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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!privacy@lemmy.ca
Pros:
Active community (477 users / week 531 users / month)
Actively managed by @QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz, admin of sopuli.xyz
Well managed instance
I dont see any con here, but feel free to point out any
- Thank you, subscribed.
  
  The idea was more to discuss which one to pick to become the "default" one to post too, but happy to help

!privacy@links.hackliberty.org
Pros:
Active community (1.23K users / week 1.52K users / month)
Cons:
Single admin instance, who is also the mod of the community
- From @andrew_s@piefed.social
  The instance I’m on is defederated from links.hackliberty.org. I’m not certain why, but I looked at it to find it’s a place for conspiracy theories, including ‘9/11 Truth’ stuff, so it’s probably that. There looks to be a bit of indecision about the right instance for a new ‘privacy’ community, so I’m just mentioning this in regard to that.

!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).
- 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
- 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

Great post - it's an excellent idea to highlight communities not on .ml or .world as it helps spread the love and the load.
- Thanks. As an update, I dm'd the last active mod on !privacyguides, no answer so far.
  I might go to their discourse and ask them directly, at least we'll know
  
  Looking at the activity there, they've clearly cut Lemmy loose.

2 months later
Still no additional mods on !privacyguides@lemmy.one, no answer on https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/we-re-giving-lemmy-a-try-welcome-to-privacyguides-lemmy-one-x-post/12734/7
Should we consider !privacy@lemmy.ca the reference?
- 4 months later, situation is pretty much the same. Lemmy.one might really disappear overnight, I might do a post about it over there, but we probably don't have a definitive alternative.
  FYI @ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world
  @rottenwheel@lemmy.zip you also seem quite active on the topic, what do you think?
  @otter@lemmy.ca fyi
  
  Still open to changing up where I post :)
  !privacy@lemmy.ca has active mods
  I just came across !privacy@programming.dev as well

Pinging @ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world, @neme@lemm.ee and @TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world as you seem to post quite a lot on this topic, what do you think?

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