!otomegames@ani.social
/c/otomegames@ani.social
I really thought kbin.run was going to be up forever, as its admin was a kbin maintainer, but they vanished and took otomegames@kbin.run (!otomegames@kbin.run) down with it, so here I am starting over for the third time (linked thread for the second time). Once it gets some subscribers I’ll ask where they’d like me to host a backup instance to prevent this from happening yet again.
The general idea of otome games is a romance game aimed at women who want to romance men.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I’m not interested in this specific community, but I wanted to thank you for your work to restart communities from instances which have shut down. One of the risks (and benefits, I suppose) of the fediverse.
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 4 weeks ago
No problem!
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 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.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
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.
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.
Shyfer@ttrpg.network 4 weeks ago
Wasn’t that the German or instance? I wonder why they went down. They seemed so big and established.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Haha, thanks. I hope people don’t assume it represents an endorsement of the person. I have a keen interest in SpaceX and Tesla, but have been… rather displeased with the man’s recent antics :)