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[โ€“] otter@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It was your direct message actually! I also replied to the message from my lemmy.ca account, but maybe that didn't federate either?

We didn't find any explanation for the federation issue just yet, but if messages aren't going through consistently then it might be between our instances rather than lemm.ee

I'll copy my message and send it with this acocunt

[โ€“] otter@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Having one community helps a lot with growth; a few people posting to a few small communities vs. all of them posting to the same larger community.

Once a community has momentum (ex. world news, technology), this is less important and having multiple communities all open at once isn't a big deal.

In this case, I think all the people from those communities want to see more content and discussion. If any of the communities listed above want to stay open for whatever reason, I'm sure people here will respect that choice too.

What is the purpose of such a report?

I don't like the drama or fights in the comments, but I find that communities like that serve as a way to start discussion about moving. Same as on centralized platforms (reddit), if mods are power tripping or making poor decisions, posts like that help with an organized move to a new space. The same place can be used if an instance goes down, a mod disappears, etc. The advantage of the Fediverse is that it's really easy to move to new communities if/when there are problems with a community/instance.

(posting with my alt since there are some federation issues with this post right now)