nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 My recommendation to admins is that no matter what, don't make it a one person show, even if you have to create sockpuppet moderator accounts to give the appearance of a team enforcing the rules.
Bullies target individuals. They rarely go after groups. Having a team that you're part of not only gives your actions greater authority, but also provides you personal plausible deniability for unpopular decisions. Ideally, communication to your users should be done by the voice of the moderation team, not the admin account. Keep the community management as separate as possible from the technical workings of the site, and keep your interaction with users through the admin account to a minimum.
Context: ran a non-profit publishing website with a public forum for 12 years before burnout caught up. I would have only lasted one if it weren't for the excellence of our moderation team and their ability to help mitigate the toxicity and spam.
nostr:npub1h6gms9c0g3gnav6mg5jcx56r9ak0qmaky22lxyuajs5hhzamz78s7fxxhk For now I'm alone. I'm a hermit. Will take it to future consideration to bring in someone else. But I'm not very social IRL and it's hard to find people who to trust 100%. We'll see what happens.
For the time being I have no stress about this and nothing is really bothering me. All peachy.
nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 glad to hear it. You'll probably be fine if you've got less than 1k actively posting users. This would probably be a good time to start identifying those users you have that would make good community managers, so that if your instance does scale unexpectedly, you have some backup help in the works.
