"it means that anyone can hop onto the server and start posting whatever they want and create whatever communities they want and no-one can stop them."
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"it means that anyone can hop onto the server and start posting whatever they want and create whatever communities they want and no-one can stop them."
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Admins of instances have a "purge user" button (or is that only for communities?) where you can basically defederate a single user or community.
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There is also a "purge community" button. But I have learned that if I purge a non-local community the purge is so complete that your instamce forgets it ever existed... And it can simply be fetched again!
I admin a small instance as well and I have only blocked lemmynsfw.com at this point. I like to keep the server open to all unless a rule is broken on my server. This means even if I don’t agree with what is be said, again, as long as it is within the rules of the site.
It baffles me as to why you would go through the trouble of creating an instance and just leave it to rot with no oversight.
Because moderating can be a full time job. If you go for a vacation, have a family emergency, etc and aren't actively looking at your instance, then it's "left to rot".
If it's possible, doing the steps OP mentioned before going on leave will help the server avoid getting into a mess while you're gone.
Kinda dislike this about selling stuff on Ebay, you've got to be always available to dispatch an item. They've got a "on vacation" mode, but if you forget to switch that on and someone orders something, you're SOL
It's better to have them forget about it and have the server and its communities locked than it is to have them left open to abuse in your absence. At least in the case of the locked one they can still use it on their communities on other instances (I see no reason to lock existing users, just registrations, community creation, and maybe posts and comments on hosted communities).
Why not just find someone to babysit the instance for you while you're gone?
Having a team of admins is another good solution to this problem since if one disappears the others can still do the work while they are gone.
Why did you block lemmynsfw? Any questionable content? Or just you wanted to avoid any kind of porn?
Don't want to deal with possible issues related to the cached images being stored on the server.
Should block pornlemmy as well in that case.
That is another one that I will block. Thank you.
make sure to block burggit.moe as well they're known for CSAM material, also lemmy.comfysnug.place for the same reasons.
Thank you. I will look into it.
I can think of many reasons, you might die, you might suddenly go to jail, you might suddenly have to take care of loved ones, your computer might breakand no money for a new one, the possibilities are endless!
Of course. I’m sure we’ll see more of abandoned instances. Of course it could also be the admin doesn’t care either.
Second one seems very likely, the text in the sidebar implies that it's very hands off "Why trust some Big Tech corporation to host your data when some random geek can do it?". Also the instance went down for a few minutes when I tried to post something there on my old account but then miraculously came back up again, I'm not sure if Lemmy has automatic crash recovery so this might not be a good indicator.
I can totally see myself setting up an instance as a fun weekend project, letting people use it, then coming back a month later and finding a nazi hellhole. when you're doing something for fun/free it's easy to not take the boring and time consuming parts seriously.
Why would someone just leave a server like that running? Kind of a waste of resource they are paying for.
Also this sounds like a problem that will solve itself over time, since that server will not see any updates in the future. So it will be open to attacks or may stop working at some point when the version differences get too big.
Honestly, isn't it rather stupid to build a community with extreme views on a server you are not controlling? Eventually they are going to lose that.
In my case I run instance for myself and only inviting people I trust or they gave me good reason for join :)
Yeah, that's why I have my instance requiring you to request an account rather than just automatically making them.