I saw that the community i moderate is available on blahaj.zone, and it has pulled some old comments, but new ones did not federate. There is also an old stickied post still stickied....
Either that, or you create an account on the communities home instance and give it mod privileges too, and that way you won’t ever get caught short by federation issues, blocking etc.
Shouldn’t you be taking pictures of birds though, haha.
Soon! It’s Friday evening here, but I’ll be out again this weekend :)
Sorry, I was being a bit tongue in cheek there. The economy will continue to be shit for people who struggle to afford home ownership whether or not they can use superannuation to help get their foot in the door.
Sure, but by the time those solutions are in place, another generation of people will have been denied the chance to own property, which has generational consequences on economic and educational outcomes for those families.
The answer is short term relief combined with long term change. Denial of short term relief because of hypothetical long term strategies that aren’t going to be implemented helps no one.
Image description: A small, sparrow like bird rests atop tufts of grass, with its head turned over its shoulder to look at the photographer. The scene is lit by warm sunlight from a setting sun, though the sun itself is not visible....
Hi! This is an older pic of me. I think it was from around 2013 with a bad cell camera and a silly makeup app. Weirdly, it is still the best one I’ve got of myself even after having fully transitioned shortly after the pic was taken. Anyway, my biggest dysphoria is with my voice. I’ve spent over a decade on make it...
You’re more than welcome to create a community on blahaj.zone if you like. You’d need an account here, but you can create it, create the community, mod your main account, and do all of the maintenance/management from your main account
Of, you could set it up on your current instance, and let people know about it.
Whatever you do, I think it’s a good idea to get a voice training community up and running!
It recently struck me recently that a number of users mostly scroll the All feed. This came up in a conversation where people were discussing how their main usage of lemmy was to scroll All and then rely entirely on blocking to refine their feed....
Blahaj zone doesn’t do downvotes, so that side of being visible on /all is a non issue. The only thing that really seems to be an issue is that we will get the odd post intended specifically for members of the community that get visibility in /all, and a bunch of non helpful/irrelevant replies.
I think it would be nice to be able to make some posts “community members only”, but other than that, I generally think communities are helped by the increased of exposure that comes from /all
Trans communities for example, Closeted trans folk benefit from people being able to see trans communities and browse them, and just lurk before they post or before they’re ready to join a private community.
Yet at the same time, sometimes, members have questions that really only other trans people can answer. And there is no problem with other folk seeing it or even engaging with the content, but once it hits all, the ratio of useful answers goes down. So being able to just stop some posts from hitting all, without otherwise locking them down would be a nice option
Image description: Two welcome swallows sitting on a dead branch, lit by golden sunlight as the sun sets. One of the swallows is looking directly towards the photographer with what appears to be an angry expression.
a) Make sure you state whether it’s simply a matter of breaking community rules, or whether it needs an admins attention. As it stands now, admins see all reports made for all communities on our instances, which can be a lot. I leave reports for communities that I don’t moderate, but they then sit around until a moderator actions them. And the large incoming volume, plus the older ones hanging around can make it hard to tell at a glance which ones require an admins eyes.
b) If it’s not immediately obvious from the reported post, tell us where to find the context we need to see why the post is a problem. “Look at posters history” / “Will make sense if you read the previous post” etc.
It’s helpful. The issue is the moderation with mass removal of content doesn’t always federate in ways that are obvious. And it was worse with older versions of lemmy.
Report it, and at least your instance admins can remove it from your instance
This camera has a “bird detection mode” that spots them and gets the focus right on their eye! It’s amazing. It makes it possible to catch them on the wing.
It also has a “pro shooting” mode that captures in to a buffer as long as you half hold the shutter down, and then dumps the buffer to the card when you do a full press. Which means that you can use it to capture moments that require exact timing!
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
“Has a future” in this context means “Streaming media without explicit ownership rights will continue to be here/relevant in to the future, unlike the idea of ‘owning’ digital media”
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) - Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Brisbane, Australia - May 2024 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
This magpie was a very good model. They complied with all of my posing requests to give this wonderful golden hour shot :)...
Unsticking of post not federated
I saw that the community i moderate is available on blahaj.zone, and it has pulled some old comments, but new ones did not federate. There is also an old stickied post still stickied....
Why Super for Housing is a Bad Idea - Purplepingers (youtu.be)
NOTE: Video sponsored by the ACTU...
Male Superb Fairywren (Maluro Soberbio) - Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Brisbane, Australia - May 2024 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Image description: A small blue and black fairywren standing on a long grass stalk, surrounded by grass
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis) - Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Brisbane, Australia - May 2024 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Image description: A small, sparrow like bird rests atop tufts of grass, with its head turned over its shoulder to look at the photographer. The scene is lit by warm sunlight from a setting sun, though the sun itself is not visible....
Do you like olives?
I need to settle an argument I started. My argument: olives are gross....
Officially Coming out to Lemmy, And Looking to Make a Community for Help with Trans Voices (files.catbox.moe)
Hi! This is an older pic of me. I think it was from around 2013 with a bad cell camera and a silly makeup app. Weirdly, it is still the best one I’ve got of myself even after having fully transitioned shortly after the pic was taken. Anyway, my biggest dysphoria is with my voice. I’ve spent over a decade on make it...
Community Boundaries and the All feed
It recently struck me recently that a number of users mostly scroll the All feed. This came up in a conversation where people were discussing how their main usage of lemmy was to scroll All and then rely entirely on blocking to refine their feed....
Is Alexandrite abandoned?
The GitHub page looks awfully quiet and the website has stopped working for me recently....
Welcome Swallows (Hirundo neoxena) - Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Brisbane, Australia - May 2024 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Image description: Two welcome swallows sitting on a dead branch, lit by golden sunlight as the sun sets. One of the swallows is looking directly towards the photographer with what appears to be an angry expression.
This Great Egret showing off for the camera - Bosque de Chapultepec, Ciudad de México (sh.itjust.works)
Little Black Cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) - Kedron Brook, Brisbane, Australia - May 2024 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
lemmyverse.link/lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/12097391...
Mods, what tips or etiquette do you recommend for reporting?
With recent events hilighting the value of quality moderation, it got me to consider: How can we help you out?...
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...