I noticed that “Ask Lemmy” only has 4 moderators.
That’s a single mod per 12k~ subscribers.
Or a single mod per 250~ users daily.
@14specks hasn’t made a post and comment in 2 years.
@[email protected] hasn’t in 4 months.
@Cloak in a year.
@mekhos in 3 years.
Where are the mods?
Something else worth noting is that instance admins do a lot more moderation than Reddit admins did, so the burden on the moderators for individual communities can be smaller. lemmy.ml in particular has a reputation for having admins who actively intervene a lot.