This is an admin post, intended for blahaj lemmy users. Top level posts from members of other instances will be removed.
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Edit - Hexbear announced plans to deferedate from us.
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After recent events, it feels to me that sentiment has shifted and more people are asking for defederation of hexbear than previously
I’ve been doing my best to try and mend bridges and keep us connected, as it’s my hope that we can maintain trans solidarity and work with them, despite the friction, however, ultimately, I feel that this is an issue for the blahaj lemmy community to decide, not the admins alone
So here’s what we’re going to do
We’re going to leave things as they are for a week. That will give time for things to calm down whilst we see if we can work together. After a week, I’ll put up a vote and get a feel for where the community is at in regards to our continued federation with hexbear. That poll will run for a week. If there is a strong will to defederate (a clear majority), then that’s what we will do
How will the vote take place? Is there a way to ensure only non-new Blahaj Lemmy accounts participate?
Yes. The answer is SQL and database queries :)
If you need any help/advice on that front, I’d heavily advise getting in touch with @TheDude@sh.itjust.works, our admin. We have weekly votes in !agora@sh.itjust.works for our instance users on important topics, so he has some experience with this.
I’m not sure how we’ll do it yet. I’ll talk to @supakaity@lemmy.blahaj.zone and get her opinion on the best way of handling it without breaking anything :)
oh nice to filter upvotes or something?
That’s one way of doing it.