Demigodrick
@Demigodrick@lemmy.zip
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update February 2025 3 days ago:
Thanks for the feedback - I peeked at the lemmit bot and yeah - madness.
Toying with the X thing, will see what the general consensus is before making any decisions.
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update February 2025 3 days ago:
There is the public modlog if that’s what you’re looking for in terms of mod actions?
I’ve toyed with making zippy’s whole action log public but it requires a lot of tweaking to make sure sensitive stuff is hidden, and I just haven’t had the time!
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update February 2025 3 days ago:
We do have an introductory post but it probably needs a lot of work at this point. Its on the to-do list!
The problem is that people tend not to read it… If only I could force them to read and acknowledge 😅
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update February 2025 3 days ago:
Yeah Zippy absolutely is: github.com/Demigodrick/community_bot
Anyone is free to use any of the code. PRs to help expand it/make it better are always welcome too 😂
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update February 2025 3 days ago:
Yeah there’s a reasoning section on our legal page within our defed policy: legal.lemmy.zip/posts/defederation_policy/
You can also click the instances link on the bottom of the ui and go to blocked instances- they should line up (although one of the links doesn’t exist anymore so it’s reminded me to remove it!)
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update February 2025 3 days ago:
Yes, and we have done before!
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update February 2025 3 days ago:
In terms of a complete defed, one of the founding principles for lemmy.zip was not to just block other instances based on personal politics or beliefs (unless the other instances were doing something illegal). Rather it’s a gateway to the wider fediverse, and there are tools for people to instead control their own feeds (I.e. a user can defed themselves from another instance to a degree).
.ml also has a lot of large communities on it that I’d be hesistant to block until they’re moved away.
(I personally block the lemmit bot, I’m not opposed to a defed if they’re just creating spam from that instance)
New users might not be aware of the tools available (or even want to take the time to use them) so it might help lemmy growth to have some blocks in place at account creation - and then if people want to explore that content, they can choose to remove those blocks.
I am also not opposed to banning x links - appreciate wider feedback on this though.
- Submitted 3 days ago to home@lemmy.zip | 28 comments
- Comment on How to access a non .zip link through the .zip instance? 4 days ago:
There’s a third-party tool you can usually use: lemmyverse.link
So pop the url of the post on the home instance in, and you get lemmyverse.link/sh.itjust.works/post/31943808
Once you’ve set your home instance, it will divert you to the home instance’s post.
Unfortunately there isnt a way that i know of that lets you do it in lemmy. I think adopting sharing links via lemmyverse.link is the way forwards at the moment.
- Comment on Scheduled Maintenance Wednesday 22nd Jan 18:00 UTC 1 week ago:
Slightly delayed but underway :)
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to announcements@lemmy.zip | 4 comments
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- Submitted 4 weeks ago to globalnews@lemmy.zip | 101 comments
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- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update - January 2025 4 weeks ago:
I really do appreciate this every time 😂
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update - January 2025 4 weeks ago:
Thank you! 😊
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update - January 2025 4 weeks ago:
Thanks Blaze, always appreciate the support <3
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update - January 2025 4 weeks ago:
Thank you for the points and the insight - I do agree with what you’re saying, and I’ll bear that in mind. My absolute priority is to build an admin team that compliment the ethos of the site, and in that vein to continue on with how we currently run it.
Unfortunately Lemmy doesn’t allow us to split the SysAdmin from the site moderation stuff, which would be on my wishlist for the future of development, but our back-end stuff is certainly structured like that.
However, I do need to look to the future and make sure there is sufficient technical skill if I were to be hit by a bus tomorrow, and so it is something I need to weigh up.
One of things I’d like to do is build/train a level of redundancy into the admin team, so that if one person leaves or cannot continue for whatever reason, there is someone who can instead step in to fill the gap. Like you’ve highlighted, some teams can become too reliant on one person for their skills and I don’t want to end up in that position in the long term.
Unlike some other servers, we’re looking for people that support the current community culture and uphold the rules, and not instead change the rules to fit people 😊
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update - January 2025 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, please let me know if you see any. I do look out for them but they do crop up on random websites
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to home@lemmy.zip | 15 comments
- Comment on How are you dealing with the UK's Online Safety Act, that comes into effect this March? 4 weeks ago:
Exactly. Don’t get me wrong, meta and X are a cesspool without moderation or a thought for the users wellbeing, and deserve tidying up. But it’s going to kill spaces where people can express themselves, and drive UK users underground.
Now would be a good time to start a VPN business targeted to UK users. Actually…
- Comment on How are you dealing with the UK's Online Safety Act, that comes into effect this March? 4 weeks ago:
If you’re using cloudflare you can block counties via that.
I’m also in the UK and run an instance - the problem is that the guidance is too large and overbearing. The stuff that actually mattered hadn’t even been released by OFCOM last time I bothered looking, such as the risk assessment.
I guess we’ll know more when they release the guidance on age verification - that will be what kills most sites off if they insist its required for all social media
- Comment on The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025 2 months ago:
I’d always say PopOS for newbies to linux with nvidia cards, although admittedly its been a while since I’ve been on pop so I don’t know if that’s changed
- Comment on Joe Biden issues 'full and unconditional' pardon for son 2 months ago:
America is on the globe, last time I checked
- Submitted 2 months ago to globalnews@lemmy.zip | 55 comments
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update December 2024 2 months ago:
Thanks Blaze, always good to see you around!
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update December 2024 2 months ago:
Thank you for being here from the start!
- Submitted 2 months ago to home@lemmy.zip | 11 comments
- Comment on MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying 2 months ago:
It doesn’t impact you, your viewpoint it entirely irrelevant. Nobody who is disabled will suddenly be euthanised, and the links you provided are summed up as “we want more dignity, fuck everyone else until we get ours” which i don’t respect.
As someone with lived experience of a family member who would’ve benefitted from this bill as I watched them take 3 months to die, forgetting who their own family members where, constantly being given incredibly strong painkillers, spending hours in convulsions as the tumors ate away at their brain, I can confidently say you are the one who should listen to people who this actually impacts, while they’re still able to advocate for themselves.
- Comment on MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying 2 months ago:
“this is great, I’d rather die than be disabled”
Except, the bill is about people on end of life pathways having dignity in their deaths, not anyone choosing to just end it because they don’t like their circumstances.
How society treats disabled people is terrible, I agree, but that isn’t what this bill is about