Someone asked me why one of my Facebook groups has me as the sole admin, and no mods. I said there're disadvantages to adding other admins and moderators:
People want to be mods/admins and keep pestering to be granted that status
People rally group members to pressure admins to grant such status
Mods and admins can go power hungry and ban/mute people for no reason
There can be disputes over interpretation of rules or new rules (as you can see I have minimal rules, want to keep it a chill group, and mostly it is)
There can be disputes between mods and admins
There can be disputes between mods/admins and members
There can be rallying members to complain about this or that admin or mod
There may be the creation of splinter groups/discords and poaching members/telling members to leave the group
Some mods/admins will add new mods and admins
Some mods/admins will remove other mods and admins
See also this comment from a power-hungry admin (currently featured as the banner for "You run a Facebook group not a country, but okay."):
Cal Lombardi: "Imfao you're a funny one. Not sure if I should ban you or just keep you here for the amusement. There's a certain hierarchy here, as my admin badge should have keyed you in on, and you went and mocked me. Do you know how much power I have? I'm not just the admin of a group with over SOK members, I've got a network of admins that are loyal to me alone and their power spans all of Leftbook. I'm the veritable champion online, and if you don't do what I say... why don't you message some group members and find out? The only reason you're not banned yet is that I wanted to give you some time to read this first... to know how deep the shit you're in is. Don't mock my community. Don't mock Harry Potter fans or those winning with Autisim. You want another chance? Say you understand and you apologize, and say you realize you've been a stupid *** a beautiful place."
A lot of Facebook group admins and moderators are batshit insane and power drunk.
