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Private community here on the fediverse? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Hi guys, same Iranian guy here, first I want to say I really appreciate you guys helping me, love you guys you all are genuinely amazing people.

I read all your comments in my previous post and one thing I realized I'm not qualified for this at all. This is too dangerous and puts my life and many of my friends at risk.

So in the spirit of being pragmatic here and finding best solution meanwhile I figure that out. Where can we have a private community with moderation and admin tools and multi-topic discussions on the fediverse? Is that even a thing? I know that's not how fediverse works so the answer is probably a hard No. Then where should we go? Discord have all this but that's not my preference at all. I know Reddit has private subs but I don't like reddit like many of you guys. What is the compromise here what do you suggest I should do?

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[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Piefed's private communities are local only, ie no federation. The Lemmy 1.0 ones do federate.

[–] Nusm@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think that not federating would be better for a private community, but maybe that's just me. If it federates, then it's not really private.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

Private communities in Lemmy only federate with approved users and their instances. So if you dont trust lemmy.xyz, simply dont approve any followers from that instance, then it will never receive any private content.