Definitely worth checking out friendica.

I think it to assist with discussion of realtime events such as sport e g f1. Trying to navigate posts in such a situation on the classic format was terrible

It sounds like there was, but the action seems to have happened on mastodon servers. The quit message can be found here.

https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/219342

No Lemmy ettique missing as there wasn’t enough of a community to form anything. I had no issue with the smaller size and all the usual posters I’d see and chat with have dispersed with the larger array of content.

But now you don’t get people signing up, talking about the lack of content and disappearing. Or servers set up in hope and shut down - eope.xyz caw.ai Jeremmy.ml or ones that ragequit fapsi.be. And of course wolfballs.

Even if most go back to reddit it will still be an improved space with the servers and communities that remain I think.

Awesome thanks for the Rec - I’ll give it a spin. /Edit opens with Oroborous - good start.

All sounds reasonable - moving on to other things.

Probably just lock the community and pin a redirect? Not sure if more can be done.

There is also !movies@bolha.social which is a super quiet Brazilian/English instance if you want to crosspost / share the love there. So far population me

!redlettermedia@sopuli.xyz is another one that was set up ages ago but lacks posts.

It’s quite interesting as I think the twitter migration put the focus on mastodon for a while and this place became quieter and then Reddit didn’t want to be left out so the spotlight is now here and kbin. If only Instagram could join the fun pixelfed would get a bump.

It’s getting to the point I might need to use the subscribed tab rather than new

Most definitely, although with many of these projects its probably not a case of not wanting to make it easier, but simply that it hasnt been implemented yet. I generally tend to link so that people can check out the community being referred to -

Also a good point. I had an instance crash and burn without warning. It was only a backup login, which was more open but still, all the info has gone.

Most instances that shut down were small ones that didn’t grow.

A consideration is to check which instances are blocked. (See the instances link in the footer to check) to ensure the server doesnt block a specific instance you want to view.

Good question! You can copy the text !cats@midwest.social, then click the magnifying glass at top right and search for the community.

It should then come up in your search results, where you can visit from your own instance, and click to subscribe.

!cats@midwest.social is the long running cat-pic community.

Having been a lemmy resident for a while (this being my second account and someone who doesnt visit lemmygrad at all) is that in my experience the Devs conduct themselves professionally, impartially and generally have the patience of saints.

If you decide to stay here for a while you might form the same impression.

I did not know about this one - thanks

• Fedilore and Fedirama on lemmy.ca
• Classic Albums on sopuli.xyz (which i mod.)
• Gaming on beehaw.org

Great to see a topical rather than a generalist instance!

Or sopuli.xyz which has lemmygrad blocked.