Hello users of Hexbear while we are always accepting moderation applications I would like to begin another formal volunteer drive.
Those of you interested in volunteering as a moderator, can send me your responses to the application questions below using either hexbear direct message or matrix message.
The answers may be as short or as long as you feel is adequate.
Application
What is your Hexbear username?
Do you have any preferred pronouns?
What are your thoughts on capitalism?
What are your thoughts on imperialism?
What are your thoughts on Palestine?
What are your thoughts on trans rights?
What are your thoughts on racial justice?
What do think about current and previous protests around the world?
What are your thoughts on Veganism and Animal Liberation?
Do you have any experience with other leftist online communities?
What did those experiences teach you?
What is your approach to moderation, and how do you work with teams?
How do you deal with online drama and people who try to start things for the sake of it?
What current communities would you be interested in moderating?
Would you like to create a new community?
Do you have any ideas for community engagement?
What is your general time availability? (Time zone, amounts, common browsing times, etc)
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I was recently thinking about what @MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net said about unnamed roles and tasks, and I think keeping a comm active is one of them, and it should be its own volunteer position, with easier onboarding. You would volunteer to help keep a comm active, even if just by making those weekly/monthly threads. We sometimes completely forget about certain niche comms even though they have mods, who usually mod multiple comms anyway (which is very appreciated ofc), also its not their job to keep comms active or contribute to them or whatever.
We can call the position comm organizer or steward or something.
Take c/literature as an example, PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS had started a weekly series called Hexbear Reads and people engaged with it and asked to be added to the ping list and so on. So clearly people want something like that, even a generic weekly c/literature post where they talk about what they are reading. But since PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS's ban no one made a post like that. To be clear this is not about "pumping up engagement", which obviously doesn't fit the site culture, instead it's about addressing a need. People want these monthly/weekly posts but no one makes them!
This is not about c/literature mods or anyone else, they are doing a great job and they only signed up to moderate really. Also mods usually mod a couple of comms, but these hypothetical organizers should only be responsible for a comm or two.
It would be a chill volunteer position with no responsibilities or pressure, and the application for it should be small and easy to fill out.
I know that some mods fill this role perfectly, but it's not a requirement of the job and it shouldn't be one.
Thanks for the reference, did not feel like anyone understood what I was saying the first time and I'm glad to see someone did. I entirely agree with your idea! A perfect example!
great idea, i would encourage anyone that wants to start that to do so and I can happily community feature posts if you ping me