This has happened once before and they reversed it. But they said this last time too:

The discussions that have happened in various threads on Lemmy make it very clear that removing the communites before we announced our intent to remove them is not the level of transparency the community expects, and that as stewards of this community we need to be extremely transparent before we do this again in the future as well as make sure that we get feedback around what the planned changes are, because lemmy.world is yours as much as it is ours.

https://lemmy.world/post/3234363

    • @Feathercrown
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      429 months ago

      I think they’re trying to appeal to law enforcement

      • @[email protected]
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        09 months ago

        idt they need to, unless they get a letter. the chances are astronomically low for that.

    • cum
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      49 months ago

      Do they even have advertisers? Tbh I’ve had adblockers on for years I wouldn’t even know.

      • @[email protected]
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        49 months ago

        Lemmy is probably the worst place to sell to advertisers seen how many people run adblockers around here

      • qaz
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        9 months ago

        They don’t. It’s just wild speculation while in reality lemmy.world probably banned it because they got a legal notice and don’t want to get sued.

    • @Zomg
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      29 months ago

      Or maybe avoiding litigation? Weird that you think of advertising first, it’s like you don’t have critical thought.