The lemm.ee server that was so generously hosting us is shutting down. We need to find a new home. I’d like it to be:

  1. running in EU
  2. backed by a bigger team (so it’s not so likely to shut down too)
  3. not federated with instances known to tolerate disinformation or trolling

I’ve been recommended to use PieFed instead of Lemme, on the account of better moderation tools and community migration feature (mittigating point 2) but I didn’t really have much time to look into it. Any suggestions? I want to make a decision by Friday.

  • tfm@europe.pub
    2·
    3 days ago

    That’s great!

    Unfortunately, there isn’t a built-in automated migration process available yet. To transition smoothly, you should create the new community and make an announcement in the old one, pinning it for visibility. Additionally, consider cross-posting the last five posts to ensure the new community doesn’t start empty.

    The old community is already federated here, which means it will remain on Europe Pub and other federated instances for archival purposes. However, it will no longer federate new content. This implies that any new posts in the old community from Europe Pub will only be visible to Europe Pub users and not to users on different instances. To avoid any confusion, it would be best to lock the community before the server goes down.

    • Tad Lispy@lemm.eeOPM
      1·
      3 days ago

      Thanks! That’s very useful advise. By “lock the community” you mean setting “Only moderators can post to this community” with this checkbox, or something else?