I'm apparently a mod as well. I was one of the first. Not that I've exercised my power any. But if I saw something that clearly needed deleted or had a flag to respond to, I'd do my best to address whatever issue had come up.
Also, I don't know precisely how I became a mod. I assumed VerbFlow just added me one day. (Edit: The modlog makes it seem that way.)
I can try removing you if I can figure out how. Heh... Though I doubt that'll prevent you from just being re-added.
Sounds like you're talking to the LW admins, which is probably a good idea.
I was about to say that maybe VerbFlow had a bot that was adding people as mods, but you'd think if a buggy bot readding you as mod was the issue, the bot readding you would show up as activity in the mod log. So, 🤷.
Edit: Ok. I figured out how to remove you as a mod. On Lemmy-UI, it's the "more" link on the post. The bottom option for me was "remove as mod." We'll see how long that lasts.
Edit2: Also, @octopus_ink, could you link me to the modlog view you've got in the screenshot? In case more folks have this issue, I'd like to see if I can get a better understanding of what's going haywire so hopefully I as a mod can fix it without bugging the admins (if possible.) In looking at the modlog myself, so far I haven't found the instances of you trying to remove yourself as a mod that you have in the screenshot.
I haven't reached out to admin yet - didn't occur to me until it was suggested earlier and I've been multitasking. :)
Ok. I figured out how to remove you as a mod.
I don't think I've been removed by another mod before - so maybe somehow this time it will stick? When I do it, it does seem to work, then a day or so later I notice I'm a mod again.
You know, I wonder if the issue isn't that the removing-yourself-as-mod action that you did on lemmy.ml maybe didn't properly federate back to lemmy.world . That at least makes sense in my brain.
You know, I wonder if the issue isn’t that the removing-yourself-as-mod action that you did on lemmy.ml maybe didn’t properly federate back to lemmy.world . That at least makes sense in my brain.
You and like 50 other people. They just keep adding people as mods. They obviously aren't vetting them, so eventually someone is going to get added that will just go around deleting whatever they feel like and banning whoever they feel like.
This was part of my point the last time I brought it up. I figured abusing my power enough to pin a topic (then again when it happened again) would likely alert the right people.
I'm now starting to wonder if it's a bug, but kind of astounded that I am seemingly the only person impacted. I only see myself added once. However, I have not been able to get any response from @VerbFlow
