Lemmy could do a lot better job of showing that a community is on a dead instance. Here's an issue about warning when posting to defederated instances, which could be considered the same issue: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/2680

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It definitely could. Can instances lock down remote communities?

@kersploosh@lemmy.world maybe?

[–] m_f 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't see a way to simply lock it down as an admin. I see "Remove" and "Purge community" which both seem to be too nuclear, I assume they'd delete the comm history too.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago

That's unfortunate

[–] Nothing4You@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it's doable but it might be necessary to become a mod first, which admins should be able to in remote communities as well iirc. it's just that their mod actions won't federate.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

Would probably be enough

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I really need to tell you how much I like your profile picture. Does Lemmy allow the use of GIF?

[–] m_f 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks! Yeah, Lemmy allows for GIFs. Maybe they shouldn't, because of people like me :)

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago

Oh no! They should. It is so cool. You stand out in conversation, not just because it is moving but because that is a very nice profil picture.