Yes I am actually an OG Star Wars nerd. I saw the release of “New Hope” in the theater on opening weekend with my Dad. We’ve actually seen every SW movie in the theater together. Yes all of them.

Anyway I’m a new Admin here at lemmy.today and @mrmanager@lemmy.today asked me to introduce myself so here goes.

As a GenX my ‘online’ experience started back in the mid-80s using my Commodore to dial into BBSs then it was BBSs on my custom built 286 (Computer Shopper FTW!) By the early-90s I was running rampant on CompuServ using my Tandy 386, in the mid '90s it was AOL on my IBM Aptiva, and by the late 90s it was ISP connections on my custom built Pentium II PCs.

Along the way I’ve participated in the rise, fall, and replacement of all the Operating Systems, Applications, Forums, and Aggregators that the last four decades have had to offer. (Dammit I’m old!)

Like many Lemmy users I left escaped Reddit last summer when they started seriously enshittifying the site in the IPO runup. I was actully on lemmy.world first but ended up here after they had too much downtime and too many defederations. I like it here, it’s a fast and fairly open instance with very little drama.

Speaking of admin / mod styles mine is “Digital Janitor” and I really try to be as no/low drama as possible in that role. I’m here to to keep this instance functional, federated, and the content in line with whatever policies mrmanger or a community sets for itself. I clean up after spammers, remove objectionable or illegal content, and help with user management. That’s pretty much it. I’m simply not interested in the power tripping rot that seems to infect so many Admins / Mods.

I ended up as Admin through an offer to help mrmanager when some other instances were threatening to defederate us due to spam and content problems. In the thread where it was being discussed I offered to lend a hand and the next thing I knew I had a red “A” next to my name! (I’m joking, they did actually ask me first and I took a couple of days to think about it before I agreed.)

I’m around quite a bit so if you run into something that needs attention feel free to reach out. 🙂

  • mrmanagerMA
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    7 months ago

    Thank you very much :) I added some glue to this post to give it a bit more attention since I’m super happy for the help and appreciate it a lot.

    I haven’t written that much about myself either before. But I can say that I also grew up with computers in the 80s and 90s. And I also had my own BBS back then, so thanks for the nostalgia trip! Sometimes I miss it a lot. The community feeling was incredible since so few people were doing things like that. The ones that did were similar to a lot of Lemmy users and curious about new technology and ways of doings things.

    And just like @Buelldozer@lemmy.today here, I have zero interest in any power tripping. I like to keep a low profile most of the time and when something happens, I try to do the best I can to fix it. This instance is here because I want people to have an alternative to big tech platforms that are abusing and disrespecting their users. And I plan to stay in the background as much as possible, because this instance is not about me or buelldozer - it’s about you guys and building a community around Lemmy. :)