Its a very interesting feeling. On one hand Im proud because Lemmy has come so far. Two years ago there was only one instance dev.lemmy.ml and no federation. On the other hand disappointed, because some people are unable to appreciate how much time and work I put into this project. Its especially ironic that these attacks are coming from people who pretend to represent the working class.

  •  Salamander   ( @Sal@mander.xyz ) 
    4•2 years ago

    Congratulations on the milestone! 🥳 🎉

    Many of us do appreciate how much work and effort you have put into this. I find it very inspiring that you and Dessalines have managed to build a project that you are passionate about and raised the funds to be able to work on it full time. And you have gotten others like me excited about the project too!

    I am not sure what insults you are referring to, but I suspect that whoever insulted you probably did so because of how you have dealt with politics in Lemmy. I recommend those people to read the about page to see what Lemmy is about: https://join-lemmy.org/about

    I think that you do a very good job as an admin in keeping with these ideals.

    You are great! Thank you for your work!

    •  nutomic   ( @nutomic@lemmy.ml ) OP
      2•2 years ago

      Basically these people think they have some kind of god-given right to make demands about how lemmy.ml should be moderated. Which is ridiculous on its own, plus most of them arent even registered on this instance.

      •  CoinOperatedBoi   ( @CoinOperatedBoi@lemmy.ml ) 
        1•2 years ago

        Moderation has always been a power struggle on Reddit. Just as the Lemmyverse has tended to be less aggressive in terms of content and conversation, I’m hoping the moderator politics here don’t devolve into the social pseudo-warfare that Reddit is infamous for (moderator coups, mod team splits, megamod cliques, etc). I think that’s going to involve some sort of informal governance policies that will standardize over time, but I’m not sure.

        Admin-to-admin mail (similar to mod mail, but visible by all admins on both instances), blocklist compliance, and mutual federation come to mind.

  •  OsrsNeedsF2P   ( @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ) 
    4•2 years ago

    Hey nutomic-

    I hope you aren’t taking the insults too close to heart. Keep in mind more users = more people = more hate. It’s linear, don’t sweat it. A lot of people who upvote stupid takes don’t fully understand it either, and the ones who stick around will eventually understand it.

    Keep in mind some of us here, on lemmy.ml, aren’t here because we think Lemmy.ml is better than Reddit.com in it’s current form. We’re here because we support the idea and goal of Lemmy, and we’re here to support you directly when it comes to using the live instance and gathering a userbase for feedback. We don’t say “Thanks for Lemmy!” every post, but every well-thought-out post is a compliment.

    Keep in mind you’re an awesome person, because despite differences in beliefs, you’re the one acting to make the world a better place. Or let the haters empower you, that’s a good route to success.

    •  nutomic   ( @nutomic@lemmy.ml ) OP
      2•2 years ago

      Dont worry, its hard to take these people seriously because they are acting like little children when they dont get their favorite toy. The insults arent even creative at all. Its just not something that I expected to happen when I started contributing to Lemmy, and especially didnt expect it from that group of people.

  •  hfkldjbuq   ( @hfkldjbuq@beehaw.org ) 
    2•2 years ago

    There is no context but maybe that is a signal user base is growing and disseminating. IMO it is mostly disappoiting when people make personal attacks instead of productively criticizing ideas/content and objectively help improve the project.

  •  IngrownMink4   ( @IngrownMink4@lemmy.ml ) 
    2•2 years ago

    You don’t deserve that treatment IMO. You’ve created a viable alternative to Reddit. You should be proud of what you have accomplished!

    Moderation may have been too slow at times, but they don’t realize that your priority is Lemmy software, not moderation. Considering that, despite the controversies, I still have a good impression of you. Sometimes the coexistence between communists, anarchists and liberals can give a lot of headaches :')

  •  CoinOperatedBoi   ( @CoinOperatedBoi@lemmy.ml ) 
    2•2 years ago

    Just wanted to say that I have immense respect for all the work you do and that I really understand the feeling. You and Dessalines wear so many hats in the creation and management of this software and these sites. It’s impressive that you’ve been properly delegating and managing all the information being thrown at you constantly for this long.

    I’m also surprised that it’s taken this long. Guess that speaks to the quality of community that exists here.

  •  ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆   ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) 
    2•2 years ago

    Thanks for all the work you do on Lemmy. It’s amazing to see how far it’s come. People often fail to appreciate the effort and dedication that goes into maintaining such projects.

    I think Lemmy plays an important role in reclaiming the internet. If we’re going to have free and open communication then we must have open source platforms that are built by the people and for the people. We must own our tools.