You’ll have to put the time in to review their post history, to get a feel if they’re level headed enough for how you want the modding done, etc.
Look for groups of replies to the same other user - that’ll be a conversation or an argument, which will give you the best impression without reading every single thing.
For example, I’ve had lots of petty arguments on Lemmy, so wouldn’t be a good mod ;-)
As for c/askhistorians, it’s probably because people expect a mod of that community to be a professional or experienced historian, rather than just a rando who can keep things in line and handle people.
You’ll have to put the time in to review their post history, to get a feel if they’re level headed enough for how you want the modding done, etc.
Look for groups of replies to the same other user - that’ll be a conversation or an argument, which will give you the best impression without reading every single thing.
For example, I’ve had lots of petty arguments on Lemmy, so wouldn’t be a good mod ;-)
As for c/askhistorians, it’s probably because people expect a mod of that community to be a professional or experienced historian, rather than just a rando who can keep things in line and handle people.