried reaching out to the mods of the reddit showerthoughts and seeing if they’re interested in resuming operations over here? Based on the community picture I assumed this and the reddit variant were the same.

  • forkball@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Hey guys, I am not u/forkball on reddit. I’m u/tottspot. Will make a post over there to verify. Just have an interest in getting involved in modding and offered to help. I consider myself a team player and have been a lurker at r/showerthoughts for years and wanted to get more involved over here. Cheers!

    • Solivine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      Wait I’m confused, does the OP even know who you are? Why are they putting you forward?

      • soupspoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I don’t think it’s really necessary to know who @forkball was on reddit or anywhere, I was just saying I don’t think they have that username on reddit for clarification. But if they aren’t a bot and seem willing then welcome, I say, and thank you! I assume @vatlark can boot anyone who turns out to be a bad mod?

        Also I think putting your names like that will let you both know about this message? Edit: maybe not, hmm