• blackn1ght@feddit.ukOP
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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

        • Phil K@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          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.

        • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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          1 year ago

          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.

      • GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Tom was discussing more admins previously iirc. I think if that happens within a reasonable time, and enough people are added to keep responses prompt, the site will be ok.

        However, if it continues with absence, it’s not a good situation. Especially when images are stored locally, all it takes is some malicious party spamming horrible images (or potentially even CSAM), and the site would be a smoking crater.

        • spacedogroy@feddit.ukEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I think this is probably the highest risk, in my opinion. I honestly think Lemmy needs some automated solution to monitoring and scanning for CSAM content, because as a user I don’t want to exposed to it and as an admin I wouldn’t want to be in the position where I am responsible for censoring it.

          I think lemmy.world have kind of made a good point here: we need an admin in place who’s reactive and willing to maintain the server regularly - in a moderation and a technical sense - or we should consider migrating to a larger instance.

          This is no dig at @tom as he’s done a phenomenal job here and has undoubtedly spent time and money in creating this instance, but it would be good to get a sense off him whether he really feels he wants to continue on with the project. If not, it should lead to a larger discussion of where to go from here, because I don’t think the status quo is sustainable.

            • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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              1 year ago

              It basically means “pornography with children in it”, though I’m unsure of the specifics of the abbreviation, and likewise don’t want to google it.