As you may have already noticed, 3 new admins have been added. Welcome @TruckBC@lemmy.ca , @Shadow@lemmy.ca , and @Jarcode@lemmy.ca! There are also many more people that are helping behind the scenes as well. They have many years of experience moderating various subreddits, and I believe that they can bring lemmy.ca to the next level.

We have been collaborating so that they will be taking over hosting this instance. When I initially volunteered to take over this instance early in 2022, I was thinking it would just be a hobby project, and I really had no idea what I was getting myself into. With the surge of new users in the past few weeks, and potentially a lot more to come soon, I decided that I don’t have the time or energy required to dedicate to running this site, and it just so happened that they were looking for a new home too.

@crb@lemmy.ca and I will stay on as an admin while we transition to a new server, just to make sure everything goes smoothly, but I plan on removing myself as an admin once everything is settled. I will try and stay active here as a user, because I believe that lemmy and the fediverse can become something great!

I have also suspended donations for the time being, but thank you to all that have already donated. All your current donations will be transferred to the new admins.

I have also upgrade the server to 8 CPU’s and 8 GB, since it seemed to be struggling with an influx of new users tonight, so sorry about the brief downtime!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ask!

  • TruckBC@lemmy.caMEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    Thank you for the warm welcome. As @Smorks said there are many others behind the scenes that may or may not show up in the admin list over the next while.

    We are currently actively preparing to transition the instance to a new dedicated server by the end of the weekend at the latest. We hope this higher powered server will be sufficient for the next few months but are ready with plans to scale up further when needed.

    Unfortunately this means that there maybe some short periods of downtime over the weekend. We will make a post announcing planned downtime.

  • zaphod@lemmy.caEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    Just wanna say thank you to all the new admins stepping up to keep this place running! It really is appreciated!

  • nimnim@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    Your hard work and dedication to lemmy.ca is deeply appreciated and Your decision to pass on hosting responsibilities highlights your commitment to this instance’s growth. The new admins and the tireless efforts of everyone behind the scenes are truly valued.

  • Shadow@lemmy.caMEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    Hello everyone! We’ll be doing a brief maintenance window tomorrow around noon PT / 3pm ET for 15 minutes, as we move the site to a much more powerful machine to handle the influx of new users.

    • TruckBC@lemmy.caMEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      While incorporating as a non-profit association is 100% part of the plans, being recognized as a charitable organization to be able to make donations tax-deductible for donors is going to be a very difficult threshold to pass with what we are doing from what I recall last time I went through non-profit registration stuff. Will definitely look into it though.

  • bowreality@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Thanks smorks! Truly appreciate you handing over instead of shutting down. And thanks to the new admins for taking it on!! I hope we all can make this work for a long time.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Thanks @smorks@lemmy.ca for all you’ve done for the instance!

    If you do leave the server entirely and not just admin, I’m going to be “one of the few oldies” on the server that joined prior to the Reddit exodus…

  • lightrush@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    🙌 Thank you.

    Yup, it’s really SRE work and the burden has to be shared to make it bearable for any sizeable service.

    BTW you probably shouldn’t stop the donations. If anything, they’ll be useful to the new team. You’ll just end up giving them more.

    • Noved@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Second on the donations, I will definitely up mine now that there is 3 admins instead of one!

  • ram@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Any chance we can get an overview of moderation policies, ideologies, and thoughts on things like defederation, bans, etc from the new admins? Even if “the rules aren’t changing”, just having different mates behind the wheel will inevitably have an impact on this stuff, and I’d like to be informed beforehand if at all possible! Welcome to the new admins! 😀

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Are there ways to help out in addition to donating? Im not as experienced with servers but I imagine there are other things that need doing as well

    • TruckBC@lemmy.caM
      5·
      1 year ago

      I got kicked off that mod team for enforcing the “No Distracted Driving” rule the sub had. 😆

      I shoud check if there is an r/Truckers equivalent on Lemmy.

      edit: Found it !truckers@thelemmy.club