Lemmy is great, but there are some “subreddits” that would be great to implement on Lemmy. This means I will have to add them myself and be a moderator.
How much work will this likely involve? Assume moderately popular. Both in “hours per day” and “frustration”.
Are there legal risks?
Assume I am in the USA, in a state with a functioning government.
Thank you!
It really depends on where you wanna draw the line on content you remove.
Reddit and Lemmy both organize posts by vote. Users and the zietgiest are already doing the heavy organizational load.
I administered a top 100 subreddit. Millions of subs.
Honestly, what HAD to be removed was minimal. People can disagree. People can lie. People can call eachother bad names. They get ratio’d. I think it’s good for bystanders to see how unpopular some views are. I think the brilliant and nuanced rebuttals to bigotry are beautiful.
Dealing with power tripping mods was much more labour intensive than the moderation itself. Spam and stalking/doxxing is really what I think needs to be removed. Many/most mods are moderating to control the discourse. THAT is expensive.