blackn1ght@feddit.uktoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why do so many European instances use the name Feddit?
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4 hours agoWe very nearly lost feddit.uk to the same issue. The admin who set the instance up just went AWOL, I’m guessing he spun it up during the reddit exodus and then just lost interest in the project. Fortunately people managed to contact him and gave two people admin access to take over it.
Lessons learned: don’t join an instance with a single admin.
For me feddit.uk stuck out as when I was joining Lemmy, (my initial choice was lemmy.world), it seemed like it would be a safe bet as it was clearly set up by UK based people that had also come from Reddit like myself, so it had a sense of familiarity. I’m guessing that’s why the other feddit.<tld> also became somewhat popular instances.