With the constant growth of our mod team and the demanding nature of actually having lives outside of niche internet communities, Ada and I have come to the decision that the mod team once again needs to expand.
Applications work the same way they did the last two mod calls:
Post a brief write-up on yourself and why you think we should give you moderator status, as well as a link to at least one other social media account. (reddit, twitter, instagram, facebook, mastodon, tumblr, bluesky are all accepted.) If you don’t want your alts to be public, you can send them as a private DM to me. Applications don’t have a fixed close date, but we’re looking for at least four new mods in multiple time zones.

I will be personally selecting all new additions to the mod team. Please be civil, and good luck!

      • @[email protected]M
        1•1 year ago

        HE SAID: OK, TEAM UP AGIANST LEMMYSHITPOSTS?

        (i do not condone or endorse said suggestion. only healthy and productive behavior is encouraged on this community. do not participate in lemmy brigading if you are between the ages of 0 and 165. brigading may cause herpes, aids, anal leakage and hair loss. moderators of 196 are not designed to diagnose or treat or provide care for anything. please talk to your medical care provider if you have additional questions.)

  • MossOPM
    4•1 year ago

    hey there, sorry about taking so long for the second round. turns out studying for exams is really fucking hard!

  • @[email protected]
    1•1 year ago

    How many characters would I be moderating? I believe in structured moderation, where I am only required to monitor the interactions of the same 32 or so characters in this community. Moderators under this system work together by not monitoring each other’s characters. So, that works out to a strict 32:1 character:mod ratio.

  • Blackout
    11•1 year ago

    Is it ok that I’m in my 80s and a little senile? How about if I was very senile?

  • RoflmasterbigpimpM
    32•1 year ago

    Hello! I would also like to join and help out at 196. My main Account on World got banned from a Troll-Mod for being “nice to trans People and rude to Transphobes”, I hope this speaks in my favor? I really like 196. It has such a chill vibe and fantastic people! I live in Germany, and I’m active in politics (VOLT).

    I hate when people just come in a spam bullshit and harass people. This is such an Immature behavior and just annoying af. I do my best to report them as fast a possible but I would like to do more! If I can help in some way I’m here :D

    My Mastodon: https://troet.cafe/@Roflmasterbigpimp

    It’s all in German, tho. But translators will do the Job, I guess :P

  • Tyy
    4•1 year ago

    Hi, if you still need more mods I would gladly help out!

    I primarily reside in the MST/MDT timezone, and spend a pretty good amount of time browsing here and the general fediverse (https://blahaj.land/@ty), so I would be able to give it my all when required. Unfortunately I don’t post much myself mainly due to a lack of creativity and just because most of the memes I have are from c/196 itself, though I really love the community that has developed here

    As for existing experience, I moderate/admin a (at present) 131626 member discord server surrounding a Minecraft mod (I can give you the invite and/or my username if you want), so I have experience dealing with people and helping resolve issues as fast as I can when needed. I have been doing staff-related roles in that server since December 1st 2020, so I am not very new to moderating online spaces :)

    • MossOPM
      3•1 year ago

      Ok! If you really mean that write an application anyway. Any help is good help!

    • MossOPM
      1•1 year ago

      if you’re still interested, you can fill out an application

  • Hugucinogens
    8•1 year ago

    I’m interested, but I worry I might not consistently have enough uptime. What would be the expectations, kinda?

    • MossOPM
      2•1 year ago

      Basically just help out when you have the time. If you’re really interested, just write up an application as a reply to this post/comment

      • Hugucinogens
        1•1 year ago

        Take into account the time it has taken me to respond, and the fact that I have absolutely zero prior experience, but if you do still need anything little extra, I’d love to help.

        My timezone is utc+3 (summer time), and if you do still want help, tell me so I dm you my socials.

        Otherwise, stay strong, and keep keeping this place cool!

          • Hugucinogens
            2•1 year ago

            Given the amount of time it has been? Yeah sure, lol

            I’m not gonna do much, but I’ve seen a couple cheap trolls in my time here, and it’d feel good to remove them myself rather than passing it on to someone else.

            • MossOPM
              1•1 year ago

              alright! please DM me the required information

  • LinkOpensChest.wav
    2•1 year ago

    If you need someone to help in the central time zone, I can. I’ve modded a fairly large discord server where I had to deal with all kinds of unfathomably deranged content that I won’t describe here.

    I feel confident I could mod judiciously here and follow your style of modding, but I also have a history with some people here, so they might not feel comfortable with me modding, and I totally understand if that’s a problem.

    My tumblr is in my profile. It’s a fairly new account, but I’ve been on tumblr since maybe a year before dashcon, but that old account got banned for reasons I have honestly never been able to determine. I can share my signal or discord via DM, if you’d prefer that instead.

  • no banana
    1•1 year ago

    Feel like this might be an April fools joke (on future mods).