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Following the other post, which lemmy.ml communities don't have alternatives on other instances? (reddthat.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Following the other thread (550 upvotes and 366 comments at the moment: https://lemmy.world/post/16211417), one of the complaints that people had what that some communities only exist on lemmy.ml and don't have alternatives on other instances.

Let's discuss this and see if we can organize together.

I suggest to have one topic per comment so that is is easier to discuss.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The admin of the server becomes a “mere” service provider, and those that create communities are then responsible for moderation and that content being hosted there.

Would you be able to prevent admins to interfere with moderation of the communities? Seems to be the biggest issue here

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Theoretically, any admin would still have access to the server and make changes to things.

Practically, no. Anyone providing this service would be a hosting provider. If something bad happens at the community, they would only be able to claim it's not their responsibility if they are able to point to the actual moderator who is liable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Interesting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

If communities were global instead of instance-based, instance mods/admins would likely still be able to moderate posts and comments hosted on THEIR instance (which may be important to confirm to local laws), but they wouldn't be able to moderate the ENTIRE discussion.

There are likely some advantages to this (such as discussion not being able to be stifled by overeager or politically extremist mods), but it would also mean there is no way to globally enforce any particular rule (unless all instance admins agree on it).