I've had some bad run-ins with Lemmy.world mods, certainly, but the admins seem overall fine, if amateurish. They generally take into account feedback and try to provide the full rundown of any actions taken. When one of the admins crossed a line of participation/moderation/administration in the recent vegan cats debacle, they chose to clarify and have the admin admit wrongdoing.

Far from perfect, but they're tolerable.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mods are one thing, users are another. Didn't the vegans leave because users kept coming in and ignoring community guidelines, then go around the mods to disregard the community guidelines not because they care about animals but because they don't like vegans? The dog pile was pretty gross from what I remember. None of the meta discussions focused on mod behavior; all of them were anti vegan circle jerks.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I pretty distinctly remember the vegans leaving because their primary complaint was about the admin taking action.