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Been going through mods to see if the have a niche in their field for c/askhistorians. Why are there so many users that haven't posted in 3 years? Should their not be a purge?
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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-30
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kibblebits quokk.au kibblebits@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-19
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Mod users? They’re probably just used for moderation and not posting. Lots of mods use alt accounts to moderate to avoid having their identities found out so they can continue to abuse users and censor content with no consequences to their regular account.

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Zonetrooper lemmy.world Zonetrooper@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-25
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3 years aligns with the Great API Debacle and protests on Reddit. It's when the Fediverse first started being discussed on many other sites and people were urged to shift over; certainly that's when I came over.

For any number of reasons, however, not everyone stuck around. Some were hoping for a larger shift-over that never materialized. Some found the smaller population and lack of niche communities they had enjoyed. Some were turned off by the political extremism and hate speech coming from some communities.

I don't have any issue with the accounts being left up, but I do think there ought to be a formal ruleset for opening up a community to new mods if the moderators go MIA.

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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-30
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Mod users? They’re probably just used for moderation and not posting. Lots of mods use alt accounts to moderate to avoid having their identities found out so they can continue to abuse users and censor content with no consequences to their regular account.

yea well I am not one of them and that sentence turned pretty quick.

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kibblebits quokk.au kibblebits@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-19
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yea well I am not one of them and that sentence turned pretty quick.

We know you’re not a mod. Welcome to Lemmy.

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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
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We know you’re not a mod. Welcome to Lemmy.

umm ok kind of a weird insult thing but ok.

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