@Bam @mekkaokereke @dave @thetitanborn Well. Yeeeees. But.
Technically that's an answer in the same way that "hide in a cave" is an answer to "how can I know who to trust?"
I'm sure most mods on instances that are not obviously problematic are fine. I have in the past had one (1) interaction with a mod (not here) that was problematic. I'd ideally like Mastodon to make moderation more transparent to other instance users…