#Guppe groups is sadly gone or the domain name was taken over by a squatter.
If you are looking for groups, here are some.
(See thread)
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The #Guppe situation happened because all groups were on one server, so when that server went down all the groups did too.
FediGroups is a good immediate solution for getting groups up and running again, but it's also a single server so it's vulnerable.
As a long term solution we need to have groups hosted on many different servers. If one server goes down, groups on other servers could carry on.
Techy people might be interested in hosting/forking Guppe from source at https://github.com/immers-space/guppe
Okay, some really bad news but also a suggestion for a way forward.
The Guppe groups domain name was sold by their registrar before they could renew it. This means all Guppe groups are broken, and their web addresses point to a spam blog 😞
However, there is another group provider called FediGroups, you can find out more on their site:
➡️ https://about.fedigroups.social/home
FediGroups has features that Guppe never had, including private groups.
(More info about #Guppe situation: https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/issues/118 )
The other thing that the #Guppe incident showed us is that the #Fediverse seriously needs the #Nomadic protocol.
Let's say the Fediverse understands the protocol: just move to a new domain, inform all instances "this is the new domain, automatically re-subscribe please", done. Life goes on for regular people.
I am not saying it is that easy or that's how exactly it will work. But it could've been avoided. Right now, entire communities are gone, many who were relying on it are now disconnected. (Then again, I can argue that it's time to clean the membership since many accounts are also stagnant.)
So, when? #ActivityPub2 ?