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!

  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    3 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.

  • Moss@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
    3·
    1 month ago

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

  • Roflmasterbigpimp@feddit.deM
    2·
    3 months 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

  • Blackout@kbin.run
    1·
    3 months ago

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

  • Tyy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    3 months 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 :)

  • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
    1·
    3 months ago

    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.zoneOPM
      1·
      3 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.

  • remotelove@lemmy.caM
    0·
    3 months ago

    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.

  • mounderfod@lemmy.sdf.org
    0·
    3 months ago

    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