Hi everyone,

I thought I should formally introduce myself and some things I’m working on. I’m kescusay. I’m one of the more active mods for the community on Reddit, but like a lot of you, I’ve found that the loss of third-party apps has made the Reddit platform painful and annoying to use. (For the record: I did most of my volunteer spam/troll blocking work from RIF on my phone, and I can’t anymore.)

Why am I here?

I’m here on Lemmy because the community matters to me more than the platform. I don’t care about the specific URL people in Eugene use to share news and resources with each other. I care a lot more about the people. If the platform is no longer conducive to community… well, I have no particular loyalty to Reddit. :)

What’s the plan for this community?

Over the next few weeks/months, I’m hoping to implement a number of features that are already present on Reddit:

  • Just like on Reddit, there will be a monthly jobs thread, which I’m hoping people will contribute to in order to help our fellow residents stay employed.
  • I’m going to try to fill out the sidebar with useful resources (consider this a call for people to share what they’ve got.)
  • Lemmy doesn’t have an automoderator (yet), which means that as it grows, there’s a greater risk of spam. I’m going to try my hand at writing a Lemmy bot that will filter out spam and help with the kinds of tasks moderators on Reddit rely on the automoderator for.

What about the Reddit community?

I’m staying on there, but massively reducing my involvement, while ramping it up here. One thing I will be doing… I’m going to compose instructions for other Eugene Redditors who would like to become Lemmings. :)

Can I help?

Yes! Please share resources you’d like to see on the sidebar, and please post! We have a neat town that has a lot going on in it, and if you’re here, you’d probably prefer to read about it here versus on Reddit.

Anyway, pardon the dust!