Right now there are similarely named communities across the fediverse.

“fediverse@xxx”, “Linux@xxx”, “asklemmy”, “askkbin”…etc…

I’m on kbin and I’m having a hard time figuring out how to use the fediverse more productively, by reaching the largest amount of people for asking questions, solving problems, simply put: to engage… like I used to do on Reddit?

  • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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    For example, !android@lemmy.world recently merged into !android@lemdro.id, where lemdro.id is the canonical server.

    Off-topic and what follows doesn’t mean your CNAME idea is bad, but it’s important to highlight that this example is wrong because the “merger” was forced because current mods were victims of imposter syndrome and felt obligated to gift the community to Reddit mods on another instance and denied us 19k members a say in this, and we are right now requesting to cancel it because it was a one person move. See more context in my comment here: https://lemmy.world/comment/980033 . In short, there is no “merger”, it is a rogue mod move and if you liked !android@lemmy.world and never asked to move, I recommend you stay because I believe we can absolutely defeat this hostage-taking and reopen the community.

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      Yea. The mod unilaterally made the decision to lock the lemmy.world instance without input from the thousands of users. They then doubled down on at least one response saying basically they same shit spez shit Reddit’s changes. It’s ridiculous. Ideally, if someone wants to lock a community for nothing but selfish reasons, and should be able to take it and reopen for someone else to take over.

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      Ugh. I thought this whole thing seemed fishy. It was way too quick of a pivot from the lemmy.world Android mods being upset about the new /c barging in and trying to hoover away their members… to them happily handing everything over and closing the doors.

      Just goes to show how insidious the behind-the-scenes of Reddit mod drama really is/was. And a shame that it’s just getting dragged over to Lemmy.

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        to them happily handing everything over and closing the doors.

        What changed their stance is that they were offered mod positions on the new instance (all of this is public). But anyway, whatever the motives are, and whatever happened behind the scenes during their private Matrix chat, it still stands that there is no merger. 19k users are being treated as transferable goods and are being denied a say in this. There is a hostile takeover taking place and we are seeking to abort it.

        My point was just to not quickly consider !android@lemmy.world “merging” with the Reddit mods’ community as a given fact, it’s a falsehood that is being propagated by the Reddit mods.

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          If people are this quick to cede to Reddit mods now, just imagine how this all plays out if Reddit federates to Lemmy. And people think this Threads drama is bad…

          Every Reddit /r becomes a Lemmy /c, and I guess we need to let them be the boss now?

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            Reddit isn’t setup to federate, it’d require a lot of backend overhauling that they can’t afford.

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              I probably agree. It’s also unlikely, given that the entire reason many of us are here is that Reddit didn’t want anyone having ad-free access to their site.

              Unless, they only did it for the express reason to eat Lemmy, then slink back into their hole. I think Lemmy is much more EEE-susceptible than Mastodon.

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      Forgive my ignorance, I’m not trying to argue, I just want to understand. What is the benefit of keeping the @lemmy.world one open? Why do people not want to hop over to the @lemdro.id one? I saw the post and just subscribed to the new one, and I thought it was easy enough. I don’t see what the difference is, or why it’s worth the drama, tbh.

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        Why do people not want to hop over to the @lemdro.id one?

        Why should we move when we were already fine with !android@lemmy.world and no one ever asked to move, just because the rogue mod’s imposter syndrome kicked in? And even then, whatever the reasons and even if it’s “just a few clicks away”, forcing this “merger” is simply wrong, barbaric and this is them treating us 19k members as a transferable commodity and even the rogue mod behind the closure publicly admitted that we should not have a say in this and that it’s his choice alone. You should definitely go over the context here to see that it is a hostile takeover: https://lemmy.world/comment/980033

        Anyway, this is off-topic and the goal was just to point out that the example is not accurate given how the events unfolded and that we are trying to abort that forced “merger” right now.

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          This will happen again unless tools, culture, and conventions are made and taught in fediverse. Maybe communities having a certain mass should be subject to special rules, like irl.

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          That link just gives me a server error.

          Idk, I think I’m just going to have to settle for not understanding, because nothing you’re saying makes sense to me. I personally just want content, and I don’t care where it comes from.

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      You’ve made two threads about this already. It really doesn’t need to be spammed everywhere.

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            If you prefer the lie then you can just ignore my correction, and my future ones as well because I will keep correcting this falsehood as long as this lie is being repeated. There’s a block button on Lemmy.

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              No thanks, I’m allergic to filter bubbles. Instead of shitting up every thread and telling people to put in nose plugs, perhaps you could stop being an “ethics in game journalism”-style crank?

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        Oh, I disagree. This is valid context to the current discussion, and it raises the visibility of a real issue.

        The merging of communities above a certain size should be discouraged for the sake of diversification and moderatability, and if already large communities are being merged without or evenagainst community input, that’s an issue.

        There is no reason the admins on the server with the locked community should play ball with the mods here. These are independent and unaffiliated websites, after all.

        If you don’t like it, you don’t need to read it.

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          There are valid reasons to be for the merger, and valid reasons to be against it. However, the argument has been posted quite visibly for anyone that cares about it, and the appeal has been made to the lemmy.world admin. The admin will decide what to do, and that should be the end of it.

          What we really do not need is a swarm of cranks coming out of the woodwork to Correct The Record™ every time someone makes mention of the event without putting the “proper” spin on it. It is not some grave injustice. If you don’t like the outcome, then join one of the other existing android communities instead of participating in the merger. Or create your own, so that you can run it how you want. And then get on with your life.

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            the appeal has been made to the lemmy.world admin. The admin will decide what to do, and that should be the end of it.

            Why?

            By that logic, your complaint has been made, shouldn’t you shut up, too?