Kalcifer@lemmy.world to Lemmy Support@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoCan a user that is located on a different instance from where a community is hosted be a moderator of that community?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up114
arrow-up114message-squareCan a user that is located on a different instance from where a community is hosted be a moderator of that community?Kalcifer@lemmy.world to Lemmy Support@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIirc its possible but likely will cause issues at some point. Your best bet is to have an account on the same instance become the mod
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThere’s a good argument for having an alt account as backup, but you shouldn’t ever have to use it barring some exceptional circumstances
minus-squareKalcifer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months ago likely will cause issues at some point What sort of issues?
minus-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI saw a discussion about it a few weeks back iirc it was mostly that you might become unable to access the instance if defederated or something. Might not be a big deal i guess?
Iirc its possible but likely will cause issues at some point. Your best bet is to have an account on the same instance become the mod
There’s a good argument for having an alt account as backup, but you shouldn’t ever have to use it barring some exceptional circumstances
What sort of issues?
I saw a discussion about it a few weeks back iirc it was mostly that you might become unable to access the instance if defederated or something. Might not be a big deal i guess?