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Lemmy.ml/c/ps5 is moving to Lemmy.world/c/ps5 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1934052

We are moving this community to https://lemmy.world/c/ps5

Subscribe here: !ps5@lemmy.world

Why?

Reason #1: Inciting Incident

As some of you may be aware, the country of Mali is apparently beginning to take back .ml top level domains. This has already affected other communities and has the potential to affect lemmy.ml (See here for context). This is preemptive act to ensure that what we have build so far is not destroyed.

Reason #2: This community does not align well with lemmy.ml

Lemmy.ml is a FOSS focused instance. At the time of the creation of lemmy.ml/c/ps5, lemmy.world was not even on the map. I established this community very early before the reddit migration and wanted to establish it on what I believed at the time was the "flagship" instance for better discoverability. A lot has changed since then, and I believe this change will be in the best interest of this community moving forward. The Admins on lemmy.world have been wonderful and responsive, and I trust lemmy.world will be a great home for us.

Other people have personal issues with the lemmy.ml instance and its admins, so while this move will help others who dislike lemmy.ml confidently join our community, it is not the primary reason for migrating.

What will happen to lemmy.ml/c/ps5?

Great question. I would love to hear back from other community members on this subject. My initial plans are to pin this thread indefinitely at the top and cease posting news to this community. I will post weekly cross-posts in this community to the discussion threads on lemmy.world/c/ps5, which will have the comments locked, and a comment recommending others subscribe to the new community.

For other users posting here, I will still allow posts, but I will comment in each thread with a reminder to post to the new community. I do not intend to lock these posts at this point in time, however if substantial discussion is happening in these threads I may lock them down.

Please let me know your thoughts below!

-Cosmic

P.S. Special thanks to @Hurts@lemmy.world for transferring me the new community!

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[–] kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More centralisation onto the instance that has been affected most by server overload and hacks? Very sad :( There are other instances

[–] CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. I will actively look into other instances when I formal migration tool comes along. For now, I had to make this decision in haste for the sake of my community, and that meant I didnt have the luxury of time to properly investigate alternatives. I appreciate your feedback though. You are not the only one voicing this concern, and I do hear you and understand the issue.

[–] cloudless@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes! Let's move away from the tankies.

c/firefox needs to do the same thing.

[–] CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I'm happy to have your support. I've worked so hard to build this from scratch (as a lot of mods have). I've debated doing this for a little while, but the whole Mali situation pushed me over the edge.