Oh wait nevermind, apparently theres an instance now! https://dmv.social/ looks promising
If had the technical knowledge I'd make an instance for the east coast/mid atlantic region kinda like midwest.social
maybe... eastcoast.social? or something?
Freedom of speech with consequences?
I think abortion rights will be a key breaking point for many voters across Virginia and rally many against anti-choice officials. A bear has been poked that isn't going to be calmed down.
The hive mind grows.
Given the way other sites have gone I doubt that those that go back once the blackout ends for some subs will be able to tolerate staying for long.
I hope it gets to a point where hyperlocal/city specific communities are feasible but we will see.
Was considering making c/nova but I figured c/Virginia will be kind of a long shot regardless. I hope it takes off too! I loved the community discussions and being able to discuss news around town. Also for transparency: I anticipate having two lemmy accounts by the way, my other is @gabuwu@beehaw.org which is where I will be mainly posting when outside of here!
It likely will take some time to federate in instances unfortunately. Things are kinda overloaded all across the lemmyverse especially with the "pending subscription" stuff within inter-instance communities, but over time it will stabilize itself. Similar stuff happened when mastodon got migrants for a time as well.
Keep trying. In the communities tab, you can type !washington_dc@dmv.social into the communities tab and attempt to get it to federate.
Edit: it seems to have federated!