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[–] Risk@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, Lemmy has the exact same potential for issues with admins and mods - the key difference being that if those issues happen you can just up and off to another instance without having to abandon Lemmy altogether.

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More importantly, you could have an instance that's specifically tailored to a purpose. Like a mental health non profit could create an instance with expert guidance and instance wide rules for mental health communities.