Do the Lemmy devs at least seem to be working on mod tools?
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IMO I don't think it is something the lemmy devs are focused on, but there is a growing community creating helpful tools around moderation/federation/maintenance. There were some core features added like mods being able to see downvotes to detect mass downvoting, and open issues for things like an invite system.
LemmyAutomod is an example of a community effort. I saw some other similar bots posted too.
That's very peculiar that the devs don't seem to care about moderation tools. What do they think will happen to their platform?
I could be totally wrong but my take on it is that they're just wanting the community to handle it so they can work on other parts of lemmy. They at least don't seem like they're against better mod tools.
day-to-day mod and admin actions on this instance are pretty low. Bigger instances like LW probably would have more reason to complain :D