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Comment on Otome Games (again, because original instance went down)

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I am not sure what to do about certain other communities I followed.

!automation_games@feddit.de seems to still be active from the last time I checked, even though feddit.de is gone

What is the most recent post that you see, and which instnace are you viewing it from?

This is an issue with the way communities currently federated. If the host instance goes down, users can continue posting to their local versions of the community, blissfully unaware that their posts are no longer being federated. I think it would be better if remote communities would automatically lock or display some sort of warning if they don’t hear from the host instance for X days.

and some instances cannot see the community at all (probably because feddit.de is dead), and its mod is active. I messaged them about moving, no reply. Not sure if it would be bad etiquette to just start my own somewhere not-dead.

If you’ve already reached out to the mod with no reply, I don’t think it would be bad etiquette to start your own. Perhaps reach out to the mod again once you’ve done so and offer them a mod position, but they may have just lost interest or be busy.

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MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This is an issue with the way communities currently federated. If the host instance goes down, users can continue posting to their local versions of the community, blissfully unaware that their posts are no longer being federated.

…huh. I guess that explains the lack of traction my last post on bertstrips@feddit.de got. TIL.

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- threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  that explains the lack of traction my last post on !bertstrips@feddit.de
  
  Yup, that’s why. You can even tell approximately when feddit.de went down by observing the sharp drop in engagement on the posts.
  
  I’ve been trying to grow !bertstrips@lemm.ee, which already existed prior to the death of feddit.de, but was dormant community. Please feel free to subscribe and post there!
  
  Our little discussion here prompted me to post to https://sh.itjust.works/c/bertstrips@feddit.de, directing people to !bertstrips@lemm.ee. Obviously this post won’t federate, so you might want to consider posting something similar to https://slrpnk.net/c/bertstrips@feddit.de.
  
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  - MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I just dropped a few of my favorites on .ee. I see a post on .de from a couple of months ago floating a move to feddit.org, but it looks like nobody followed through.
    
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    threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    I just dropped a few of my favorites on .ee.
    
    Thanks! Nice to have someone else posting.
    
    I see a post on .de from a couple of months ago floating a move to feddit.org
    
    I saw that as well and considered it, but since a community already existed on lemm.ee, it seemed simpler to just use that one.
    
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Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
To be honest I forget, but it was back when I was on kbin.run. I have tried a few other instances and it does not work from them. Thank you for your advice!

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