Hello everyone! Ella here,
I’d like to preface this post by thanking each and every one of our users for being here with us. Over the past year, lemm.ee has seen slow but very steady user growth. Our goal of being a general purpose, accessible instance for anyone wanting to use the fediverse the way they see fit, has largely been achieved to date.
However with that success comes an increase in administrative burden. This is reflected primarily in delays approving applications, delays in responding to requests on our support forum, and slow response to some reports.
In an effort to combat this, we are looking to bring on two new admins, whose primary duties will consist of reviewing incoming applications and reports.
Note we will be making decisions on this gradually, with input from the entire existing admin team.
Please be aware that being an admin is unfortunately quite a thankless job - if you’re doing your job well, then most people won’t even realize you’re doing anything. OTOH, if you make mistakes, there will likely be many users calling you out in public. The main motivation for joining the admin team would need to be a desire to help build and maintain this instance as a great home for yourself and others.
If there is anybody who would be interested in helping out even despite the above disclaimer, please DM me with the following info:
Lemmy should create a crypto currency that users and mods earn for engagement/ participation so people are monetized not by corporate advertising money,
It was a big slap to the face when reddit went public but still kept mods as unpaid slave labor.
The last couple of days have me thinking I’m going to go to DB0. I came here when LW shut down piracy integration, but the handling of the conservative comm has me thinking that this instance no longer meets my needs.
The lack of community moderation is an issue. If you remove all moderators from a community you need to close the community. Admins do not fill the gap, especially not when they are as busy as they are here.
Is there a location with the administration policy clearly written or is it communicated over a series of posts in this meta?
It is linked towards the top of the instance sidebar
Weird. I’m not seeing it. I checked the sidebar before I asked. I’m using an app. Maybe that’s why. I’ll check it in the browser.
I think they mean the instance sidebar. Its https://lemm.ee/post/401063
Yeah, I can’t see the instance sidebar in the app I’m using. I found the info on the website. Thanks though!
Long live the great lemm.ee
Good luck on your search!
I hope this doesn’t clog up the feed in your search for admins but I have to say: You are doing something right. I see people say Lemmy is slow, or there are large amounts of downtime. That has not happened on this instance. I have been very happy here.
I really hope you find the admins you are looking for.
You are doing something right. I see people say Lemmy is slow, or there are large amounts of downtime. That has not happened on this instance.
The guy running the instance is a software engineer with devops experience, whereas a lot of others are amateurs. Which isn’t a bad thing - it’s great that a lot of people are self-hosting things - but something like Lemmy requires a bit of consideration on the infrastructure and security side of things.
I think there are ideological factors too. Ping lemm.ee or lemmy.world to get the IP address - you get a Cloudflare IP according to the WHOIS. Ping lemmy.ml and you get OVH SAS as the owner. Same for Hexbear actually. Both instances are run by tankies and if there’s one thing that they get right, it’s that the entire Internet shouldn’t go through one single corporation. Unfortunately, that one single corporation, Cloudflare, also provides excellent DDoS protection.
What’s OVH SAS?
I work in software but wouldn’t mind getting better at the administrative side of things myself. It means I probably have to learn Linux better, though.
It’s just a host they both use. Exposing it is not a bad thing inherently, but unless you know what you’re doing you’re probably better off hiding it behind cloudflare. Cloudflare can handle a DDoS a lot better than some regional hosting provider. So I’m not saying OVH SAS is a bad hosting provider, but that it’s easier to DDoS an instance not behind Cloudflare (ml, hex)
Thanks for the explanation!
I think the thing about cloudflare is that it hasn’t given any reason to move away from it. Of course, if it goes down, everyone will know about it. I think deflect.ca is an alternative.
There’s no true alternative to cloudflare because cloudflare provides you with a ridiculous amount of nice things, many with generous free tiers.
Deflect has a 10 dollar minimum which is basically nothing, but at the same time, way more than cloudflare where basic protection is free.
Yes, I’m also a CF user for my personal and business domains. Not sure if I’m happy about it but then again I haven’t paid them a cent yet.
Its really just lemmy.world and the odd instance running on a pentium gold in someones attic.
As you said in one of the comments, 5 hours a week would put me on the list… But I’m not sure what the tasks are about and whether I can do them at all since Lemmy has been mobile only for me… I wouldn’t mind to help out, but I’m not sure if I’m actually up for the job
I appreciate the effort of running this place - it’s working well from my perspective - and hope you find the colleagues you need. :)
Myself, I can’t volunteer - I already moderate a few communities elsewhere, my time is limited, and I’m politically too partial. I also cannot say that I fully agree with local federation policy.
Army of neck beards just shot out of their couch to submit their mod resume
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Best of luck in finding the right people to help keep things running smoothly.
kas sa oskad Eesti keelt? (can you speak estonian?)
This stuff always worries me. Like, yeah, the current admins are actual tankies, BUT they don’t abuse their position and let Lemmy be free as it can be. It only takes a few bad actors to ruin this entire thing and send us right back to the corporate run highly censored bullshit.
If I were religious this would be something I would legit pray about. Don’t fuck this up, please.
EDIT: I misread, this is about Lemm.ee, not Lemmy. Please disregard (but the sentiment stays).
It only takes a few bad actors to ruin this entire thing and send us right back to the corporate run highly censored bullshit.
There are enough good actors to keep us safe
It only takes a few bad actors
No, it does not. That is the whole point of the decentralized system - the few bad actors can only have power over their specific instance and you can leave it anytime you want.
So the sentiment actually does not stay ;)
if you make mistakes, there will likely be many users calling you out in public.
I wouldn’t want to let you down, so,
two new admins, who’s primary duties
Should be “whose primary duties”
For real, though, thank you for your work looking after this instance! And big thanks in advance to whoever takes up the new admin roles. I hope there’s some of you out there who have time to take this up, wisdom to do it well, and patience… because, well, it’s the internet!
Edit to add: Who downvotes a post like this? Seriously, two downvotes? “Noo! Can’t have more admins! Terrible post, get it out of my feed!”
This guy^ has my vote.
I downvoted but it was an accident. When I realized it I changed it to upvote
I downvoted because of you, hope you’re happy.
You want to know my secret?
How I survive Lemmy?
I’m always happy :-D
Cheers!
Hey, I’m in Taiwan and can work some of the night shifts. I’m fairly active and don’t mind helping out.
Taiwan number 1
No tankie here!
