In our removal announcement, we stated that we will continue to look into this more in detail, and re-allow these communities if and when we deem it safe. It was a solid concern at the time, because we were already receiving takedown requests as well as constant attacks, and didn't want to put our volunteer team at risk. We had zero measures in place, and the tools we had were insufficient to deal with anything at scale.

Well, after back and forth with some very cool people, and starting to have proper measures as well as tooling to protect ourselves, we decided it's time to welcome these communities back again. Long live the IT nerds!

We know it's been a rough ride with everything, and we'd like to thank every one of you who were understanding of us, and stayed with us all the way. Please know that as users, you are what makes this platform what it is, and damned we be if we ever forget it.

With love, and as always, stay safe in the high seas!

Lemmy.world Team

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[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does instance do exactly? I'm using boost for lemmy and just picked the first one on the list...

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's basically your entry point into the fediverse. You can still read and comment on other instances, as long as your instance is playing nice with others.

You can even set up your own and connect boost to that if you like. You'll still be part of the bigger 'verse.