Should we switch the default privacy community from !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to !privacy@programming.dev ?

Hello everyone,

I raised the point recently already, but to make it short

there is an active poster on !privacy@programming.dev
!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com is mostly me and @cm0002@lemmy.world
I think it would be beneficial to consolidate on one community rather than crosspost content from one to the other

I tried to reach out to the active poster, who posted to the lemmy.dbzer0 community in the past before switching back to programming.dev, and I guess they disagree with some of the stances of dbzer0 (probably the pro AI one)

Programming.dev has a few hiccups from time to time, but for a few months it has been stable

What do people think?

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I really wish lemmy added proper multi-comms, than these issues would be resolved. You would just follow a multi-comm of all these comms, and any post in any of them would appear in your feed. Then there would also be a space for a pro-GenAI /c/privacy and pro-Crypto /c/privacy, without someone having to compromise their values
- Coming in 1.0: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5601
  Not helpful now obviously, but nice that's it's already implemented.
- Piefed has those, but the majority of people are obviously still using Lemmy

I don't think moving instances will suddenly fix this, yet I'm still curious on why you want to move? There's no AI content on c/privacy. (Honest question)
- As I said in the OP, I would rather collaborate with the active poster on !privacy@programming.dev rather than compete on !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  There are only two active posters on dbzer0, @cm0002@lemmy.world and I, so the move would at least consolidate the three active poster on the topic in the same place
  
  I understand. Though I'd rather reach out so her and get a response from her (from what I got from the post, she didn't respond?)
  Honestly I'm not the biggest fan of consolidation, and I'd like to try this solution before the other.

You know what, sure. Just take the reins, I'm not able to do so. :)
I think I was a bit reactionary since I'm a dbzer0 admin and her reasoning is flawed, but I guess if it works, it's fine. Have a good day!
- Thanks!
  Well, now I have to convince @cm0002@lemmy.world to switch too, that might be another task altogether x)
  
  Np. Honestly I'm a bit relieved since I haven't been feeling with my communities at all :( pretty burnt out for months straight lol
  Hopefully y'all find success in the new comm
  
  Lol I'll go wherever the flow is going, though iirc the MAU deficit was more than half between the 2, so that might be an uphill battle
  But yea, if you feel this is the best move, I'll redirect
  Though, I will say, I find this beef with AI-gen'd stuff rather silly, people should shit on proprietary profit-driven AI companies and support open source AI

I always prefer one strong community with several active people over spreading everything out. Makes it feel more coherent, maybe mods can work together, we get less cross-posts and newcomers don't need to subscribe to dozens of places, they get fewer, but more active ones instead.

I use db0
- Do you have any issues with programming.dev?
  
  Nope, just db0 felt like a good fit. It's a good instance with great admin and moderation teams. Plus it's piracy adjacent.

@cm0002@lemmy.world @otter@lemmy.ca @fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com @xle@piefed.social
- I have no strong preference, I'm happy to post to both in the meantime
  
  We can probably find a way to consolidate to one community to avoid comments separation

There is also !privacy@lemmy.ca.
- That one has the more limited scope of "tips and tricks to protect your privacy", which I understand to mean that news articles about surveillance etc. aren't on-topic there (so I have been posting those only to other communities with that name).
- Yes, and !privacy@lemmy.world x)
  https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38851681
  Well, at least !privacyguides@lemmy.one shut down since then.

programming.dev is still slow to load for me, has been for a long time
- I just checked, it's as fast as other instances for me

I didn't even know that there was an effort to replace !privacy@lemmy.ml as a regular person I just prefer to post on whatever community is the biggest so if you want to rival .ml, you probably should consolidate

Not an active poster, but when I do post in privacy community it's !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com simply because programming.dev is loose with defederation. While I don't agree with certain instances political ideology something like privacy communities reach being limited because of it makes no sense.
I'll echo what others have said though that this will get resolved with multi-community support which was funded by NLnet grant. While consolidating now might seem like a good idea to help community growth, I think it's more damaging longer term than waiting for technical solution.

yeah

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