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.

Please be aware, we will only be considering applicants with a significant positive history of online posts and/or comments. You also DO NOT need to be a have a account on one of our FHF services, but WILL have to create a account after joining. Users from other sites WELCOME!

Applicants MUST have the following qualities:

  • Experience moderating a diverse group of individuals
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and communication
  • Solid background in conflict resolution
  • Able to both understand and interpret the spirit of our legal documents (ex legal.lemmy.world)
  • Must be able to speak English
  • Works well asynchronously with remote teams

Bonus skills / background:

  • Experience with internet law and international legal compliance
  • SQL / Business Intelligence software skills (MetaBase)
  • Social Media marketing
  • Web Design (Hugo + GitHub Pages)

Please keep in mind that, while this is a volunteer gig, we would ask you to be able to commit to at least 5-10 hours a week. We also understand this is a hobby and that family and work come first.

Applicants must be okay with sitting for a video interview and must be pass a 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/A81LJyY9g5ojCeCp6

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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.

      • justaderp@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        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.

          • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            LOL, someone accused me of being “hostile” when I politely disagreed with them. There are some wonderful folks on lemmy…but like any place on the internet, quite a few weirdos.

          • justaderp@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            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 ;)

              • justaderp@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                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.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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                  1 year ago

                  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.

                  • justaderp@lemmy.world
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                    1 year ago

                    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.

          • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            I just read through the linked conversation. I’m sorry, but it’s been clearly decided by groupthink that you are not allowed to learn anything or form new opinions. I hope you understand their decision and its effective permanence on your growth.