To the admins and moderators of Lemmy: How often do you encounter disturbing content? How do you cope with the things that you see?
To the admins and moderators of Lemmy: How often do you encounter disturbing content? How do you cope with the things that you see?
And, if you are comfortable with sharing, what are some of the worst things that you've seen?
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No one wants to join my instance
FYI, you can now post instances at !newcommunities@lemmy.world :)
What does your instance (I'm presuming redlemmy.com) offer that sets it apart from the rest?
you may have found my problem
Do instances offer something that set them apart from the rest?
If not, then people usually don't move to them
Well, now I wonder what it is that an instance may offer over others. I just picked an instance from some resource that said to pick something popular but not too popular and had some suggestions. Wonder what I'm missing from other instances
I wonder what it is that an instance may offer over others
Here is a non-exhaustive list of things that I think are important when considering an instance:
- Stability — eg uptime, how quickly outages are addressed, etc.
- Speed and responsiveness — eg how quickly one can download resources from the instance, how quickly pages can load, etc.
- Accessibility of the admin(s) — eg how easy is it to get in touch with the instance admin(s)? are they open to communication?
- Cost sustainability — eg how is the instance funded? Is their model sustainable?
- Infrastructure sustainability — eg how is the instance powered? Is it in a stable location?
- Local Laws — ie what laws is the instance subject to?
- ToS — ie what rules does the instance impose on its users?
- Who is the instance federated and defederated with, and what is their criteria for federation?
- Other smaller things like ability to upload media, number of local communities, number of users, front-end/appearance, etc.
Things I personally look for in an instance:
- An active admin that has a level head and seems like a good person (preferably multiple admins to prevent Bus factor)
- Instance runs a fairly recent version of Lemmy. If they run a very old version, that could be a sign of problems
- Is defederated with troll or drama filled instances
- Having a unique theme or vibe instead of being a general server is a big plus that makes it stand out, but not strictly necessary
I think that It depends on the instance, but I would argue that, generally, yes.
I bet you could get a lot of users if you reached out to some choirs. They might split between signing up for your instance and yellowlemmy.com, though 😂