[Disclaimer: Lemmy newb here]
There are currently 3 Rust communities across 3 instances: programming.dev, lemmyrs.org and this one (lemmy.ml). I know it’s still very early for the migration from /r/rust, but it would split the community if there are so many options and nobody knows which is the “right” one. Currently this community has the most subscribers, but it would make sense if the Rust community finds its new home in one of the other instances.
- lemmyrs.org seems like the logical solution if instance-wide rules are paramount and “non-negotiable”
- personally I would love a programming-centric instance and programming.dev seems like a good way. Rust is not the only language I’m actively using (unfortunately :)). Maybe there can be community-specific rules that “enforce” the Rust CoC and the Rust community can find a home there?
Either way, the current situation has the most negative impact.
Thoughts?
You have really valid points, this might seem like promoting my home instance instead of a ‘competing’ instance, but I feel the point of Federation is to get spread out as much as possible?
How big will programming.dev become? Would the instance suffer from downtime like what is happening with lemmy.ml now?
If drama occurs wouldn’t it be easier for a smaller instance to self regulate and moderate?
Ive moderated a few outside communities before, and it does get to a point where larger communities moderation becomes exponentially harder if there are more topics to talk about.
So in my (flawed) opinion I feel it would be better for the rust community on lemmy, and for the idea behind federation to be hosted on a separate rust focused instance.