Hello everyone,
There has been some discussions lately about the moderation of some LW communities (see !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com for details)
Which made me think that we currently don’t have any active LW mod, the only remaining one being @UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev
So why would we not consider moving this community to another instance?
For people curious why moving the community to another instance would be beneficial:
- LW has a 7-days delay with instances like aussie.zone (https://feddit.uk/post/18336398)
- Having most of the instances on LW give a lot of power to the LW admins and mods, while spreading them out could be more ideal from a power distribution perspective
- Previous communities have already migrated successfully, like !casualconversation@lemmy.world
Instances option
- https://lemm.ee/ is nice, good uptime, skilled admins, and very low defederation list
- https://lemm.ee/legal
- https://status.lemm.ee/
- https://lemm.ee/post/401063
Alternatively, https://lemmy.zip/ is very well run
They regularly post very detailed updates on !home@lemmy.zip such as this one: https://lemmy.zip/post/27236300
They also offer very detailed information on those pages:
I wouldn’t mind moving the community off of lemmy.world over to another instance. I’m currently travelling so I’ll need to take a deeper look into alternative instances later.
In regards to the controversies surrounding mods/admins on lemmy.world. I honestly think it’s mostly just a result of lemmy.world’s size and its generic nature. Speaking as an admin that has had my fair share of team discussions about how to moderate our instance, there isn’t a magical solution that everyone will be happy with. Other lemmy.world mods also have no say on this community’s moderation.
The technical aspects are valid concerns though. Generally when programming.dev experience federation issues, it’s also with lemmy.world, due to its size.
Also FYI, it seems you pinned this post on https://lemmy.world/c/football, but probably because you did it from a remote account, it is not pinned on https://lemm.ee/c/football@lemmy.world nor https://sopuli.xyz/c/football@lemmy.world
Again, another argument to move to an instance where all the mods have local accounts
I upvoted in the straw poll comment, but just adding in my two cents here where it feels appropriate.
I’m of the same mind regarding the recent mod controversy. That alone doesn’t really influence my thoughts on a community moving, I generally think that such an issue would prompt users to change their home instance.
I’m firmly in the “move instances because .world is a huge, centralized instance in a decentralized ecosystem” camp.
I mostly just consume content here and don’t actively post, so treat my opinion on the matter accordingly. Will resubscribe to the new community when/if it moves regardless, and will stay subbed if it stays here.
Doesn’t really matter to me…just let me know how I can subscribe afterwards or if I even need to do anything. Lol
We would definitely have a pinned post with the new community. I can even ping you there if we move
hello, mod here! I’m not that active on Lemmy these days so if you want to take over this community and migrate it elsewhere then that would be fine. I keep an eye out for reports etc but I don’t really post here anymore.
Given there are already 5k subs here, I would say it makes more sense to add active moderators rather than try and move the community.
I also recall we advertised for more mods recently and didn’t get much response, so really what we need is a very active mod willing to build up this community. If moving to another instance is the best way to do that, great.
Hello,
Thank you for chiming in!
I also recall we advertised for more mods recently and didn’t get much response, so really what we need is a very active mod willing to build up this community.
Indeed, I didn’t volunteer as I already mod quite a few. Also, active members can help building the community without having to be mods.
If moving to another instance is the best way to do that, great.
Cheers!
We would love to hear the community’s opinion on this. If there there is a clear desire for the community to migrate, we would be happy facilitate such a move.
Please comment with your thoughts, if you want to stay or migrate. And if you want to migrate, we are open to instance suggestions.
Alternatively you can upvote one of the comments below. (upvotes are public)
Hello,
It has been a week, how long do you think we should keep this poll?
Hey, announcement will be made soon™. The poll have been stable for a while, I don’t think it will change much.