• SSTF@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s just the way Lemmy is structured. If you want somebody to be a mod, you need to do it through a post/comment they’ve made in your community. Ask them to post/comment something and you can add them.

    Though I’m not entirely sure why LW needs a third ELI5 community.

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      3 months ago

      If your instance has the Photon UI as an option, It’s possible to add and remove mods without an existing post in the community through the team menu.

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        3 months ago

        It’s one of a couple design changes I completely rejected lemmy-ui’s version of. Why on earth is it on a commonly used menu? I feel like it makes so much more sense to put it on the community settings page.

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          3 months ago

          100% agree!

          I was actually accidentily made an admin at first on my instance due to how easy it is to misclick when making someone a mod with the standard menu. Your design is leagues better.

    • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      Because I created a community of ELI5 before I even knew they existed and thought it would be less confusion for people trying to join a community.