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!
That depends on the type of community (political discussion is more work to moderate); how many mods are active; the moderation ethos of the community (laissez-faire vs. curation vs. tight focus); whether it’s public or private; how robust the mod tools are on that platform; and finally how well the individual members of the modteam communicate with each other and with the other users.
I used to mod three very active subreddits and they were all different. I’m happy to talk more if you want, but my break is ending.