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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I'm on Lemmy all the time so why not

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks everyone who volunteered, going to reach out to some people soon (will be prioritizing people with programming.dev accounts)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I can do it, I don't see many people from this instance. From what I know cross instance modding is still buggy. I can help if there is a need for someone from programming.dev

My only qualification is that I use Nix(btw) :-)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Seems like you made it, congrats!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

~~I'm down~~

I currently mod [email protected] and [email protected]

I've actually thought about starting a Linux community that isn't on lemmy[.]ml but I never got around to it.

Edit: You might want to choose someone from this instance. I'm down if no one else wants to but it seems we have lots of volunteers

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I would also volunteer to mod the community. I'm a big Linux enthusiast and would like to help to keep the community a nice place to visit. Not really a lot of modding experience under my belt yet, though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I would like to try. I am a very passionate GNU/Linux user and advocate who spends much time on Lemmy and who would like to keep future discussion in this community civil and on-topic. But I do not have any modding experience so far, however, I have successfully helped transition friends and local institutions (partially) to GNU/Linux and to use FOSS programs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Count me in. I am moderator of another communities here, no problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Seems like you made it, congrats!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As a side note, there are still issues with federations of reports, so there would need to be at least one mod with a programming.dev account in the meantime, and hopefully the other mods will be able to see the reports "soon"

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4744

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh bummer, forgot about that. Assuming it needn't be my only/main account, I could create a p.dev one, if it helps.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That would be great! Feel free to comment here with it once it is created!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

More people than I expected volunteered, which is nice to see. Since I ended up creating an account, I'll leave it here anyway.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I volunteered because I worried for the community. There were few comments and I couldn't sit by when it seemed so straightforward to step up for the sake of something I care about.

Later, admins shared that they'd been taking care of it (things were never as dire as I feared), and they've since appointed actual moderators. Even one with actual experience, too! I trust things will be fine, now.

All this to say: I'll be here as an option, should you want more people, but I'm happy with how things turned out. Much better than the communities that (sadly) spend months looking for volunteers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

No modding experience, but Linux & tech news remain a strong ~~hyperfixation~~ interest of mine. If that's enough, I could give it a shot.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I'm available

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would love to but I am just an enthusiast...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That shouldn't be an issue. Hopefully other people will volunteer too, and you'll have a group of people to mod it together.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

If that is the case, I would be happy to help. I was hesitating, because I cannot guarantee to be always (Lemmy-)online, but then I read the modlog ;-), and if I wouldn't be the only mod too, this sounds really attractive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

10 months without moderation and it looks that clean?! Not a single pair of anime titties and no link to a prescription free online pharmacy? Lemmy never ceases to amaze me...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

for us admins we generally tend to let the community mods handle their community's reports

and for communities that are either:

  • not on our instance or
  • is on our instance but has no current active mods,

then we'll take over for moderating those communities till we find people who want to try becoming moderators🤗

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The modlog shows some moderation, I guess it's the admin doing it: https://programming.dev/modlog/1025

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Yeah, half of those entries is me stepping in as an admin to ban/remove users breaking instance wide rules, which supersedes community specific moderation. In fact, all of those entries are either admins or automod stepping in.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for pointing that out, although it still seems to be unbelievably civil in here...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Keep in mind, for the target community, the most strident arguments tend to be fights over licenses or which shade of black make the best socks.