I made @rf in order to promote the Fediverse in Russia and Russian-speaking countries more effectively by allowing new users to find and meet people that they would follow and become friends, and by allowing the already established members of the community speak their heart and discuss stuff they want (effectively, inviting more new people into the conversations)

It's very basic in function, it lacks a lot of tools, because it is just a prototype. But it has served us well enough to get our community from zero to hundreds of people (mosto of which are not even subscribed to the bot itself - or were subscribed but cancelled the subscription later, because they feel they don't need it anymore).

This principle, I believe should be made a part of Lemmy.

So, I rest my case. Communities on the wider Fediverse CAN and DO work. Now it's just the matter of accepting it and making it official.

@humanetech @sean @jaywink @lightone @LemmyDev @Gargron @lain @syuilo @cwebber @dansup @Chocobozzz