Do I need to have an account on a specific instance to create/moderate a community there?

Assuming this is the case, what instances would you recommend? My home instance doesn’t allow community creation and I don’t necessarily want to pile everything on lemmy.world. Decentralization and all that.

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Nemo@midwest.social · 13 pts · 3y

Create yes, mod no. Mods can be from any instance, but when you create a community it will be hosted by your home instance.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I don't see any way to create a community on an instance that isn't your home instance. If I'm wrong, please give the steps to take.

Chainweasel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

You're right. The only way would be to create an account on that instance then appoint your other profile as a moderator. Maybe you can resign as moderator on the second account but I'm not 100% sure on that one, and it may not even be necessary.

BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 4 pts · 3y (3 replies)

You could ask the instance owner to create the community and volunteer to mod it or approach an admin of a instance that has communities in a similar vein

I’m open to hosting communities that align with my instance - not necessarily NZ based

hsl@wayfarershaven.eu · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Same for wayfarershaven.eu - it's a small server focusing on certain topics.

BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

That's a nice little instance that is building some good communities

Well done

hsl@wayfarershaven.eu · 2 pts · 3y

Thank you!

db2@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

Nope. Pick whichever one. But the apps afaik don't have any mod tools, just so you're aware.