level-up zone seems pretty dead to me

It’s not dead, it’s in a catch-22. It’s not open to users, so there is no way (yet) for users to create communities there without going through me. I want to find a solution for this on this summer so that I don’t become a bottleneck.

there’s only one mod who I have no experience with.

That would be me. I’m the one running the topic-specific instances. Nice to meet you.

If ttrpg.network doesn’t seem suitable to you, I can create a community on level-up.zone and make you a moderator.

I’d rather have communities in instances that are topic specific, that’s all. It is easier for discovery and easier to explain to newcomers.

Still, which instance looks more adequate?

There is a whole instance for that at https://ttrpg.network/

It’s not a federation issue, just that the community was running the alien.top mirroring system and I stopped it.

Regarding “why I do not join you instead”: Nothing against you or lemmy.zip, I just do not want to contribute to communities that are on non topic-specific instances.

I can give you all the moderation powers and full control over the community at the topic-specific instance if you want. Also, my ADAPT project is very close to achieve API-parity with Lemmy, and this summer I am planning to convert the topic-specific instances to it. This will mean I will be able to add new features and make the work for content curation and promotion easier.

Yes, it was one of the alien.top targets. Still, better to use a topic-specific instance that already exists for 3 years than bootstrapping yet-another community.

If you’d rather join forces, take a look at [email protected]

FYI: it looks like Trump is going to win the popular vote on this one as well.