Although it's worth clarifying the !android@lemdro.id mods did not have any power in that decision. The original mods of the LW android community made that choice independently
This did indeed happen. The mods of the LW Android community decided to migrate and merge with the !android@lemdro.id community. Most people were fine with it, but several very vocal people were not. There was much vitriol. In the end, the admins re-opened the original LW android community with new mods.
I'm not really sure this is such a bad thing. The two can co-exist. I think most of the anger of the few vocal people came from disliking the Reddit r/Android mods. It does frustratingly split some participation though.
Disclaimer: I am the founding admin of lemdro.id, however I do not mod the android community on it
Thanks, I appreciate this clarification and the different perspective is helpful. I can see why I should prioritize her well-being over my ease-of-reference. I'll be sure to avoid this in the future
I don't mean to stir up anything, this is entirely respectful (remove this if it isn't, no worries), but it is useful for someone who knew who someone named "Anthony" was, despite the fact that they don't exist anymore. I guess it doesn't matter, but I immediately was able to understand who they were talking about since I didn't know she had transitioned. Is there a better way to approach providing this context?
This is something lemdro.id focuses on as an instance but to technical content. Particularly the !android@lemdro.id community is ran by the same mod team as the r/android subreddit and what comes with that are the AMAs with industry experts, various authors of android content on XDA and more, and other various things. !android@lemdro.id is the premier source for Android news and technical content with the subreddit redirecting to there where reasonable
phones have really gotten boring lol