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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!

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[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 7 months ago
[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@feddit.de 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're hired! Sending you the discord link now. Once you join, I'll appoint you to mod

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago

Yaayyy thank you :D

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

based Volt member

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

as well as a link to at least one other social media account. (reddit, twitter, instagram, facebook, mastodon, tumblr, bluesky are all accepted.)

People who deleted them all:

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

For the extremely rare case of someone who somehow doesn't have ANY other social media, I'm sure we can work something out.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 7 months ago

Any 196 mods, new or old that are on Matrix, please let me know. We have a matrix mod bot that will help deal with spam attacks that we can set you up with.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If I can stop random floods of dick pics by drunks, I'm down. Also, let's make this a public application, shall we?

My social media handle is common between Lemmy and Reddit, so no hiding there. I was a mod of /r/Chameleons for a while, as well as some other subs. Needless to say, reptile owners are a unique breed and have even delt with just about every type of human.(My account on Reddit is stale and I quit /r/Chameleons during the third-party app exodus. My main function was to shut down user-user conflict and coordinate with other mods during brigading events, which were more common on reptile subs than you would think.)

I am very active on Lemmy and I'll use an alt for any modding stuffs, specific to the community and instance. (I am mostly instance agnostic, but for my daily driving I use lemmy.ca and haven't had a need to use any other one yet. lemmy.world was annoying, so I moved my "main" account after a short trial.)

Also, I like long walks on sandy beaches just before sunset. That puts my formal modding hours between 11PM and 6AM UTC but I do check Lemmy throughout the day.

Unless its an active troll pushing state funded propaganda, I can roll with just about anything within the laws of the land. Modding 196 could be fun, but I'll just resign the position myself if it doesn't work. No hard feelings.

[OMG UR HIRED / wut?] -- Circle one choice.

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Seems good to me! I'll send you an invite to our discord and appoint you to moderator status here as soon as you join.

[–] Blackout@kbin.run 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Are you being serious or not..?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yes hello I'm located in the EST zone and spend an unhealthy amount of time on 196.

I already run c/montreal on Lemmy.ca, so I'm familiar with the tools.

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

if you're still interested, would you be willing to link any other socials, and provide a little bit more information about yourself?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Of course! I'll PM you in a bit :)

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

excellent! The fact that you've been active and available in the 2 months since you sent in your application bodes very well

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I didn't get it. where did you send it to?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Apparently I somehow managed to send it to your lemmy.world account, whoops. I'll send it again if you can't access it!

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

thats all right. ill just log in to my alt and read it there

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have no life outside of Lemmy. I'm obviously the best choice.

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

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

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

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

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

This poor actress that took this stupid AI-written role. She’ll forever be a meme because she was tricked and clearly miserable.i feel like we should replace her face with the assholes who funded and put this piece of shit on.

[–] tyy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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 :)

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] tyy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

If you still need mods, then sure!

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

alright! please DM me the required information

[–] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would love to apply but I already got my hands full with being the only mod in like 6 Communitys atm heh...

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Totally fine. No need to overwork yourself lol

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.

[–] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

i am willing to team up agianst lemmyshitposts

[–] mounderfod@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hi, I'm BST (GMT+1) and would like to take part. I have pretty good moderation experience, I'm Community Manager at Nucleoid, and have been moderating Minecraft servers on and off since 2019. I am also a moderator of the Alternative Nation community as well as CD collectors!

Another social link: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@mounderfod

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Jackie_meaiii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Hello! I'm not qualified for the position of internet moderator 🥰

But I hope y'all find some good peeps. This is an important little space for me, and good moderation is crucial to maintaining that :3

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)


https://www.reddit.com/user/irelephant_t_t/
https://calckey.world/
I am a big fan of the reddit 196, this one seems cool as well.

Hello I'd love to help out the community, I am currently a mod on !egg_irl@lemmy.blahaj.zone and I also have experience modding back on Reddit as well.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

okay, team up agianst lemmyshitposts?

[–] moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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.)