Any process for claiming Communities with inactive moderators/owner? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by aranym@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I know Reddit has r/redditrequest, and if there isn't a process yet it seems like something Lemmy will have to tackle in the near future.

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[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

The instance admin can grant you mod status.

[-] slashzero@hakbox.social 4 points 1 year ago

Have you tried contacting the person who initially created the community? If you click on their name you can see their profile and send them a message directly.

Otherwise click on one of the admin names in the sidebar and send them an message asking about it.

[-] aranym@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just messaged them, but they haven't had any activity on their account since creation (including in their own subs), so I don't have a lot of hope.

Worst case scenario, if I don't get a response in a week I will try contacting Ruud. Having to contact the instance admin directly for this sort of thing seems unsustainable though.

[-] crankybear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’d just contact Ruud now. It looks like at least a couple of folks came in and just started creating communities. I just reached out to him about one…