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I just made a post about this at the same time as Philo.
https://slrpnk.net/post/6388888
This is fucking gross. I get that trolls are going to try to fuck with subs, but can we please place a limit on brand new accounts or possibly require posts from this hosting site Mintboard to get vetted by a human? I also sent a message to a mod at lemm.ee. That's the home instance of the two accounts.
but can we please place a limit on brand new accounts or possibly require posts from this hosting site Mintboard to get vetted by a human?
For the record, admins have been screaming for more moderation capability but lemmy devs (all two of them) have been focusing on things that let lemmy stay online at all given the platform wasn't ready for the massive user growth.
If you have the ability to build these features, I'm sure they will be added with gratitude. Otherwise, development is happening as fast as it can. The devs have applied for sponsorship to allow a third dev to help, but this hasn't been awarded yet.
Some admins have built tools that help, but given there are 1,000 instances, it's easy to belong to an instance without such tools. There's also a complex setup of which posts are removed from where when a moderator removes something when they are on a different instance.
I really appreciate this insight. I know there's a lot I don't know. Do you have any specific advice on how I can help? I'm not really a software developer, but I know Python. Is there any way I can volunteer or donate to help make these features come to fruition?
The Lemmy backend is written in Rust and I'm not aware of any Python components (though I'm no expert), you could possibly look at making (or helping with an existing) 3rd party tool. The Lemmy Matrix space has a chat for mod tools, you could try asking in there.
In terms of donating, every Lemmy instance has a little heart at the top that links to a donation page that goes to Lemmy devs. This is different to donating to your instance (which goes towards hosting costs), donating to Lemmy devs goes towards development of the Lemmy software. The Lemmy donating link leads to https://join-lemmy.org/donate
I really appreciate this insight. I know there's a lot I don't know. Do you have any specific advice on how I can help? I'm not really a software developer, but I know Python. Is there any way I can volunteer or donate to help make these features come to fruition?
I really appreciate this insight. I know there's a lot I don't know. Do you have any specific advice on how I can help? I'm not really a software developer, but I know Python. Is there any way I can volunteer or donate to help make these features come to fruition?
Yeah that shit was shocking. First I've seen it on Lemmy. Reported with "child" because I couldn't remember the acronym