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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hey everyone,

The Fedihosting Foundation is looking for a new site-admin for Lemmy.World, to help our busy team. This moderator will help with reviewing and acting on reports, weighing in on user content, and helping foster our local communities while acting as a friendly neighbor to other fediverse instances.

You also DO NOT need to have an account on one of our FHF services but WILL have to create an account after joining. Users from other sites WELCOME!

Benefits:

  • You'll get to work with a great team of passionate kind, goofy individuals from all over the (lemmy) world!
  • We have weekly virtual hangouts where we brainstorm new ideas and catch up with each other. Community for us is not just a buzzword.
  • We can also provide work and personal references, as we are a registered legal non-profit.
  • While not a technical role, you will also gain exposure to best-in-class industry tooling and processes for large-scale hosted applications (aka modern DevOps).
  • We also run a small blog, that we'd love to have folks contribute to.
  • Join in on the editorial voice for our featured communities.
  • We also understand this is a hobby and that family and work come first
    • If you're having a hard time finding time or are busy, we will always do our best to help and support you.

Applicants should have the following qualities:

  • Experience moderating a diverse group of individuals from many geographic, religious, and LGBTQ+ backgrounds.
  • Able to commit to at least 5-10 hours a week.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and communication.
  • Solid background in conflict resolution.
  • Must be able to speak English.
  • Works well asynchronously with remote teams.
  • Grammar skills optional 😛

Bonus skills (which you will learn if you don't already)

  • SQL / Business Intelligence software skills.
  • N8N workflow automation
  • Web Design (Hugo + GitHub Pages).
  • Python scripting

Application process:

  • It goes without saying that we will only be considering applicants with a significant positive history of online posts and/or comments, no trolls, please.
  • Applicants must be okay with sitting for a video interview and must pass a basic background check.
  • While not strictly required, a CV with relevant work and volunteer history will help during the application process.
  • We are an international team that works from both North America EST time (-4) and Europe CEST (+2), so we would ask that candidates be flexible with their availability.

Please apply HERE https://forms.gle/epTdTy9Xh9kNFKsQA

(Edit: Updated post, thanks Donuts!)

(Edit2: Thanks for all the feed back on this post, it's much appreciated 💗💗💗)

(Edit3: If you feel like you'd fit in, apply, the req's that we posted are more of a suggestion, then a hard yes or no)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

My job didn't even require a video interview, this unpaid role has more strict requirements than half the jobs in the US haha.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'm not applying but I have a comment / suggestion:

A pattern I'm seeing here, in activism and open source is that you basically want the full package right now. While I understand that that is what you need, people like that don't grow on trees.

It would be good if there was a "trainee" position for people to gain the kind of experience you are asking for. And guidance, by you to make sure they learn the right lessons. Possibly including a private-ish best practices handbook or whatever. I know that that means additional work in the short term.

Thanks for reading, all the best wishes!

(Compare to linux' kernel team asking for kernel devs and the policy of "pick any topic you'd like to work on". Do I expect a fully course on everything, bringing me from "high school knowledge" to "kernel dev professional"? No, of course not. But a few book recommendations would be great. In that case. Not sure if you can learn moderation from a book.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd be happy to apply, but requiring a CV and full background check in addition to a video call interview is a bit steep for me.

Just the video call I'd absolutely be applying, I genuinely believe in Lemmy and want to see it succeed, but not to the point that I'm willing to put this much information into non-employment hands.

Good luck on the search.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It says the CV isn't required.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

While not strictly required

Technically true, but verbiage leads me to believe its more required than not.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Must be able to speak English

Ah, fuck, I’m out. It’s one of the only languages I haven’t learned. Were this a post seeking Sanskrit, Mayan, Akkadian, or High Valyrian language speakers, I’d be just the right candidate.

Pop quiz: which of the above is not a historical language? If you guessed Klingon, your reading comprehension skills are for shit. The answer is English. It’s completely made up and only appears in Fantasy genre stories – along with birds and flying spaghetti monsters and hobbits.

Wow, I’m really bored at work, I guess. Glad it’s Friday. Hope you all have a nice weekend.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Aren't we all intoxicated...

...on information overload and just a bit of dopamine (I can stop whenever I want...)?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Halo!

Yo no hablo muy bueno español...

¿Quizás no hay muchos usuarios que hablen español?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you ain't got a quesadilla in your pocket you better keep it moving esse, before someone gets hurt

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Edit: phrasing and format, improved a bit

¡ya lo sabes!

Siempre llevo una quesadilla de frijoles en el bolsillo...

Y ni se te ocurra pensar que me olvido de la botella de salsa picante en mi "bolso", que siempre llevo conmigo

¡jajajaja!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

hahaha, nice one!

Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

edit: word, him->flyingsquid

@[email protected]

You forgot to tag FlyingSquid?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

You are welcome!...I think, hahaha

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wah? Huh? Me? Admin? I don't know anything about web design or legal compliance or social media marketing or anything. I'm flattered though, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

web design or legal compliance or social media marketing

Fuck all that. It's not needed.

They need someone with strong reading comprehension, who can consistently reason their way from an ideology to the specific situation, then write professionally. Mods work the collective que of reports independently.

If you don't want the gig no one one is owed an explanation. But, please don't judge yourself underqualified for the wrong reasons.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well apparently I'm not positive or productive, so I guess I'm not qualified after all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When I said to consider yourself, you asked me to consider another's opinion of you that you disagree with.

If you can dish it out then you'll see right though such bullshit when it regularly pops up in the mod que ;)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, it's been a long day.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Right now my landlord isn't owning a gigantic series of mistakes. You made my day by owning a very small one.

I think this is much more positive and productive than what the other conversation became.

If the long day has been online, I suggest talking to someone about any subject IRL, in person or on the phone. A little human stuff puts all this digital bullshit right back into perspective for me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wish I had a person to talk to in person or on the phone, but unfortunately I don't. The closest I have is personal friends I can talk to via social media (none of them live in this shitty town). My wife is out with a friend tonight, so the best I could do would be the 14-year-old child that I still allow to live here (although sometimes I wonder why). I have a feeling she'll want to talk about modern slang again since that's been what she's wanted to talk about today and I just can't take having her read to me more from the big list of 2024 slang she found me. I tried to talk to her about 1940s jive slang to get her on a different but related subject. Didn't work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I feel like the only "real" relationship I have is with my wife. Friends I think are close distance themselves if I begin a conversation with something personal and nuanced enough to be meaningful and engaging.

We both felt like this for quite awhile. And, we soon reasoned that we were about the perfect people in the perfect situation to answer: Where does a collectivist sense community still exist? The answer appears incredibly simple: Forty to sixty minutes from the closest Walmart.

In twenty five years you'll be thanking her because you know what the fuck the news just said. But, today, I can only imagine the torture.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Thanks for sharing, seems you both had a great chat!

It got a bit sad at the end, but all thing in life can't be all happy and upbeat, life is a rollercoaster!

How you both are doing well!

Random thought, could lemmy integrate an opensource(FOSS?) discord-ish type of voice chat?

It would give our community a way to listen or hear other live humans, that may share hobbies or like to interact in discussions, hahaha

I know Louis Rossmann is working with company that is trying to make one, don't know how popular it is...

Here is another I found with a search: Revolt: An Open-Source Alternative to Discord

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I do not qualify...

...and I do not think my posts have "a significant positive history of online posts and/or comments"...

Awesome, either way, keep up the good and hard work y'all do!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s a strange thing to admit.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Well, I am okay with being honest on the matter, hahaha

If you are willing to be, I know I may not qualify, but I do encourage others that may to apply!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

Put me in coach