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what is your favorite lemmy instance? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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ngl I may prefer lemm.ee, just saying

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would be there but I was only put off by the fact that they've got an inactive admin which is usually a security flaw.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He still holds admin powers, which people might easily dismiss but I've had experience in past times with rogue former admins causing serious problems - you never leave inactive users with admin powers no matter how trustworthy they seem.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He came back just to make other people admins and then disappeared again, which also raises questions over the ownership of the instance. It's best security practice to have users with minimal necessary powers so if someone's not admining they shouldn't have admin powers since that increases the attack surface. Also the way the contingency plans were aborted the second he lifted a finger with no explanation or apology sort of rubbed me up the wrong way.