Yes. The original owner joined, registered a few communities and then never returned. So we purged the inactive communities but those that are active are now available to other people who wish to moderate these communities.

@ruud@lemmy.world when you have time

Nothing at the moment. We are still figuring out how to deal with unmoderated communities, as this may become a larger problem in the future. Hope that answered your question!

Added

Added. There's another one too so you're not alone

Added!

Perfect!

Yes! If you mean moderation from users not on the lemmy.world instance. Do you wish to become a mod?

Hey! Two new mods have already been chosen. You can ask @theyoyomaster@lemmy.world or @Aliendelarge@lemmy.world to become a mod now!