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NOT! Closing in favor of !feminism@beehaw.org (beehaw.org)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by pingveno@lemmy.ml to c/feminism@lemmy.ml
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The !feminism@beehaw.org community has long since become the largest Lemmy community. In acknowledgement of that, I have decided in consultation with @Gaywallet@beehaw.org to lock this community and redirect.

Personally, I am male and only took on the mod post to make sure Lemmy had a feminism community in the early days of Lemmy, so I'm happy to cede the title to a more vibrant community. If someone wishes to attempt to revive the lemmy.ml community, please get in contact.

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[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Beehaw defederates too much though. ML is like the central hub. I like Beehaw a lot, and have an account there, but it lacks the broader user base of Lemmy as a whole because of the lack of federation. They need to open to the other major instances IMO. They are great people, and I wish we could all connect freely again. Lemmy as a whole is not much larger than it was when they defederated with dot world. I haven't been over there in like 6 months, but I miss it.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

I keep forgetting beehaw is a thing. I don't see anything from them anymore since they defederated. If the community is regularly griefed and brigaded by misogynists. Something I have really no clue about I'm not a regular visitor. I just saw this trending. So correct me if I'm wrong. Moving to some place like beehaw could possibly make sense. It's a much more isolated safe space environment. But honestly everyone should be feminist. There's no good reason not to be. Unless you're ignorant of what it is. And it would be a shame to see less advocacy for it on General instances.

[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You have a good point, there is a downside given how much beehaw defederates common instances. I am open to either:

  • Point to both !feminism@beehaw.org and !feminism@lemmy.world
  • Pass off the mod responsibilities for this community to multiple people with the time and interest in reviving it, with preference going to female identifying people.

Other suggestions are welcome, of course.

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