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[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The answer (IMO) is to open another channel and announce it so people can migrate. And start using more the other channels, using each time FB/X a little less, until (almost) everyone has left FB/X.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

You're forgetting the (often) free labor used to make changes like this are limited.

I, for example, did not get paid for the 20 hrs/week I was putting into the organization, as I was also a board member, their IT person, and for a couple of periods, board president...

Its a cost/benefit analysis.