Typical cycle

• Look for a community about a topic that is not on LW (because being able to use a VPN is always nice)
• Community exists but mod is missing
• Post to community
• Community start’s getting traction
• Open call to the community for mods
• No one jumps in
• Admins don’t like unmoderated active communities, so they appoint me as mod
• Posts about offering mods positions, still nobody wants them

Examples of communities at different stages of the cycle

• [email protected] (with an interesting episode: https://feddit.org/post/7018270 )
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]

If anyone is interested in becoming a mod in those, feel free to comment in them, [email protected] has the relevant post pinned in the sidebar

Communities when mods jumped in

• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]