Lemm.ee is recruiting new admins!
Lemm.ee is recruiting new admins!
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:
Army of neck beards just shot out of their couch to submit their mod resume
Best of luck in finding the right people to help keep things running smoothly.
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.
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.
Its really just lemmy.world and the odd instance running on a pentium gold in someones attic.
Is there a location with the administration policy clearly written or is it communicated over a series of posts in this meta?
Good luck on your search!
How much time do you usually spend per day as an admin? I'm asking because I'm wondering what the commitment looks like and if it works with a schedule where I'm often on the road.
At a minimum I’d request 5 hours a week cumulatively, with more of course being beneficial.
Tasks like reviewing reports and applications only take a few minutes and can be done on a mobile device- I personally approve most applications on my phone.
Long live the great lemm.ee
kas sa oskad Eesti keelt? (can you speak estonian?)
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
Can I become the admin and then become the ultimate godmod by removing all the other mods?
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.