What could be the consensus for a !privacy community that is not lemmy.ml nor lemmy.world?

Same logic as for the !dataisbeautiful is another thread, let's discuss a few options in the comments below

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!privacyguides@lemmy.one
Pro:
Active community and known name
Cons:
I posted to !meta@lemmy.one to see if the instance and the community are still managed. I don't think so based on the feedback so far, so that's probably an issue: https://reddthat.com/post/20244906?scrollToComments=true
I asked the mods on Matrix several times about adding other more active mods, no answer so far.
- Maybe I'm missing context or misunderstanding something here, but isn't it a little early to say the instance/community aren't being managed? There doesn't even seem to have that much relevant feedback to base anything on, so far.
  Furthermore, privacyguides isn't just a known name to me, it's also a well regarded one. I appreciate them having an official community on Lemmy, so that pro carries a certain weight with it.
  P.S. thank you for your efforts towards reducing centralization and unnecessary reliance on lemmy.ml.
  
  Hello,
  For some additional context:
  Lemmy.one was among the last instances on 0.19.2. I asked about it, which triggered their update: https://lemmy.one/post/13900606
  Jonah, the main mod of the !privacyguides community, and single admin of the instance hasn't posted in the last 5 months: https://lemmy.one/u/jonah, same for the rest of the mods of that community
  Their pinned post at the instance level is still the 0.19.0 update 6 months ago
  The last moderation action in !privacyguides modlog was 3 months ago (https://lemmy.one/modlog/10)
  So indeed, the name is known and that's a pro (I mentioned it in the top comment), but it seems like the instance and the community aren't actively looked after.
  Edit: last point: the instance has 7k registered users for 230 active users a month, email verification was optional during registration, seems like people have been using it as a farmbot (registration has since then been disabled).
  
  Thank you, that's a bit of a shame. I see that you pinged Jonah, here's to hoping he'll share his thoughts and perhaps shed some light on the situation.
  
  Let's see how it goes, but from another comment, it seems like they are more focused on their Discourse instance: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/
  In that context, I can understand why they wouldn't want to spend too much time on Lemmy
- Pinging @otter@lemmy.ca to see what you think as I see you posted recently there.
  Do you think that the instance seeing unmanaged is an issue? I got a DM from one of the mods just now, he told me they review the reports "from time to time". The last mod actions were 3 months ago.
  
  Oh interesting, I didn't know it was mostly unmoderated. I would have preferred to post there, and posts there do get a lot of discussion, but lack of moderation is a problem.
  Maybe they would be willing to let some more active users here keep an eye on the community? Otherwise I'll use whichever other privacy community we decide to go with
  
  I have one of the mods on Matrix, I suggested to have you as a mod, let's see what they say
  
  Thanks! Happy to keep an eye on things / help recruit other mods if that's what they'd like to do
  
  Hello,
  FYI, I suggested the mod to add other mods such as you on Friday no answer so far.
  The discourse thread didn't get any answer either: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/we-re-giving-lemmy-a-try-welcome-to-privacyguides-lemmy-one-x-post/12734/7
  
  Thank you nonetheless!
- Asked them on their Discourse: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/we-re-giving-lemmy-a-try-welcome-to-privacyguides-lemmy-one-x-post/12734/7

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