As a frequent Discord user: 

We can all tell Rilla's joking when he calls himself the lazy mod. It is, however, slightly disappointing and annoying when valid points are being brought up for an issue, and the response given is, "I'm too lazy and I like to see you guys argue." Like what happened when a spam issue was brought up in General, and instead of something being 'handled,' Nyt had to go to Ruby to get things cleared up. 

This one incident by no means indicates Rilla is a bad mod, but only that the perception of laziness can have a negative impact on the perceived ability and willingness to actually moderate. Even in the Discord, for which site moderators are currently just as responsible for since it's an extension of the Guild. 

[@ArenaSnow] I think it's appropriate to have chat moderators that are familiar with the chat community and have been there for quite some time. There is nothing wrong with thinking you are good at something or fit for a position and stating that. (: There's nothing pretentious about being confident in your ability. IRL, at work or academics, people 'nominate' themselves for positions all the time. It's important to know anyway who is actually willing to do the job. I suppose I don't really understand where your intense opposition is coming from, other than the fact that he's j8cob and you may not like him.