Even though I called it a “plan B” in my post on r/UsenetTalk, I did qualify it with a “or A, if you wish.” I did that because I don’t truly believe in the idea of a back up community.
A community either exists, or it doesn’t.
This Black Friday, I am thinking of making the primary deals post here, with a link from reddit.
I get a “No Posts” message on my group. The default sort method is “Active.” And mods have no way of modifying group settings to change it to something sensible.
Yet another example of user-hostility in software design with Lemmy. The hit-or-miss nature of syncing across instances is another big irritant.