To combat the anti-Semitic brigades over the last few days, we've made it so that new users have to fill out a registration application before they can join here.

This should help us cut down on the trolls. We recommend other instances do the same, because they will likely be targeted also.

I apologize for all their gore-posts as well, no one should have to see that. We'll try to look for more admins from different time-zones as well to get them faster.

The two other possibilities we have currently as options, are turning on required email verification, and as a last resort, closing signups. I personally would rather not do either, but they are options.

Many thanks to @k_o_t@lemmy.ml and @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml for banning those trolls.

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What does a person need to apply as admin or moderator? (this last one in general communities driven by admins or thought at site level like asklemmy)
- This is just my opinion. Applications are reviewed on a case by case basis and is up to a vote by the existing admins.
  Must haves:
  A history of quality activity on Lemmy.ml or another instance we federate with, such as amicable discussion, links to reputable web resources, etc.
  Frequently online. I'd say at least once a day is ideal, but I also understand that you're a volunteer, and will reasonably have other things going on where you might be missing for several days or otherwise intermittent at times.
  An interest in helping to develop the Lemmy community and ecosystem.
  No recent violation of instance rules or Lemmy project code of conduct.
  Is not currently banned from Lemmy.ml on another account.
  Optional but could help your application:
  History of reporting rule breaking content, particularly spam.
  Has participated in discussions on Lemmy development or the the direction the Lemmy community is going.
  Already a moderator of a community, or an admin on another instance (we will use your moderation history to assess your application).
  Activity on the Lemmy Matrix rooms (please Link your Matrix).
  Activity on the Lemmy project GitHub or other source control site that Lemmy is on, either as a code contributor or making/discussing pull requests (please Link your GitHub/other source control website).
  It would also help to specify your time zone and the languages you know.
  
  Must haves:
  To check by you if my history is enough
  I connect to Lemmy.ml three times a day at minimum to read mostly.
  Yes, I have. I use to try to even promote Lemmy here but it is difficult given the main focus in English content (by now).
  To check too.
  No
  Optional:
  To check as I don't track myself on that since recently.
  I think I can say that I did and do.
  No, never thought on applying until now. I was not sure if I could hold the responsibility.
  I am not in Lemmy Official Matrix room(s), I only helped to mount the unofficial spanish one ( https://matrix.to/#/#lemmy-es:mozilla.org ) and my Matrix account is @echedeylr:mozilla.org.
  A little but my account is https://github.com/EchedeyLR.
  Timezone: one less than Nutomic's one
  Languages: Spanish and English (not native, B1 certified)
  
  I've forwarded your application to the admin Matrix room, thanks!
  
  Thanks to you too.
  
  Must haves:
  My 2 year old history with 1600+ comments is up for everyone.
  Online twice a day. Also, active communication with users.
  Have put myself on the frontlines multiple times. See soferman incident as example. https://lemmy.ml/post/69058
  I have repeatedly stopped many incidents from happening.
  I use zero sockpuppets and actively advocate against them, and have expertise in identifying sockpuppets via my stylometry, OSINT and OPSEC skills.
  Optional:
  Active moderator of c/privacy and c/technology, also c/privatelife
  I contribute via comment suggestions and sometimes even modmail, to help improve Lemmy. This goes hand in hand with putting myself on the frontlines, and putting myself at risk in between crossfire.
  I report a lot of issues and actively moderate reported posts and comments.
  I am from India and I speak Hindi and English, so I can serve not just a wide timezone gap, but moderate a different kind of audience as well, compared to non-Indian foreigners here.
- For admins, you can express interest here, and we'll look them over.
  cc @k_o_t@lemmy.ml @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml @nutomic@lemmy.ml @kixiQu@lemmy.ml
  
  I provided my two cents!

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