the mods on !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone randomly decided to move to !196@lemmy.world because of "moderation reasons" which is very vague and they didn't ask the users what they thought should happen first.
They've clarified since but just leaves a bad taste in the mouth of a lot of users. As a large central instance is very negative to the entire point of the fediverse, people split off into !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone which is what this post is on.

Also the "moderation reasons" is that the original 196 mods didn't agree with some of the bans Ada (Blahaj admin) has made in the past. Blahaj is very curated and essentially a 0 tolerance policy for transphobia + other bad stuff while the og 196 mods want a firm set of rules that arent as "vibes based" as they put it.

Imo it's understandable to want to moderate how you want, but they really should have moved to a smaller instance instead of .world and should have asked the community first.

For right now:
!196@lemmy.blahaj.zone = ~~locked, no new posts allowed~~ Unlocked, still under control of OG mods !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone = the 196 that is forking from the mods. I will be using this one personally.
!196@lemmy.world = the 196 that the mods moved to. Not locked, so idk if they're still planning on moving 🤔

However this situation is ongoing so it may change, also my explanation may not be 100% accurate as I don't really know all the behind the scenes communication with Ada (Blahaj admin).
Also you should look at the pinned post on !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone if you want to know more in detail :)

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago

No one thought to make 197? Or 691?🤔

[–] Robomekk@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Minor correction: you have the wrong community address under the third item in your “For right now” section. Should be !196@lemmy.world I think.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago

ah thanks! Comment edited :)

[–] Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

How does this effect me on /all? Will I notice?

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 20 points 18 hours ago

It's fucking hilarious that 196 is almost the only thing you can find on All:-)

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

well new 196 is currently super active, so mostly it's just more gay memes than normal. TBH it's been a great day so far

[–] headerfile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 hours ago

not really, the mod statement said that /all should be about the same, that's why yall are in the back away from the chaos