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I read somewhere that less than 50 people moderate like 80% of reddit. Awkward's time should have long since passed if they're taking on moderation in over 1000 subs, but things like SLPT -which gets a not-insignifigant amount of traffic- has gone longer than 6 months without Awkward opening it. This also goes to show another complaint redditors have where mods are inactive as FUCK, and don't get removed but Admin team pulling OT to bump them off now!
People need to check moderators' profiles on Lemmy - some people are trying to do the same here. If the person moderates more than 10-ish subs it's better to create a new community before theirs catch on.
You make me feel a little self conscious about creating communities now lol. I have several I had planned to make because they're so niche but now I'm afraid everyone's gonna think I'm some power hungry mod. Truth is I've been a mod for things before and I hated it, I just want to talk about shit I like with other people.
I think there's a few things. Firstly, it depends on whether you have a mod team. Asking for more mods is an antidote to power mods. The best mod teams consist of 5-6 people. It also depends on whether you're ok to let some of those communities go eventually - one person shouldn't have the final say on 100 communities. Finally, it depends on whether you have 10 communities or 100. 10 is "enthusiastic", 100 is "uhhhhhh".
If you want more communities than you can manage, go around and start asking for mods, either in adjacent subs or on reddit. Once a community is set up and you feel you have a good team, pare down a bit. Subs are more successful with more mods at first anyway - there are more people to create content and promote the community.