I did consider this but despite the fact that 99% of content here was posted by me I’m still not the sole moderator and I didn’t create this place initially so I went with the choice of pinning this in the hopes it is the first thing people see and it will redirect them.

Even though none of the other moderators are active in any sense of the word I also didn’t want to over step in that regard and lay waste to this one.

I may still do so regardless but these were just my initial thoughts on the matter.

We have had the same issues on my main (dbzer0) which is part of what prompted me to try and fragment some of .worlds. Also like many I am a previous reddit user who left during the exodous of June 23 so centralisation of too many communities makes me nervous xD

Yes upon reviewing that post again today it isn’t the best examples of the fediverse, I think I must have seen it when it was initially posted so there weren’t any replies.

However that thread alone wasn’t my sole basis for the decision, I’m not the biggest fan of Lemmy.world either as well as the points I mentioned before, however that thread was kind of a tipping point where I said to myself “is Lemmy.worlds divisiveness negatively impacting the amount of eyes that could be turned in this direction”

Ultimately I don’t care to get into shit slinging or politics between instances, I just want the maximum possible traffic for what is already a very niche community / music genre in the hopes of fostering some kind of discourse between people on the music that we have in common.

:)

I don’t have any links to hand, it was triggered by a post I saw on all yesterday, it may have been from a smaller instance as I didn’t note the instance at the time of reading but I will have a proper look for a link for you later as I’ve just started work.

I’ve also been considering moving the community for a while whilst I’m still the only main poster so as to try and dilute communities and make Lemmy in general less centralised due to how many communities are hosted by .world. The longer I waited to do this the harder it may be to rebuild but as it is mostly still me posting hopefully the people who lurk will be happy to subscribe to the new community and in time hopefully it can grow into a more active place with my contributors.

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This was the post I saw yesterday.

Love Kaiju!

Everyday there be more! :D

Where I am I’ve never really had an issue with lorries, they always seem to be aware of where I am and pass with more than enough space. Smaller 7.5 ton (usually scaffolders) however don’t seem to have the same awareness in my experience.

Sounds about right, pretty sure they either don’t know most rules of the road or are such arrogant pricks they think they don’t apply to them.

As a cyclist the 3 most dangerous types of vehicles I keep an eye out for are taxis, council vehicles and then police cars. All of which often pass me with 50cm of space between their vehicle and my handlebars.

Taxis are without a doubt the worst however. Fuck those arrogant, dangerous cunts.