[meta] Discussion on where to migrate the community.

As some of you already have seen the lemm.ee admins have announced that the instance is shutting down at the end of the month.

The question for us is where should we migrate next.

Returning to [email protected] is always an option, alternatively we could move to either another established and stable lemmy instance or migrate to a piefed instance.

Piefed instances federate with lemmy instances as normal, and it allows for adding flairs to community posts and users, something not yet implemented on Lemmy. I haven't tried Piefed myself yet so I would need to dig more into it if it is a popular option.

Ultimately the choice for our next destination is up to you guys!

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Can we have a new post with options so we can vote?
- Yes, I'll give people some more time to discuss before making another post.
  
  Just FYI, @[email protected] and I are mods on [email protected]
  I might post there for a bit just to see if there's any quirks or issues.
  
  Hey. If the vote turns out that people want to migrate to [email protected], then we can make you a moderator there. Unless, of course, you'd prefer not to.

I just wanted to say that I agree we should migrate to [email protected] I believe it's the best option for now. @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
- You can criticize me but going to an instance called soccer instead of football is nuts for me
  
  HAHA! Yes, I agree. Head on over to [email protected]. This looks like our best place to migrate.
  
  I discussed with the admin before, he was ready to get another domain name, but it seems like football domain name are hard to get
- Why that instance in particular? Quite a few communities are moving to sopuli.xyz for instance, which has been around for 4 years and hosts several popular communities like [email protected] and [email protected]
  
  It's available and someone from our football group is a moderator there. Convenience and an easy move.

You'd be quite welcome on [email protected]. The instance has been running almost two years already, it is an instance exclusively for football communities and I can potentially customize it if you come up with any reasonable idea, a matchthreader bot? Integration with a Matrix room? All possible.
- I believe this is the best option. Even though you and @[email protected] have a small disagreement that could easily be ironed out, it shouldn't prevent all of us from migrating there. I'm one of the Beehaw admins and if our group becomes large enough in the future, then I can create a football community at Beehaw.
  
  I really like Beehaw, it's a very valuable instance that a has a unique place on Lemmy. That being said, do you think that being defederated from LW and SJW could impact the activity of the community?
  The one we're currently in isn't that active in the first place, and Lemm.ee federated with almost everyone.

Flairs are on their way to Lemmy. So that shouldn't be a factor.
I'm vehemently against moving back to Lemmy World.
I propose taking over [email protected] it's a football instance. It's always up and up-to-date and it allows for smaller teams to host their communities there too, which should help grow the football community on Lemmy overall.
- Flairs are on their way to Lemmy. So that shouldn't be a factor.
  Lemmy 1.0 is planned for Autumn 2025, and it's not a set in stone date.
  I'm vehemently against moving back to Lemmy World.
  Same. We see how much impact the Lemm.ee shutdown has, imagine what it would be if LW did the same tomorrow.
  I propose taking over [email protected] it's a football instance. It's always up and up-to-date and it allows for smaller teams to host their communities there too, which should help grow the football community on Lemmy overall.
  For context, this instance is part of the https://communick.news/c/communick_news_network network
  The admin is known for being against donations-based instances:
  https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39358768/17128846
  https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42188832/18049371
  https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45833491/19175486
  I also personally had quite a few unpleasant interactions with him (the most recent being today: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45833491/19184026), but that's me.
  
  I'm not going to pretend that rgullis versus you isn't a mess. But I don't think it should get in the way of finding c/football a good home.

I would say Piefed.social.
I just migrated a community from lemm.ee to there today, it went quite well: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45833491/19184026
Flairs are cool, and they exist for posts and users
posts: https://piefed.social/c/casualeurope
https://piefed.social/c/[email protected] (please Barcelona rivals, don't hate on me)

Not world please
- I second this.

I just moved my account and (tiny) communities I moderate to piefed.social . The migration is pretty seamless, all post got copied over to new community.
My experience (under 24h)has been OK so far. There is many quirks that came with it tho, I am still digging all the feature available.
- Nice Manchester City flair!

Adding this as a first level comment: sopuli.xyz has been around for 4 years and hosts several popular communities like [email protected] and [email protected]
It is also hosted in Europe by Finnish admins.
- The football community already exists there but it is empty and the person who created it hasn't posted in one year. I'm not sure how anyone could go about gaining control of it.
  On the other hand, I have a very positive relationship with the admins of that instance. It's an option to consider I guess.
  
  Hello @[email protected] , I just messaged QuentinCallaghan as well, he said that he would grant you the mod right once you make a post to that community.
  One thing to keep in mind: moderation isn't completely functional from a non-local account, so you might consider making a sopuli account first.
  
  I've also always had very nice interactions with the main admin, I guess asking him mod rights over that empty community shouldn't be an issue.

I have to agree, any instance could die at any time. I made the mistake to sign-up in lemmy.world, which was wrong, because lemmy should be many instances and not 4-5 instances. Same goes with commuties
I known I have a community in lemmy.world, but I'm about to move it looking for instance if not lemmy.ca.
Again, we left Reddit because didn't want to be controlled by 1 person but my many, instances and communities.
- And yes not lemmy.world, pfied would work I guess.
  
  What about fanaticus.social instance? I will post if I find any other instance.

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