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      196 was run by a group of mods on Blahaj who had a disagreement with the admin. They decided to move to Lemmy.world and closed the 196 community on Blahaj.

      People who preferred to stay on Blahaj disagreed, and started a competing 196 on Blahaj run by a different group of mods.

      Following continued backlash over the move, the mod team that migrated to Lemmy.world reopened the original 196 to attempt to save some face.

      After that, a de facto 196 was never decided upon, and so there are now just 3 of them which are visited by largely the same audience.