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The key reason is that we just don’t have enough people on the admin team to keep the place running. Most of the admin team has stepped down, mostly due to burnout, and finding replacements hasn’t worked out.

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[–] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 71 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Managing a federated network comes with a lot of responsibility.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not just federated networks. It is anything with user interaction. Managing and moderating any sort of sizeable social media site is a lot harder than people think.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

it's why I said no to a discord server that I am chronically online in. I don't remember what was the active user count back then, probably just 100. the admins offered a mod position because I'm a good boi. I know I'll get angry at the slightest thing. but i always managed to stop kyself from posting angrily off the cuff. I am not fit to moderate strangers, even if their familiar strangers. dunno how I'd do with a smidgen of power.

I couldn't imagine the stress of moderating even larger network