What if the moderators are bad?
In the few cases where a moderator has lost touch with their community, someone has created a competing community which quickly siphoned off subscribers and become the new dominant one. The fear of this has tended to keep moderators in check in the past. If you see a problem, try contacting the moderator first, to see if it’s just a simple misunderstanding. If you don’t like the response you receive, you can escalate to a higher moderator, or make a self-post. If the self-post seems to indicate that you have the crowd on your side, give the moderators a chance to weigh the news and change their mind. And again, the last resort is to make a new community and bring the crowd with you.
In the few cases where a moderator has lost touch with their community, someone has always created a competing community which quickly siphoned off subscribers and become the new dominant one. The fear of this has tended to keep moderators in check in the past. If you see a problem, try contacting the moderator first, to see if it’s just a simple misunderstanding. If you don’t like your response, you can escalate to a higher moderator, or make a self-post. If the self-post seems to indicate that you have the crowd on your side, give the moderators a chance to weigh the news and change their mind. And again, the last resort is to make a new community and bring the crowd with you.
