Submitted 2 years ago by dessalines@lemmy.ml to announcements@lemmy.ml
This should help us cut down on the trolls. We recommend other instances do the same, because they will likely be targeted also.
I apologize for all their gore-posts as well, no one should have to see that. We'll try to look for more admins from different time-zones as well to get them faster.
The two other possibilities we have currently as options, are turning on required email verification, and as a last resort, closing signups. I personally would rather not do either, but they are options.
So wait? Does this effectively make lemmy more private of a forum then?
Its optional, and yes it can.
What does a person need to apply as admin or moderator? (this last one in general communities driven by admins or thought at site level like asklemmy)
This is just my opinion. Applications are reviewed on a case by case basis and is up to a vote by the existing admins.
Must haves:
A history of quality activity on Lemmy.ml or another instance we federate with, such as amicable discussion, links to reputable web resources, etc.
Frequently online. I'd say at least once a day is ideal, but I also understand that you're a volunteer, and will reasonably have other things going on where you might be missing for several days or otherwise intermittent at times.
An interest in helping to develop the Lemmy community and ecosystem.
No recent violation of instance rules or Lemmy project code of conduct.
Is not currently banned from Lemmy.ml on another account.
Optional but could help your application:
History of reporting rule breaking content, particularly spam.
Has participated in discussions on Lemmy development or the the direction the Lemmy community is going.
Already a moderator of a community, or an admin on another instance (we will use your moderation history to assess your application).
Activity on the Lemmy Matrix rooms (please Link your Matrix).
Activity on the Lemmy project GitHub or other source control site that Lemmy is on, either as a code contributor or making/discussing pull requests (please Link your GitHub/other source control website).
It would also help to specify your time zone and the languages you know.
Good to know
G@y
India timezone here. Active and available atleast twice a day.
Unless you can get everyone else on your shared instance list to do the same this is pointless. Look I just made this user on another instance that required email verification. I used a temp email service and am able to post what ever I want here.
You should instead have a period the user has to wait before posting so that you can have a night sleep without worrying about trolls flooding your site.
How many admins do y'all have? I'd be lying if I said I agreed with y'all's moderation stances, but I'm surprised at how slow action to some of the posts, users, and communities is
Your instance has some trolls too. I see a hitler posted there https://narwhal.city/posts/8200
You said trolls, plural. Is there another one i didn't know about?
Your instance has Nazi content too
Not nearly as much as lemmy.ml tho
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
The account registration UX is bad enough, why make it worse?
tmpod@lemmy.pt 2 years ago
Would be nice to hear why you think it's bad and how to improve it. Could you open an issue on the tracker?