I am curious to see a true anarchic community purely governed by votes. My assumption is a total fucking dysfunctional shitshow that nobody is even remotely happy with but who knows

I can’t speak for anyone else, but if they’re anything like Redditmods I’m in favour of the trebuchet.

“fact”

where proof?

Contact the admins of the existing instance with the mod not following the community rules or the instance TOS

Complain about it on !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Create a new community on a different instance.

I’m surprised to learn that. It seems a lot less restrictive here than reddit.

I believe that “older” mods can remove other mods, same as on Reddit, though I’ve never tried. So mods that show up higher on the list of mods in the right-hand sidebar in the Lemmy Web UI for the community.

Or instance admins on the instance where the community lives. They probably won’t get involved unless the mod is violating the rules they’ve set for their instance. Your idea of what constitutes acceptable behavior for the mod and their idea may or may not be the same.

You’d have to talk to either those “more senior” mods or the instance admins and convince one of them that the mod shouldn’t be a mod for that community.

Only alternative is going and creating some alternative community elsewhere and drawing users away.

spoiler We are too small for it to be a big issue here.

In all honestly, just try to talk to people. It does not always work. Some fuckwits are mods for the narcissistic idiocy. Be the change you want to see, and then push your way into the cultural discussion.

Like 90% of the time, sending a PM is more than adequate to curb behavior. Every mod action is harmful without exception, as proven by the prisoner’s dilemma in game theory. Negative feedback is incapable of producing positive outcomes. Adding as little negative feedback as possible creates the best environment for everyone.

If you want to be a mod, that means sorting out flags by reading into the situation from both sides. I will not tolerate bigotry or personal attacks of any kind. However, every individual has a right to all information, a right to skepticism, a right to error, and a right to protest in nonviolent forms aka the right to offend others. No one has a right to infringe on these same rights of others.

My personal feelings are irrelevant as a mod. I will not take actions against someone if I am participating in the conversation. I will flag the issue and PM another mod. I try to remember to sign my mod log messages because I have nothing to hide and despise any coward that lacks full transparency from a position of authority. I am the janitor. I clean up the messes. I read into the details of every flag. I am just as likely to take actions against the person that flagged the issue. I usually contact both parties in a PM too.

I have experienced many bad mods, but that is my catalyst. Everyone is valid, even if unpopular. Everyone has a right to error because that is a primary way that we learn. The only scope that I will bias heavily is any issue with diversity and especially any transgender negativity because the Fediverse is a safe heaven in that regard.

Dichotomous logic is a sign of stupidity and something to avoid with self awareness. If you are unwilling to reach out and take as little action as required, you a doing it for the wrong reasons and ultimately harmful. Immediate emotional reactions are harmful. Think stuff through from all perspectives and give every benefit of the doubt as possible. Everyone has a right to have a bad day too. Don’t let some halfwit reaction make their bad day worse even if you disagree strongly as a person. A good judge always separates their emotions from cognitive logic. Being a mod is not hard at all. One just has to care. The community is self regulating with flags that indicate when action is needed. Micromanagement is a mental disorder. The best communities are often those with inactive mods.

You don’t need one. Just make a new community without that mod.