You're not obligated to give up your mod spot for the old Reddit mods. Most of them were "power mods" who moderated dozens of subreddits anyway. There's no need for that kind of power here, that's the whole point of being federated. Sure, you can add them to the team is you want help. But YOU created this community, don't just roll over and hand it off to someone who could have made a community here but didn't.

Not a mod from the subreddit but longtime showerthoughts member over there. Happy to help keep things rolling smoothly over here on Lemmy!

Have you reached them directly through Reddit? Maybe you can help them to get out the dark side.

Look at me. You are the moderator now. Welcome!