Some people are spinning the deletion of my PieFed communities as some kind of “win.”

On the contrary.

I want to own my communities. If they live on someone else’s server, they’re not really mine. I’m the one putting in the time—writing posts, driving discussion, keeping things civil. But the moment an admin decides that the communities you built are actually his, all that work disappears. Just like that.

The whole reason I tried PieFed in the first place was the portability. On paper, you could move communities around. But then I thought: this feature isn’t finished, and I don’t want to be the guinea pig with bigger communities.

So while they were still small, I pulled the plug myself. I’d rather rebuild them on my own server, under my full control. That way, if I’m doing the work, I actually own the outcome.