This is for admins to see easier vote manipulation. I think mods can see that on their communities too.

For admins its like… they could literally just look into the database, so it doesnt make any difference. Mods in the other hand should rather not snoop around i guess.

This tool just simplifies the process instead of creating an open federated instance yourself and see the votes.

In the case of “DMs on removal of a post / comment” it is possible to do that with the current api of lemmy. But sadly nothing “official” yet. And it wont come anytime soon as lemmy devs officially announced they wont work at any moderation related topics for a while.