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.

Many thanks to @k_o_t@lemmy.ml and @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml for banning those trolls.

  • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 years ago

    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.

    • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml
      5·
      3 years ago

      Must haves:

      • To check by you if my history is enough
      • I connect to Lemmy.ml three times a day at minimum to read mostly.
      • Yes, I have. I use to try to even promote Lemmy here but it is difficult given the main focus in English content (by now).
      • To check too.
      • No

      Optional:

      • To check as I don’t track myself on that since recently.
      • I think I can say that I did and do.
      • No, never thought on applying until now. I was not sure if I could hold the responsibility.
      • I am not in Lemmy Official Matrix room(s), I only helped to mount the unofficial spanish one ( https://matrix.to/#/#lemmy-es:mozilla.org ) and my Matrix account is @echedeylr:mozilla.org.
      • A little but my account is https://github.com/EchedeyLR.

      Timezone: one less than Nutomic’s one

      Languages: Spanish and English (not native, B1 certified)