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, that we will only be considering applicants with a significant positive history of online posts and/or comments. 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!

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 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

  • it_depends_man@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 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.)

    • BluesF@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      It’s not exactly uncommon for a listing to advertise the person they want, but to accept applicants with significantly less on the basis that they can get there. Nearly every job I’ve ever got I was not at the level advertised in something or other.

      • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Yeah it’s pretty common in IT jobs where they’re like “we want 25 years experience in these ten different technologies” and then you talk to the hiring manager and they admit that those qualifications are ridiculous.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        …do you have any idea how many times I DIDN’T EVEN APPLY because they said “must have X skill”, and I was like “oh…then I better not waste everybodies time.”

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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

      The post-y2k bust removed a lot of our higher-paid staffers, and those were our mentors. For 2-3 generations of new coders we’ve been without that crucial “this is WHY it’s best-practice” understanding from an experienced peer.

      When you lament the loss of ready and experienced volunteers, what we lack are people who’ve learned at the side of truly talented people and are ready to take on some projects.

      Now we have people with free time and a short history of … Well, it’s work.

      What I’m saying is, there’s a clear cause for the current state, for breach after breach after massive breach, and the lack of stellar volunteers.

      This will get better, but - as downvotes will show - the current state is one of massive potential but little realization.

      • it_depends_man@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        When you lament the loss of ready and experienced volunteers, what we lack are people who’ve learned at the side of truly talented people

        What I’m actually lamenting isn’t the lack of experienced volunteers.

        I’m lamenting the fact that the groups in need lack the awareness that nobody is teaching the stuff they need and that they should do it themselves.

        E.g. https://kernelnewbies.org/ I wasn’t kidding when I mentioned them. Their idea of “outreach” is to open the door and wait for people to fall in. They have no teaching material, they have no recommendations. I’m recognizing that there is something happening that is in my interest and I personally would put in the time to learn whatever is necessary to get to the level that is required to seriously touch that code. I just literally don’t know where to start and have no point to connect. There is a https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelMentors mentors program. Not only is their only point of contact a mailing list, if you follow the link, you will find that the mailing list doesn’t actually exist.