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 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good idea, wasn't even aware of this.

!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 4 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.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 6 points 4 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 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Blaze@feddit.org 9 points 4 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

[–] Ategon@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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 4 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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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