They’re necessary, but any power will always bring a chance that someone will abuse it. So I usually prefer moderators with a lighter touch, that talk to their users before taking more controversial actions.

So, every year on my birthday, I could go here and pretend I’m still 20. Yay.

So basically: only do this if you enjoy sucking dick? Noted.

Upvotes and downvotes, sure, but actual karma that’s tracked per account, no. I don’t think that’s planned either, but I could be mistaken.

Sure, but some places do have more influence on the public discourse than others. Lemmy will remain relatively uninfluential until it becomes more user-friendly, and/or more well-known. So any left wing stuff here is going to have less of an effect than it did on Reddit or other such places, for now.