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MAN you know, I was thinking about an idea for a DW comm. But I don't want to moderate it, I just want it to exist. So I can post to it. Maybe. Eventually. Once every 2.5 years. And the concept of moderating it is like, "ew how about no, ugh work, no thank you".

Because moderating is a lot of work. Even if it's a low-key thing! Because like, not only do you have to deal with any issues that might come up, and hand-hold anybody who doesn't understand how stuff works, you also (and to some degree, more Importantly?) have to be super proactive about Posting Stuff and Encouraging Things if you want to have any level of activity and make the place look like it isn't dead.

I remember back when I was running a prompt fest, I would get people coming to me like, "Posting is open, but nobody's posting??"

And I'd be like "Yes, it looks like nobody has finished their submission yet; but if you're done, you can post it! :)!"

And after the first two times that happened I just. Made sure to finish my own assignment ahead of time before posting opened. So I could post it first. Because people don't want to post when there's nobody else posting, I guess.

And DW comms in general (and LJ comms to a degree, to be fair) is one big "nobody wants to post when nobody else is posting, so nobody posts".

WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO the thing I was Going to say, which is, DW comm mods, being a mod is hard, I Appreciate You.

(Even if I don't post to your comm :V )