I’ve noticed today that [email protected] hasn’t had any new posts or comments for about a day now.
However when I go to https://lemmy.world/c/world in the browser there’s way more activity.
The post when on feddit.uk https://feddit.uk/post/2700378
Same post when on Lemmy.world https://lemmy.world/post/5717372?scrollToComments=true
So first priority is getting a list of admins so Tom can scoop them up on his King Arthur-like return. Or they can lead the exodus like Moses (other mythological analogies may apply):
- @[email protected] is in
- @[email protected] is in
- @[email protected] says they’ll do what they can
- @[email protected] is thinking it over
- I’m prepared to pitch in if it helps spread the load
Anyone else?
edit:
- @[email protected] is in
- @[email protected] has offered help
- @[email protected] is up for helping
I might be able to help out a wee bit. I have worked with servers before. I cannot make any commitments, though, and won’t be able to be fully responsible for any community type business -only technical
That’s great. I’ve added you to the list. There are enough volunteers that no one individual should have too much to do.
Have we been refederated? Just seen a recent post on a lemmy.world community and it looks to be up to date:
Yep - you can check here - https://lemmy.world/instances - we’re no longer in the blocked list.
Still no news from Tom though?
I’m not aware of anyone having spoken to him.
I think you’re right. I see up to date posts and comments. I could vote and comment on posts, and I can see my comment when I’m not logged in.
If Tom doesn’t sort this soon this is likely the deathknell of this instance.
Yup. We might want to start thinking of setting up a new instance with multiple admins and try and migrate as many communities from here over to it as we can and keep the user base.
I’d offer to set one up but I don’t have the time to set one up or maintain it.
Yeah, it’s tricky to know when to pull the trigger as Tom may spring into action any time.
I think step one would be to rummage together a few people who would volunteer to Admin this instance if we can raise Tom, so he can slot them in if/when he reappears. That would mean we can get refederated and everything starts ticking along.
I’ve run my own website and know PHP/MySQL but Rust is something I’ve not looked into. However, updating and doing admin stuff might be relatively straightforward. I don’t know. I’m also unreliable, so it couldn’t just be me volunteering.
I’d offer to set one up but I don’t have the time to set one up or maintain it.
Are you knowledgeable enough to volunteer as an admin here? I imagine duties are light and if we can get a few people onboard it shouldn’t be too bad
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Personally, I gave up when he hadn’t replied to an email I sent a month earlier.
If you look over on the Matrix space then it looks like they are finalising a name for the new instance.
Yeah the plan is:
- Draw up a list of volunteer Admins so if Tom came back he can slot some of them in and we can start the process of ensuring the long term survival of the instance. If that isn’t happening:
- We spin up a new instance and those volunteers become the new admins.
We’re on the fall-back Matrix channel discussing it. So one way or another, we will sort it out. The tricky thing is when to pull the trigger. I was hoping the new update would make Tom resurface but that hasn’t happened and we have the looming 0.19 upgrade that could start causing problems.
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I think we should give this a week and then make plans to create a new instance. I’ve already created an account somewhere else, but I am quite fond of this instance.
I also like what I have seen in this instance and it’d be a shame to be forced to leave it. It also worries me a bit how dependent we are on individuals in some fediverse communities. I actually first migrated to kbin from reddit, but many of the communities/magazines ended up overwhelmed with spam or completely dead due to sole inactive moderators.
That’s actually why I moved from Kbin over to Lemmy, It seemed much more healthy and thriving platform. That said, I’ve noticed (on feddit specific) that an awful lot of the content is coming through the same 11-15 people. Great effort on their part to grow the community, but I’m it sure how sustainable that is in the long run.
Oh, bollox! I hope this can get sorted out soon. I really like it here, so much nicer than Reddit. Plus I got to moderate a community!! Thanks @[email protected]. I’d like to carry on doing that.
TOM!!
We’ll get it sorted one way or another.
Instances blocked by lemmy.world include:
- skinheads.[x]
- breastmilk.[x]
- cum.[x]
- kiwifarms.[x]
- pedo.[x]
- hexbear
and now
Well… hmm.
I know some people don’t care for the British but still.
Who even creates those instances?! Must be trolls surely.
Shhhh or hexbear will hear you.
