Lemmy.ml/c/ps5 is moving to Lemmy.world/c/ps5

CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.world – 566 points –

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1934052

We are moving this community to https://lemmy.world/c/ps5

Subscribe here: !ps5@lemmy.world


Why?

Reason #1: Inciting Incident
  • As some of you may be aware, the country of Mali is apparently beginning to talk back .ml top level domains. This has already affected other communities and has the potential to affect lemmy.ml (See here for context). This is preemptive act to ensure that what we have build so far is not destroyed.
Reason #2: This community does not align well with lemmy.ml
  • Lemmy.ml is a FOSS focused instance. At the time of the creation of lemmy.ml/c/ps5, lemmy.world was not even on the map. I established this community very early before the reddit migration and wanted to establish it on what I believed at the time was the "flagship" instance for better discoverability. A lot has changed since then, and I believe this change will be in the best interest of this community moving forward. The Admins on lemmy.world have been wonderful and responsive, and I trust lemmy.world will be a great home for us.
  • Other people have personal issues with the lemmy.ml instance and its admins, so while this move will help others who dislike lemmy.ml confidently join our community, it is not the primary reason for migrating.

What will happen to lemmy.ml/c/ps5?

  • Great question. I would love to hear back from other community members on this subject. My initial plans are to pin this thread indefinitely at the top and cease posting news to this community. I will post weekly cross-posts in this community to the discussion threads on lemmy.world/c/ps5, which will have the comments locked, and a comment recommending others subscribe to the new community.
  • For other users posting here, I will still allow posts, but I will comment in each thread with a reminder to post to the new community. I do not intend to lock these posts at this point in time, however if substantial discussion is happening in these threads I may lock them down.

Please let me know your thoughts below!

-Cosmic

P.S. Special thanks to @Hurts@lemmy.world for transfering me the new community!

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Maybe look into creating your own instance (or even a gaming focused instance), like !android@lemdro.id

I considered this, but I do not have the resources to run my own instance. There are some gaming focused instances that are popping up, but for now the most established gaming communities are on lemmy.world. Plus, I dont know much about those instance admins to trust blindly diving in with them. I am very happy with the lemmy.world admins and think they are doing a great job. They also have a successful track record with their mastodon instance, sot I have confidence in them longer term.

I will keep this in mind for a future migration to something like PS6 (or if some other catastrophe comes along lol).

Isn't any .id at the same risk level of Indonesia taking back their domains like Mali did? Unless the server is actually located in Indonesia of course.