The !python@sopuli.xyz community is locked and redirecting people into Cloudflare. That’s not good for privacy, digital sovereignty, and decentralisation.
I suggest either deleting it entirely (it’s empty), or redirecting to !python!python@lemmy.sdf.org.
While I agree with you in general, we have a few issues that are too big to ignore:
Fragmentation of communities, dead / inactive communities affecting new users’ experience.
We linked those communities because they are active and have been alive for awhile so that new users find them. I know you and I know the quirks of lemmy and how to find communities, but I’ve seen more than enough new users all excited about lemmy but abandoning it because they can’t find communities of interest and in /all feed they only see memes and politics.
But you are right the python community is empty and could be just removed.
Facebook also likely has active communities. I personally would not promote Facebook or Cloudflare or similar technofeudal fiefdoms for any reason. But neglecting that, it might be worded in a way that’s fully informative to let people choose for themselves. E.g. something like this:
For novices who prioritise visibility and engagement above digital sovereignty and decentralisation, you can maximise engagement in Facebook or at !python@programming.dev.
For free world, we have:
- (english) !python@lemmy.sdf.org
- (spanish) !python_es@mander.xyz
