There is also the recent !woodpushers@quokk.au.
There are not enough active users on Lemmy/Piefed, there is obviously even less so that are playing chess. I'm not sure creating a new instance will solve that issue (I just joined, though ;)
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Good to know, thanks. I do think having an obvious name is important when trying to grow a community, I have never heard of woodpusher before as a term for chess, so idk. But I'll subscribe and check it out. I agree that the number of users is pretty low, so the chance of this failing is pretty high, but just wanted to try anyway :) Also the anarchy chess community at !anarchychess@sopuli.xyz does have over 6k subscribers and is at least a little bit active, so there should be some users around
I have never heard of woodpusher before as a term for chess, so idk
It is probably not the name I would have picked myself (even though I qualify for it) , but it's a classic, kinda ;)
You don't have to check out the woodpusher community, there won't be anything for you to see there. quokk.au defederated feddit.org a while ago.
The existing chess community on lemmy.ml/c/chess seems to be dead
it looks like !chess@lemmy.ml is averaging a few posts per month this year and has 2.4k subscribers; not very active but i wouldn't call it dead.
moderators are not reachable
the mods do seem inactive; i and other lemmy.ml admins remove spam if/when it gets reported (which has happened four times this year). if someone (with some posting history) wants to be added as a mod of it just let me know and i'll add you.
and is hosted on .ml which is defederated by many instances
huh? which instances have defederated lemmy.ml?
Marvelous! Though, just to clarify, why the lemmy.ml is frequently considered not preferred? For years I see that the instance is mentioned alongside?: "mistrusted", "discredited", "unstable" etc.
Have you considered another of the most popular as lemmy.world? If you did, why did you choose Feddit, if I may ask?
On a very high level, it is typically heavily auth-left influenced (so pro-China, pro-Russia, anti "western"). In my opinion, many of its communities are also heavily protected to ensure opposing views are removed by aggressive moderation.
This led to a few larger instances blocking it (.world I think is the kargst to have done so) blocking it, so their users cannot access *.ml communities.
**Edit: as many have pointed out, my brain isn't firing on all cylinders today... Hexbear was the instance it defederated from, not .ml... Sorry for the false info!
This led to a few larger instances blocking it (.world I think is the kargst to have done so) blocking it, so their users cannot access *.ml communities.
Huh? Lemmy.world has not blocked lemmy.ml, nor have (correct me if i'm wrong?) any other large instances.
Here is this very comment from me (on lemmy.ml) viewable on lemmy.world, btw.
Thanks for pointing it out, was confusing it with hexbear
.ml isn't blocked on .world
Yeah edited now to point that out, was confusing it with hexbear
Roger that. Thank you for the details! It matches when I got banned from !privacy@lemmy.ml, too, for the following single message:
- https://lemmy.world/modlog/57?page=1&actionType=All&userId=19038222
And I never got the actual reason, where I pointed to actual information and viewed the case from accountable attitude.
I do indeed find some of the moderators of lemmy.dbzer0.com and lemmy.ml utterly inadequate, unfortunately...
- https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=19038222
Regardless, there are Communities on the main LemmyWorld feed page from that instance, so they probably didn't block it, and I appreciate that heartfelt... since I do not get why block whole instances with so diverse Communities, where a single post by so infinitely unique and ineffably magnificent people may be of interest of someone else, where both have no idea nor care about these politics, ideology, agitations etc. but just try discovering and contributing whenever and however they can.
And I never got the actual reason
imo the reason is pretty clear in the modlog you're linking to. i agree that ban duration was disproportionate though so i just lifted it. please do not advocate for the use of telegram in !privacy@lemmy.ml though, lmao
Thank you very much, dear @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ! Though, I am not sure I will ever participate in the Community, since I am afraid to be banned for a single message posted all of a sudden for years, in the unforeseen future. There's no trust in the effort and time I would invest there anymore, I am sorry.
Meanwhile, may I ask why do you stand against Telegram as a secure and optimal solution for the majority?
Just to clarify, are you aware Telegram is blocked in Russia by the government, mostly because the former does not want to share data with the government standing for the privacy, if I am not mistaken?
This is offtopic here, but here is an answer 🙄 (click to expand)
why do you stand against Telegram as a secure and optimal solution for the majority
Because it isn't secure. It is marketed as being secure, and it is not. It is snake oil.
Just to clarify, are you aware Telegram is blocked in Russia by the government
yes, i am aware that they are (again) currently blocked. i'm curious your theory for why they were unblocked after the previous blocks? (note: please don't actually reply to this question here; see end of this comment first)
mostly because the former does not want to share data with the government standing for the privacy, if I am not mistaken?
yes, you are mistaken.
Russia has strengthened and later weakened their restrictions on Telegram various times over the years for reasons which are probably unknowable without insider information. What is clear is that Telegram is absolutely sharing data (which they've chosen to design their service such that they can have access to) with various governments at various times; assuming that they never would share any with Russia is nonsensical. The extent to which they willingly share which data with which governments, versus which governments access data without their cooperation (by compromising their servers or coercing their engineers, which gives access to message contents due to their lack of e2ee) is not particularly interesting.
Beyond that, I recommend that you post on !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world or somewhere similar if you need people to explain why telegram is offtopic in communities about privacy technology. (This discussion is very offtopic in this thread so I won't reply further here. If you really feel the need to argue about the above I recommend you do it in a new thread somewhere it isn't offtopic; if you tag me maybe i'll reply there.)
Roger that. Thank you! See, there's a difference. I stated actual links to my statements to for what I got banned. You provided none, and I won't consider them.
Regardless, perhaps someone else will find the Communities you shared, or "off-topic" mentioned several times relevant and useful, since I didn't, sorry, being on Lemmy for 4 years now with more than 2 decades on IRC since UnderNet, OFTC, Freenode (now Libera) etc. where I got some social online interaction experience, and where actual specialists could back me up pointing to actual evidence.
Please do consider clarifying at #security on Libera IRC if you ever interested in discussing the security and optimizations of Telegram, including their great ideas as TGS format in 2015-01-02 similar to Lottie (2015-02).
Since, at this point, it feels like you haven't done a more in-depth research of their encryption backed by public bounties. Unless, you know more than I do, and if so, please do share actual references in addition to the one I did in the message I got banned that stated possible issues with their algorithms back then:
- http://web.archive.org/web/20260326213422/https://rys.io/en/179.html
And, it's worth to mention that the moderators at the Community you referenced do delete questions even if those are "not stupid".
Please check the following: https://lemmy.world/comment/24262211 (Yet, their question, and my answer with others’ answers, were just deleted...)
I simply chose feddit.org, because it is my home instance and I am very happy with how it is being maintained and taken care for (i.e. see https://feddit.org/post/25348485 or https://feddit.org/post/5050805). It is operated by a non-profit organization (https://fediverse.foundation/) and Lemmy.world already seems like the biggest instance, so in the spirit of decentralization I think it makes sense to spread the content out a little.
Not too sure about lemmy.ml, I know the political views of some of the admin are at least questionable and in general it seems quite political, which I don't really need for a chess community
Got it. Thank you for the careful and responsible attitude towards the so ineffably marvelous art of human pursuit for brilliance and mental discipline!
.ml has extremely low tolerance for Western racism and propaganda and this upsets westerners greatly
I like watching and following chess but I really suck at playing. I get schooled so easily. I also feel too old to learn :P
Maybe I'll post all the weird chess things I watch on the side.
Just use chessanarchy
Ml will usually consider fresh moderation requests on unmodded communities. It can probably be recovered. You can always redirect users to active sub if not.
Chess is a game of conquest pushed by imperialists seeking hegemony. But also, there is often promotion of pawns late in the game, and it was big in the USSR.
Therefore, chess may be discussed, but only after the workers have finished their labor for the good of the state.