f I created a community, would I become it’s (lone) moderator automatically?

Yes. But you can also immediatly appoint new mods and/or un-mod yourself if there are other mods present, so it is easy to give a community away when there are other interested users. It’s not a permanent thing.

What consequences, requirements and things would I need to keep in mind as a moderator?

Your community needs to be compatible wih the Fediverse Code of Conduct … but that boils down to “don’t be a dick and don’t post illegal stuff” which is pretty much just common sense. It’s not exactly hard to follow those rules ;)

Apart from that, you can set whatever rules you want. But keep in mind that the Fediverse is still a lot smaller than reddit, so if you are TOO niche / narrow / strict with the rules, you’ll have a hard time finding people who want to engage with your community. General, broad-themed communities with easy-to-follow rules have a bigger chance to thrive.

… and a personal little tip: don’t slam down the ban hammer at every opportunity. As a mod you are able to ban, silence, remove or otherwise “punish” people for bad behaviour, but that doesn’t mean that you have to do that. It’s a lot better to give users the benefit of the doubt, explain instead of punish (as they might not be aware that they did something bad in the first place), and give them a reasonable chance to fix their mistakes on their own before taking action. Post removal, bans and the like should be reserved solely for when the user in question is unwilling to cooperate OR did something obviously super shitty (like threatening other users, using slurs, posting illegal stuff etc.)

Is it advisable to copy-paste content from Reddit to kickstart new communities (given that the link source to the original content was added as well when making new posts)?

Well … as a last resort, yes. Original content or stuff from non-reddit sources is always preferable as it gives users of the Fediverse an incentive to visit communities here instead of going to reddit, but copypasted content is still better than no content at all, so if you can’t find interesting / worthwile stuff elsewhere, then copypasting from reddit is okay-ish too.

OC is still way better tho.

This is absolutely inacceptable! Placing avocados that close to tomatoes and bananas will make them over-ripe way too fast. Sheesh!

But at least they have proper pest control, tho it appears to be in energy saving mode.

It wasn’t his turn with the Brain Cell™ when you took that pic, wasn’t it?

But congrats on the surprise family member, chosen one ;) I just love it when animals randomly decide to adopt a human as their own.

Not OP, but I guess they’re sitting almost cross-legged, wearing shorts, and the pic was flipped so it’s not what OP is seeing while looking down but rather what someone else standing in front of them would see, if that description makes sense. Basically like that: http://sketchtoy.com/71208345

“All the proof I need”? I don’t think so. There must be even more studies! Peer review! Blind tests! That sample size is wayyyyyy too small.

Luckily, I’m positive that this community is willing to help expand on that study with their own fluffy participants ;)

Ohhh nice! and lots of good content on there already as well ♪

Honest answer: the official reason for that is the voice acting. It would be weird for characters to call him “Link” in cutscenes while the subtitles say Poopo.

…inofficially, that isn’t an excuse IMHO as there are easy workarounds. Dragon Quest VIII for example had LOTS of voice acting even outside of prerendered cutscenes, but most NPCs had nicknames for the hero. The subtitle might have read “Hey Poopo, how are you?” but the actually spoken line was something like “Hey, my boy, how are you?” …and then there is of course the option to just leave that part out entirely and just say “Hey, how are you?” without changing the subtitle. It wouldn’t have mattered what the player called their avatar then.

Yeah, pfft as if anyone would believe that. Why would it be called “Legend of Zelda” if that wasn’t the name of the main character?! Next you’ll claim the girl isn’t called Princess Peach or what?

Look at the username - you’re talking to a bot ;)

… but to answer your question, from totally legit real human to totally legit real human, the links DO work for you and people on the same instance as you (so of course you won’t notice any issues if you check the link yourself), but might cause trouble for people visiting this site from other instances as it will give them the wrong “layout”.

Just an example: people on kbin.social will see your community displayed like this: https://kbin.social/m/bugs@lemmy.world with the kbin layout, interface and functionality. If those people click on a link beginning with “lemmy.world” they will get the layout of lemmy.world instead, which might make it harder for them to navigate the site properly as they’re not used to it.