If Tom doesn't sort this soon this is likely the deathknell of this instance.

The "bus factor" is the minimum number of team members that have to suddenly disappear from a project before the project stalls due to lack of knowledgeable or competent personnel.

I guess our bus factor is currently 1.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor

Yes it looks like we were defederated for lack of admin activity.

Links:

https://gui.fediseer.com/action-log/log?page=1&type=HESITATION&sourceDomains=lemmy.world&targetDomains=feddit.uk

https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/feddit.uk

So first priority is getting a list of admins so Tom can scoop them up on his King Arthur-like return. Or they can lead the exodus like Moses (other mythological analogies may apply):

• @tkc@feddit.uk is in
• @Xylinna@lemmy.world is in
• @blackn1ght@feddit.uk says they'll do what they can
• @thehatfox@feddit.uk is thinking it over
• I'm prepared to pitch in if it helps spread the load

Anyone else?

edit:

• @GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk is in
• @flamingos@feddit.uk has offered help
• @Flax_vert@feddit.uk is up for helping

pls come back @tom we need you, even to just delegate the admin over to any one of us. we can sort it out somehow.

Oh, bollox! I hope this can get sorted out soon. I really like it here, so much nicer than Reddit. Plus I got to moderate a community!! Thanks @Emperor@feddit.uk. I'd like to carry on doing that.

TOM!!

Instances blocked by lemmy.world include:

• skinheads.[x]
• breastmilk.[x]
• cum.[x]
• kiwifarms.[x]
• pedo.[x]
• hexbear

and now

• feddit.uk

Well... hmm.

I know some people don't care for the British but still.

This explains why all my obviously incredible content has been failing to hit....

In all seriousness, what's the move here if Tom doesn't get back to us?

I think we should give this a week and then make plans to create a new instance. I've already created an account somewhere else, but I am quite fond of this instance.

Well this is a blow, as a Lemmy.world user I had no idea this had happened. Activity suddenly dried up and I assumed everyone had just given up on UK Lemmy. This is the first real issue I’ve had with defederation, and it’s not great that it happened so silently.

What is the plan if or UK lemmings going forward if the Feddit UK admin remains “absent”? World is the biggest Lemmy instance so it would seem a major loss to loose access to them.

Your instance is in their blocked instances.

There are issues with several instances, from what I can tell. And they're causing issues with moderation.
I won't elaborate much more, as I still haven't heard back from Tom.
But if they're not resolved soon, we're going to eventually have a big problem.

Have we been refederated? Just seen a recent post on a lemmy.world community and it looks to be up to date:

https://lemmy.world/post/5954246

https://feddit.uk/post/2791314