kas sa oskad Eesti keelt? (can you speak estonian?)
this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2025
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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.
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!"
I downvoted but it was an accident. When I realized it I changed it to upvote
This guy^ has my vote.
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!
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.
Its really just lemmy.world and the odd instance running on a pentium gold in someones attic.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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
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
Can I become the admin and then become the ultimate godmod by removing all the other mods?