is this real
Bruh what? They’re citing lack of staff? They haven’t even asked for volunteers! I would be happy to help!
You don’t necessarily want to just ask for volunteers as that’s a great way to summon exactly the kind of people you don’t want to put in charge of online communities. The best way is usually to notice people who are already part of the community and consistently make positive contributions, then ask for their help. If none of those people want to, though, you’re stuck.
As somebody that created and moderated communities for almost 20 years you nailed it.
Nobody should actively want to be a moderator, it’s a hell job.
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Flashback to when the creator of lemmy.world/c/the_pack was looking for mods. I volunteered with
I’m also a shitty mod and will disappear for weeks at a time. I only have experience modding a small subreddit and have no familiarity with Lemmy’s mod tools. Feel free to hit me up.
I passed the vibe check and now I’m exactly as crap a mod as I said I’d be.
Better many lazy mods with proper vibes than one eager mod with a chip on their shoulder.
I wouldn’t mind going through reports etc. either, I can take off some load, but don’t make it a responsibility.
Obviously you would vet each person, not just blindly give admin privileges.
they have, not long ago.
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Yeah, I got close to volunteering, too, but honestly, my plate is too full doing more important stuff in the real world atm.
So it’s everyone else’s. That’s why we’re at the point we’re at. Sucks, but my plate is too full too.
They did, 4 month ago
The people that are most willing to help are generally the least likely to help, especially when it comes to content moderation.
https://lemmy.ca/post/37365128
(my local version of the recruitment thread, in case the original lemm.ee post link becomes inaccessible)
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If you’re gonna volunteer to be a moderator or admin for your instance you probably should brush up on its philosophy regarding other instances first.
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You can have a differing opinion, but I don’t know how far you’re gonna get in becoming an admin when you fundamentally differ on the philosophy of the instance. Hell, that’s probably a very valid reason why your admins weren’t letting random users apply to become admins, because it seems a lot of people don’t get it.
You are from Hexbear what are you even doing here? This is nothing of any interest or involvement with you
Another user who signed up in the instance that is specifically supposed to federate with all other instances and only defederate as a last resort who… really doesn’t like being federated with other instances? I’m trying to be respectful here, literally just reminding you of why your instance exists and how your admins think.
Another troll from Hexbear meddling into things that are none of their business. This is a meta community involving events of this server.
You are a guest here so behave like a guest.
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Dammit, I literally just re-opened !radiolemmy@lemm.ee this week. What unfortunate timing.
To any of my subscribers reading this: I’m currently in the process of finding a new instance. I’ll update this comment when I establish a new home for Radio Lemmy. Stay tuned…
(e: Lemm.ee was also my first account after I left reddit. As silly as it is, I’m going to miss it. I have another account on a different instance but it’s not nearly as old…)
EDIT 2: We moved to !radiolemmy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Can’t wait to see you at the relaunch. Streaming will begin Q3 2025.
YOU DID THIS TO US!!!
In all seriousness, I’m sorry your community is going away. What kind of stuff was it for? Radio as in AM and FM? Ham? Frequencies for radio waves? Aliens?
Let me know where you end up and I’ll subscribe! I finally convinced my wife to join Lemmy on .ee. It is unfortunate that she’ll have to pick a new instance, but I get it why the effort outweighs the benefit of running an instance.
Edit This was also my first instance after reddit. I donated a few months ago to help with what I could. I, too, will miss it. As far as instances went, this one matched my personality the closest. Censorship was light but fair. Only now do I realize that it might have been a lack of admin intervention that made that possible!
Sorry guys; my bad. It’s all my fault.
Jokes aside, it is going to be an internet radio station run by Lemmy users. We will have live DJs, scheduled programming blocks, and all music will be picked by the community.
This actually a relaunch. I originally launched the station back in 2023 but it barely lasted two months because I couldn’t get enough content nor enough DJs to fill the schedule.
This time around I’m not launching the station until I have enough content to actually function like a proper radio station. I’m shooting for Q3 2025 because I feel like that is a wide enough window to get enough volunteers before we hit the airwaves. It all depends on you.
So if you want to contribute a block of programming, or even just give me a list of your favorite tunes, please read this first, and then PM we what you’ve got.
Also if you want to be a live DJ, please fill out this 4 question application.
Join us at our new home !radiolemmy@lemmy.blahaj.zone. Thank you and see you on the airwaves soon!
You’re awesome. That sounds like a great project. What are you thinking of moving to for an instance so I can look for the community?
I want radiolemmy@lemmy.radio but that instance is more for terrestrial amateur radio so I don’t think my application will be approved. I’ll probably just pick a major instance to minimize the chances that this happens again.
Edit: went with !radiolemmy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
I’ll keep an eye out for the new community!
I ended up moving to !radiolemmy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
See you there!
I wish the best for the admin and mods of lemm.ee. I can attest to the frustration that is running any online community though, especially one built on/dependent on Lemmy. I am sorry to see you stepping out @sunaurus@lemm.ee but hope you’re doing alright otherwise. Was real nice bouncing ideas and changes off you in the past.
I also wish the best for the admins and mods
I was waiting for piefed to develop a little bit more ig this is the best opportunity now
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Here here. This was a special place and I’m glad it existed and I was part of it, too. I wish the admin(s) nothing but the best and hope they stay on Lemmy as one of us reg. users!
Anyone have suggestions for similar instances?
I assume my user account will also go down? I’m new to the lemmy community so I don’t know how this would interfere with me being able to comment and post on other instances from this account
Your account will still exist, but you won’t be able to use it. So you should probably make an alt on another server.
I’d recommend maybe https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ (similar but explicitly political unlike lemmee) https://lemmy.cafe/ (similar but defederated from more instances)
I do typically browse by all so lemmy.dbzer0.com may be the better option. I like how lemm.ee wasn’t defederated from that many instances
I’d recommend maybe https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/
I think this is gonna be the most logical direction to go for me now.
Someone in another thread suggested lemmy.zip and lemmy.today as having similar defederation policies as lemm.ee. That’s probably where I’ll go since I like being able to see pretty much all lemmy instances. Most of the ones that have been suggested in the replies to your post so far appear to defederate more than lemm.ee. I can’t tell for sure on the piefed instances since their /instances format is pretty different than lemmy’s.
Please consider piefed.social/feddit.online/piefed.au
???
It seems so 😭
Are there any active communities hosted here that will be lost?
Yes, the Movies community is very active and is the best place on Lemmy if you want to discuss films or the film industry.
lemm.ee is one of the biggest instances. yes, there are communities and all of them will be lost.
is this trolling, or are you serious?
No need to be a dick.
What large communities are hosted here?
https://lemm.ee/communities?listingType=Local
This link will specifically restrict it to communities hosted on lemm.ee.
You can view the communities list if you so desire. It’s linked on almost every page, or likely surfaced in your client.
!movies@lemm.ee, !casualconversation@lemm.ee, !television@lemm.ee
We are going to organize the migration in the coming days.
Probably but not any that I’m subscribed to
!casualconversation@lemm.ee is a big one.
I was about to make a new lemm.ee sub too
Oof this sucks
another discussion here: https://crazypeople.online/post/2634649 (with people from outside lemm.ee)
Yep
they could just continue without mods. everyone hates mods.
Pfft, you say that but there’s no way.
Go look at a big instance’s defederation list. Just the URLs should be enough to clue you in.
censorship isnt the answer. its always abused by the party in power. so id rather have death threads, cp and genovidal remarks removed than letting my admins get burned out by every thing they dont like. im just sad that lemm.ee went this way. the fediverse is tiny compared to reddit and x but already breaking from the inside because people cant just fucking downvote, block users and scroll away. no every thing post gets put on the goldscale.
You don’t know what you are asking for. There are far more toxic people out there that you can possibly handle or imagine and even if you can do it (which I doubt) then majority won’t and they would just delete accounts and move elsewhere.
Even I cannot handle everything internet has to offer. Even me.
Don’t ask me what is there, you don’t want to know. We need to be sheltered because we aren’t psychopaths and that’s good.
There are things that make even most edgy wingcuck chuddy troll recoil with disgust. Even these people have contempt for this kind of content. Even they are sheltered from it by moderators on their stupid pro nazi sites.
I know them more than most here because I generally like to do sort of gonzo journalism around deep internet subcultures, and there is almost not a one platform without some kind of moderation, except for the few least human that harbour unspeakable things far worse than some civilised 4chan shock videos. That are a home to some users who actually do and film real-life things that strip them of any sliver of humanity.
And then they are somewhere there, between us, unrecognisable from your uncle Steven, doing groceries and picking kids from school. Maybe typing “:3” here under cat photos.
Pretty closely mirrors my thoughts. Especially since Lemmy now allows users to block any combination of: users, communities, or entire instances.
Go ahead and run your own instance, then.
You do realize that any big enough instance hosting cp WILL get in trouble with authorities, not to mention that no sane admin wants to host it anyway? And that by federating with those instances, you’re hosting their content on your instance too.
