I could help with modding as long as I’m not the only one :) — Matt Sicker
> On Dec 1, 2022, at 08:13, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > > TL;DR: given a set of moderation guidelines and volunteers to > administer them, I'm willing to set up and host an ASF > Fediverse/ActivityPub instance on fly.io. > > - - - > > Technical background: > > While Mastodon is the most common and known implementation, there are > plenty of others at various stages of development. Most with > instructions that can be followed in an afternoon to set up an > instance. Costs to run an instance vary, but I am seeing many reports > that people are finding that they can host their own server on a free > tier at various cloud service providers. > > I'm willing to volunteer for all of the above. These days I work for > ly.io, and can host it for free. I'm not asking for anything in > return - while I don't think it would be a good idea to make it a > secret where the instance is hosted, no official recognition is > required. > > I'll work with the infrastructure team so that an > <something>.apache.org name will be the way to access it, and to > ensure that I am not the only one with access to the VM. > > My default assumption is mastodon is the software to be used, but I > can be convinced to install another service instead. > > Now let's examine the worst case scenario: this service is wildly > successful (a good problem to have) and I get hit by a bus, and the > ASF infra team doesn't want to touch this service. My best guess is > that this would cost hundreds of US dollars per year and need > volunteers to run it. the former could be routinely handled as a part > of the ASF budget process (presumably either M&P or Comdev), and I'm > optimistic that we can find plenty of volunteers here. > > --- > > Moderation background: > > I have no experience in this, but from postings I see people hosting > mastodon images moderation can be time consuming. I am NOT signing up > for this part, hence I'm making a call for volunteers. Apparently the > internet is full of trolls, and not moderating your instance can get > the entire instance banned by other instances. > > For now, I chose to participate at https://ruby.social/@samruby ; you > can find more information about that instance here: > https://ruby.social/about . We will need a code of conduct, a privacy > policy, server rules etc. Note the list of moderated servers at the > end, it is likely that we will end up with our own list, and this list > will accrue over time based on posts that don't match our > expectations, and thus will require moderators. > > --- > > I don't have a time schedule in mind, but if there are volunteers this > could all come together in a matter of days, and certainly could be up > and running this month, and probably early this month. > > - Sam Ruby > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
