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philpo@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What exactly happened there? It was the big thing, then I didn’t use it for a month or so and then it was gone.

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  • philpo@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The admin basically ran it as a one man show with only one other admin who had very limited privileges. He then went on a “business trip” or workaction or longterm vacation - there were different stories. Anyway, the database went belly up, the other admin couldn’t do a thing and none could contact the admin. There are some rumours that he wasn’t who he claimed he was and actually was a Chinese national who simply returned home, but who knows that. As a matter of fact none had any meaningful contact with him for months then and it appears he did not return. (But is alive)

    A Austrian NGO who amongst others does host some mastodon instances,etc. took over and now feddit.org is on a very productive, professional and transparent level.

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    • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thanks for the summary! That sounds freaky!

      Well, the trade-off between trusting a huge corporation or a single dude on the internet.

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      • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        XKCD #2347

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