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For those who don't want to follow the existing 196 community move, some community members have made an alternative community on blahaj.zone

I am not directly involved in the new community, but I'm happy to share it for those looking for a blahaj based alternative.

!onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is there a reason we can’t just add a new mod team to the old 196?

I suppose that may feel a little “takeover”y by its them that decided to move.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ada prefers not to jump in, to avoid power tripping. That's respectable, but in the meantime we are working on !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

That's not powertripping, that's stepping in for the good of the community. This community would benefit to stay in !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone and if @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone removes them and reappoints someone else who shares the same passion for this community that isn't powetripping, it's doing the right thing.

[–] toodd@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd really like to see the mod team removed since they unilaterally took over the community

Agreed. It's what would be best for us. Not moving to another community with a horrendous name, but staying here while they are removed and move on to lemmy.world.

[–] lobster_teapot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 month ago

Yeah entirely agree. I don't get why the current mods can't simply be removed since they don't intend to maintain the sub? Sublemmys can't really move, you can just create a new one elsewhere as everyone is welcome to do, but by definition it can't be the "same community"

[–] TVA@thebrainbin.org 37 points 1 month ago

Thank You! I found it absolutely hilarious that their 'complaints' were that you dared to enforce site-wide rules on their magazine/community. Thank you for all that you do.

[–] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Aww, thanks! I'm kinda regretting not naming it oneninesix, but here we are. I guess I love letters.

Edit: I relocated my elevator speech to here: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20973851

If you're interested in modding or want to provide some feedback/suggestions/anything, PLEASE hop over and let me know in the comments or by PM.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 month ago

I very much don't want to get involved in day to day moderating of the community, but I do watch over all reports that come through for blahaj communities, and I will deal with the spammers/bigots etc as well.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Anyone else who is interested, drop me a line

A few people on that thread: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20965837?scrollToComments=true

The easiest way to recruit mods would probably to post a pinned post about that

[–] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I wanted to make a post like this too and Im glad to see that I can agree with everything u said! :3

[–] sylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 month ago

Please let us use the original 196 again :(

[–] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 month ago

Whoop whoop, subscribed.

Also, on a personal note, having a bit more insight in to what was going on behind the scenes, I just wanted to thank you for the extra moderating you were doing over on 196, which their mod team has been open about undoing. Definitely feel safer in your hands than I do in theirs (though really hope for your sake you won't have to step in as much anymore).

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you change the display name to something like "196 (archive)" so it's easier to distinguish them?

lemmy-ui community selector with 196 in the search bar, showing two entries titled "lemmy.blahaj.zone/196

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago
[–] FirstMajesticComet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think we should just keep the original !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone and pass control of this one on to the mods of the other one. If the existing mod team wants to leave that's their choice but we shouldn't end up losing this great community just because they want to migrate. This is our community.

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the community doesn't want to migrate, the mods do.

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did something happen with the existing 196?

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago
[–] Blaze@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago

Thank you for this post! 🙏

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

I don’t really understand what 196 is all about (other than that one rule) but it feels too late to ask.

[–] 2kool4idkwhat@lemdro.id 1 points 1 month ago

No way, Fediverse drama

I'm a bit out of the loop, can anyone explain what @moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone meant by "moderatorial and ideologial differences"?