I posted my comment before I read yours and they are pretty much identical in ideas. I mentioned how when I had a very popular sub on Reddit I made it clear I set the rules but didn’t handle any moderation or appeals, that sort of thing. I had others do it that didn’t post, maybe they did in alts, but I never knew. I considered myself the founder and community manager and was able to be really involved the the community and not do it with a badge and a gun visible. I never banned one person the entire time or flexed on someone that was close to breaking the rules in comments or ever at all. That’s what the mods were for it wasn’t my job. I did however make sure the mods were doing their job checking what they removed or banned or whatever but that’s it.
I’ve seen OP insert themselves into conversation like a regular user would many times but then eventually give warnings visible to everyone if it went a certain way they didn’t like. I don’t like how someone could think they are arguing or debating with a regular user then all of a sudden they flex with be careful what you say and making it obvious they are a mod. The times I have seen that happen really didn’t even think a warning was necessary at all, but how can you even make that call with such a huge conflict of interest being part of the debate yourself. If all the other users are fine with the way the debate or discussion is going and even if it’s heated as long as it’s not completely crazy breaking rules and everyone seems fine about it except for the OP who is also part of the debate seems like it’s hard to tell sometimes if they are just annoyed at someone or they really think it’s breaking the rules. Also I never had my mods call out people in public for bad behavior I had them send a PM and talk about it without escalating it by calling them out publicly, especially for trivial things.
So yeah if I see OP commenting in a thread with a debate I don’t even bother commenting because it seems saying the wrong thing even if not abusive just being annoying to them might get their attention in a way I don’t want to happen.
I mean even this entire thread itself to me is widely Inappropriate for a mod. Either be a user or a mod, not both at the same time.
I think mods should not be seen or heard, just making sure that things that breaks the rules in an obvious way are moderated. I had a very popular sub on Reddit at one point and I made it clear that I created the rules but I didn’t moderate I had others do it so I could be actively involved with my members and not policing them at the same time. I don’t know if you are a good or bad mod but you do seem to talk a lot about yourself and insert yourself into conversations that were going smoothly in a confrontational way sometimes and then fall back to making it clear you have mod powers in some way.
I think there should be a separation between community managers/moderators and no overlap but that’s me.
I think this is a good idea and would be interested I would suggest you use a free tool for scheduling I would recommend https://whenavailable.com/ no account needed and lots of options… and before the first meeting decide on how long the sessions will be, creating an agenda that will decide the format of the sessions like a set timeline of what activities will be done and for how long, maybe voting or letting people submit topics so each meeting and future meeting has a specific purpose and unique experience/discussion known in advance. Those are just a few things I can think of off the top of my head that make things like this actually be successful and retain people that show up and come back again. Let me know if this project is going to happen and if you want any help.
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Because instead of it being an open invitation for users to freely express their ideas it turns into a conflict. Just forget I said anything.