It’s because not enough bigger instances have thrown in the towel and defederated lemmy.ml. Many people are able to ignore this issue when it hasn’t happened to them which is why they still choose to create communities there. Defederation though is harder to ignore since it kills your chances of starting a community there.
KIA as in the car brand? What the hell are they even doing on .ml?
It’s a shame so many default to .ml without any knowledge of who owns and runs the instance…
It’s because not enough bigger instances have thrown in the towel and defederated lemmy.ml. Many people are able to ignore this issue when it hasn’t happened to them which is why they still choose to create communities there. Defederation though is harder to ignore since it kills your chances of starting a community there.