For the unaware, is a alternative to platforms such as Reddit and Tildes.
I've been using Lemmy as one of my main social platforms for the past 6 months...
Then mods/admins of a more recent instance infiltrated the successful community and convinced existing mods to shut the main community down and move to the one on that new instance. Now all that is left is selected news and orientated propaganda.
There’s something I don’t get in this scenario: why didn’t anyone ask the mods of the old community to reopen it, to act as an alternative to the new community?
A bunch of members organized and created [email protected]. They posted about it on [email protected] and other meta communities, allowing people to join on the new community while avoiding potential censorship from the original mods
[email protected] is now by far the most of the three communities. It showed that having the option to reorganize elsewhere is good, but also that usually people will just consolidate on one community.
What prevented a similar reaction in your scenario?
There’s something I don’t get in this scenario: why didn’t anyone ask the mods of the old community to reopen it, to act as an alternative to the new community?
Another case in hand is the 196 story
[email protected] is now by far the most of the three communities. It showed that having the option to reorganize elsewhere is good, but also that usually people will just consolidate on one community.
What prevented a similar reaction in your scenario?