@Gargron Speaking of #moderation have you had a look at how /. handles it using #MetaModeration ?

https://slashdot.org/faq/metamod.shtml

In my (historically very long) experience with /., meta-moderation has been quite successful at keeping the discussion civil and, well, moderate, without needing a dedicated staff of moderators.

I am quite recent on masto, though. So I don't know if this subject has been already discussed to death, and I am beating an undeed horse. Pardon me if that's the case.