At the time we thought that !privacy@lemmy.ca could be it, but after thinking about it again I always feel like having generalist communities on a country-based instance seems counterintuitive. What if at some point Canadians want to discuss specific privacy laws or measures? Also other people tend to think that this community is for Canadians only.

As I guess the main objective is to offer an alternative to !privacy@lemmy.ml , there are basically two options

Use !privacy@lemmy.world , but that's another community on LW
Create an alternative community on a generalist instance like lemmy.zip

About !privacyguides@lemmy.one , the instance still seems unmanaged (https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/we-re-giving-lemmy-a-try-welcome-to-privacyguides-lemmy-one-x-post/12734/7). There was a mod action 22 days ago, so I guess it's still somehow moderated. Trust level still seems low due to the non communication of the admin on !meta@lemmy.one

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Db0 seems like it would be the most obvious choice, to me.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good idea, wasn't even aware of this.

!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago

I actually said that without knowing that community exists. I chose it because the theme of the instance felt like a good pick for the community goal. The pre-existing community is just a bonus.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Great pick but the mod seems inactive. One could ask db0 for mod perms.

Edit: i'm able to ask, but we should at least have 2-3 mods, i'm busy these days :(

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@otter@lemmy.ca would you like to help mod !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com as well?

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm happy to help, wherever we end up deciding to build it :)

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

@blaze@feddit.org @otter@lemmy.ca I will send them a message on matrix and see what i can do.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks!

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I talked to them. In 3 days if the current mod doesn't respond, they'll make us the mods.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Great! I actually don't even want to be a mod, I have a few communities on my plate already.

Maybe once you and @otter@lemmy.ca are mods, you can post an announcement there and ask for more mods?

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I see, I mistook a comment of yours as approval, sorry 😅

Thanks, will do

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

Amazing!

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

I'm already going to start posting a bit there ha ha

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ha! A happy coincidence. I thought I was suggesting creating a new community over there, not taking over one that already exists.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Infact i already got permission from the mods to inherit it, and i have 1/2 mods required :)

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago

!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com is now under active moderation by @fxomt@lemm.ee

@Zagorath@aussie.zone @otter@lemmy.ca @sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I like !privacy@programming.dev, it seems fitting.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Programming.dev had database corruption for 3 months: https://programming.dev/post/20515601

I like the instance, but it seems like they are a bit short staffed when technical issues occur

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

O shit. it'd be a fitting topic for it to be there, but that seems like a dealbreaker.

infosec.pub seems good too, tho its about security. (tho they are heavily related topics)

[–] Ategon@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

We just added a couple more people to have server access and ideally that situation wont happen again

That problem specifially could only be reproduced on the main server so fixes couldnt be tested without taking the entire site down and at some point after the 0.19.5 upgrade (when the issue happened) it became too late to roll the server back since there was too many activities that came in but if it happens again after an upgrade we would roll back pretty much instantly)

dbzer0 does seem like a better option for general privacy discussion though

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

if it happens again after an upgrade we would roll back pretty much instantly

Good to hear!

dbzer0 does seem like a better option for general privacy discussion though

Indeed!

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

While this doesn't solve the problem of a general privacy community, the most recent update on this is from 2 days ago, about exploring support for Lemmy

https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-plugin/266794/346