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.
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2024
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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 could access kbin.run, even though feddit.de is gone and some instances cannot see the community at all (probably because feddit.de is dead. I am guessing kbin.run could probably see it because an account—probably mine—was subscribed before feddit.de died), and its mod is active. I messaged them about moving at least a week ago, no reply (will be resending because that message was sent with my now-inaccessible kbin.run account). Not sure if it would be bad etiquette to just start my own somewhere not-dead.
Not a Musk fan but your username is great!
!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 instance are you viewing it from?
This is an issue with the way communities currently federate. 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.
To be honest I forget, but it was back when I was on kbin.run and within the past 2 weeks. I have tried a few other instances and it does not work from them. Thank you for your advice, I will definitely be putting it to use!
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.
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 a 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.
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.
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.
Wasn't that the German or instance? I wonder why they went down. They seemed so big and established.
I wonder why they went down.
I believe it turned out to be a single-admin instance with a poor bus factor. The admin went AWOL, and the server eventually went down.
The downside of the fediverse =(
True, but at least there is a level of resilience in having multiple servers. It's much easier for users to switch to another instance of the same platform than it is to switch to a different platform entirely. A move from feddit.de to feddit.org is smoother than, say, from Reddit to Lemmy.
Not a Musk fan but your username is great!
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 :)
If it's worth anything, I figured it was a 50% chance you were a Musk fan and a 50% chance you just liked the pun with no particular fondness for the man.
Subscribed! Let's hope that this one will last longer 😅 Thank you for all the effort you put into building this community!
Thank you, especially for posting sometimes so that it is not just me screaming into the void!
This particular content is not my cup of tea, but I'll give you folks in the community a fistbump for persevering.
Good luck!