Many of the existing mods have become inactive and the Lemmy.world community team asked me to step in as an active member.
You should know because I need you to report rule violations. I’ve done my best to clean up the backlog and will be keeping an eye out.
I’ve never really sought out being a mod before, other than trying to start a more niche community or two. I’d appreciate a little grace while I try to navigate how to best provide this service to the community.
I am not antisemitic, and I do not believe criticism of Israel is equivalent to antisemitism. Being open, I was devastated when I heard about the October 7th attacks, both thinking of the Israeli victims and how the Israeli government would use it to justify what they are doing now.
That said, I will treat blatant antisemitism as I would any other flavor of racism. That includes antisemitic conspiracy theories. There was a lot of that kind of mess in the backlog.
Its a tough line to navigate sometimes, hence my request for some grace.
Good luck! Im a new mod in a different com, and boy are backlogs scary stuff.
We appreciate you, roofuskit!