They seem to only be in very specific mags like fediverse, tech, and science. All of which have many subscribers but only have @ernest as their mod (I think science has another but they're absent).
I think the short-term solution is a) to get a few more mods on these
and b) for now I subscribe to technology instead of tech and something on another instance called fediverse_press instead of fediverse
Yes I was noticing that trend with the specific mags, but was also wondering if it was just the ones I'm following and others have it but I don't see it