Post APMZdRcd3MMfU20pAe by AGMS00@ruby.social
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(DIR) Post #APMYML5lyiDCM0vL72 by james@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:13:49Z
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It's hard to walk the line between being welcoming of new users (particularly non-English-speaking ones), and protecting this instance against people who don't care about our rules (https://ruby.social/about/more). Every new user on this instance is someone that the moderator(s) essentially becomes responsible for. If someone breaks the rules, the mods end up having to do work. I want to minimise that work, which (hopefully!) has the side effect of increasing the overall quality of discourse here.
(DIR) Post #APMYYo581O01jrZEvY by renatolond@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:16:02Z
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@james I manage two instances myself and it's indeed a non-negligible amount of work, thanks for doing it ❤️ I felt that having some more people on the moderation team (especially in different timezones) helps a lot :)
(DIR) Post #APMYdTHslGv6h6l0Qi by james@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:16:59Z
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As #Mastodon hits news websites like the BBC, it's not just #Ruby developer folk that are finding us.At least three people want to join to talk about #rugby, in what I can only assume is a misreading of our instance name 😅 So every new registration request gets read, and if it's not clear (because registration forms can be confusing), each user is emailed with another opportunity to provide a cogent reason for joining. I've emailed about 100 such folks so far. I think it's working well.
(DIR) Post #APMYezZsC1AF87thWS by olivierlacan@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:17:15Z
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@james In this case it feels like having non-English moderators assisting you would be quite valuable. Especially if they're bilingual. 👋😅🇫🇷🇺🇸
(DIR) Post #APMZMvD1nPRYK69v6G by kronn@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:25:00Z
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@james thanks for the peek behind the curtain.It seems that this level of "hand-picking" people only works with limited users, therefore only with federation.
(DIR) Post #APMZR5A6jWPGLkmEMq by AGMS00@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:25:54Z
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Hope it keeps working. Certainly more productive than my verification technique of tea with the sysop. But what happens if Mastodon becomes too popular and attracts scammers who bombard you with thousands of signup requests? Spam filtering technology repurposed for weeding through applications?
(DIR) Post #APMZdRcd3MMfU20pAe by AGMS00@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:28:10Z
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Hope it keeps working. Certainly more productive than my verification technique of tea with the sysop. But what happens if Mastodon becomes too popular and attracts scammers who bombard you with thousands of signup requests? Spam filtering technology repurposed for weeding through applications?By the way, thanks for doing the dirty work. It’s one thing that makes your instance better.
(DIR) Post #APMZjCgBWSKesRQCmG by james@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:29:12Z
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@kronn the #federation aspect is certainly important. I don't want to exclude anyone from the #fediverse, I just also don't want to be responsible for everyone's content. With federation, there's always somewhere else they can be a participant.
(DIR) Post #APMb8DLqGGfs9eOdaC by purinkle@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:44:54Z
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@james, what can we as a community do to help the moderators and you? Maintaining this server is significant for you to take on as a volunteer. How do we help?
(DIR) Post #APMbP223bBa3yKA436 by james@ruby.social
2022-11-07T14:47:51Z
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@purinkle once the dust settles, I'll start exploring how to share the load. Your support is appreciated!
(DIR) Post #APMigz8dnPR1t9kU6K by dazawassa@ruby.social
2022-11-07T16:09:31Z
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@james to be fair I was confused if it was the coding language or geology.
(DIR) Post #APMn268BOO0HTQrDLU by roy@ruby.social
2022-11-07T16:58:16Z
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@james If you ever need help, do let me know. Also if you need APM; I may have some in stock ;)
(DIR) Post #APMzH7WlgIItbBHpaq by TrevorBramble@ruby.social
2022-11-07T19:15:16Z
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@james I do wish there was a lobste.rs-esque invitation tree here, to distribute some responsibility out to the user community.
(DIR) Post #APMzOA4sb8eZXEbEIK by ludo@ruby.social
2022-11-07T19:16:32Z
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@james I join @olivierlacan ; me too, I can help for 🇫🇷 requests (I live in France). If you have doubts or need help, shoot me a toot
(DIR) Post #APNC2XvUY1QYX8EQTY by Greetingsadm@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T21:33:13Z
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@james Thank you for your patience with us #Rugby fans. Ruby is truly a barbarian's language coded by gentleman.
(DIR) Post #APOcV8AVZrjGlYpuzo by james@ruby.social
2022-11-08T14:09:44Z
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@AGMS00 I can’t say for sure how we’ll handle that, but I can tell you this: we will figure it out together 😁