I don’t get nevovs reasoning behind not wanting mod, it’s not a mandatory thing to be more active (hell by comparison he’d be miles more active than any of the other mods because he actually plays the game) and would give him more power to avoid for unnecessary phone call games.
Literally only new powers are ban, and moving things into official announcements? Sure you could argue there’s a superficially implied change of expectation that comes with becoming mod but that really shouldn’t dictate how much activity you feel is necessary.