I realise this could have its problems with abusive mods (although Lemmy records when people edit posts), but to me, it has a lot of benefits. Some communities have rules around how posts should look for clarity and/or aesthetic purposes. Sometimes as a mod I see posts that I think are fine, but could just be slightly adjusted to look a bit different or match up with the standards of the community - and I don't want to be anal and remove it over something small like that - but I would quietly edit it.

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[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I actually agree with @Emotional_Series7814@kbin.melroy.org 's approach

I've actually previously asked users to edit their posts in the communities that I mod and it's working pretty well.

To me, asking people to do something first makes more sense as most users are reasonable considerate people.
Plus it just seems like the more polite method of doing things as an admin

[–] Skavau@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well for me, its contextual. I mod !obscuremusic@lemm.ee currently. If you read the sidebar, and just observe how I post - that's basically the formatting I'd like. Other people on there aren't always following it. Now, I don't really think its a huge problem currently - I'm glad other people are using it. I'm trying to grow it - but some of the 'errors' are really minor in regards to the post formatting.

In other cases, it's just cleaning things up for aesthetic purposes. Fixing typos etc. Small things like that, you know?

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Be aware that the more strict your rules are, the lesser people will want to post.

[–] Skavau@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

I understand that.