

Can I still join if I’m a pisces ;P
My dad had leukemia and died at 49 during his bone marrow transplant back when the survival rate was well under 50%. I know there are different types and treatment has improved, so hopefully the outcome is good even though the road will be rough.
Also I have a funny story about how me and my brothers found out he had a diagnosis that I’ll try to get posted this evening to help kick things off.
I prefer multiple redundant communities for a few reasons.
If one is on an instance I’ve blocked (not in this case) it cuts off the discussion entirely. Like if the municipality and other communities on .ml never had redundant communities elsewhere I wouldn’t see any of it.
Moderation can make engagement unfun on some instances.
It does increase crossposting and redundancy. Piefed currently merges comments of crosspoats which is awesome and lemmy could in the future.
So while I don’t oppose it in this case, the consolidation trend seems to be swinging to the opposite extreme from intentional fragmentation instead of just letting each community grow and fade out on their own.