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edit: As I’m seeing a lot of worry about the impact this will/could have on the community, please be assured we have the same mod team, and will be holding the community to the same standards. the same things that were always allowed will continue to be allowed and the same things that got things removed before will continue to get things removed before. Lemmy.world admins have agreed to allow us to run our community on our terms. It is my pleasure to announce that effective immediately, we are transferring our community to Lemmy.world! This has been a few months in the making, so my entire mod team is already on board. FAQ: Why? That’s a complicated question with a long answer! The primary difference is moderatorial and ideologial differences between my team and Ada’s excellent team of admins. We are on good terms with Ada and her team, and have gotten her consent to do this. In addition to this, we have had ongoing issues with federation and moderation that has caused a subpar experience for many people on other instances. How does this work? Currently, as there is not an easy way to transfer an entire community (trust me, we checked), we are locking the community as mod-only, and moving our focus to the 196 on lemmy.world. For you guys, functionally nothing has changed. What about the posts? Well, we tried to transfer them, but there was no real way to do so without absolutely destroying lemmy.world’s federation. For this reason, we are simply archiving this community as mod-only. Everything is staying up, you just won’t be able to post new content. Comments are still enabled, so we will continue to check our modlogs for some time after the transfer has settled. As for the posts on lemmy.world’s 196, we’re leaving those up too. From this point onwards, all posts made to that community are beholden to the rules you are all used to, but anything pre-existing is getting grandfathered in.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE PUT THEM IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS POST, AND I’LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM. Once again, here’s the link to our new apartment of awesome. (universal: [email protected])

  • moss@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I’m sorry, but no. the only person I would hand over control to is Ada. despite her policy being cited as a reason for our transition, she’s an effective and consistent admin.

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        3 hours ago

        I’m not going to forcefully hijack 196, but if the community creates an alternative, I’m happy to let people know about it

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          I don’t think hijack is the right word. You hijack something when you seize control to subvert it’s original purpose. In this case, you’d be seizing control to return it to its original purpose. This feels more like an anti-mutiny, where the leader goes rogue and the crew refuses to go with them.

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          How long do you intend to allow a mod team that’s (as of yesterday) deeply unpopular with their own community hold control over it and keep it locked down against the userbase’s wishes?

          Idk, would you maybe be willing to transfer control from the old mod team once the drama’s died down a bit and they’re no longer likely to perceive it as some sort of personal attack, or is this a more permanent decision?

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          Isn’t it that you’re not going to prevent the community being forcefully hijacked?

          It seems like they were never consulted or on board with the move.