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@lemmy.ml, 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.