Time to back up, export, and leave if you're on mstdn.ca
https://ottawa.place/@stephanie/116267088513251309

If you can't see the above post, here's the CBC article about the person who owns and runs the server.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

Migration tips:
https://zeroes.ca/@StaceyCornelius/115967726861839689

Edit: These are allegations and there's a state of the instance coming up. I'd err on the side of caution and migrate early, or at least back everything up, because losing an account here kind of sucks.

Stéphanie (@[email protected])

If you're on mstdn.ca, I would save my list of follows/followers immediately and think about moving. The owner is getting sued for over 300K by his community league. I wouldn't bet on the instance surviving this latest thing 😞 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

ottawa.place

@mayintoronto

Going to be an interesting State of The Instance today for mstdn.ca members

@the5thColumnist He hosts the servers at home, so... probably best to just leave.

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/116267491272883283

@mayintoronto I was surprised Chad replied to my separate post on this, saying something about the servers being 'safe and protected' from this story. Here's hoping that's the case.

https://mastodon.coffee/@[email protected]/116267491358692972

@the5thColumnist

@mayintoronto
Though I suppose I shouldn't be surprises that he subsequently deleted his post, apparently after talking to his lawyer.

His reply had said something like "since this dropped late on Friday, I haven't had a chance to talk to my lawyer. However, this silly little thing is no problem and the servers are all safe and secure"

Maybe he asked his lawyers and found out they're neither safe nor secure?

@the5thColumnist

@xinit @the5thColumnist It's legally the right thing to do.

Fedi-wise, the right thing to do is trigger the 90 day instance shut down process to protect the community. Unless someone is ready to take on the biggest Canadian instance right away. (Unlikely)

@mayintoronto
I hope something substantive will find from their state of the instance today.
@the5thColumnist
@xinit The event has been cancelled, just fyi @mayintoronto @[email protected]
@stephanie @xinit @mayintoronto Oh! It’s gone from postponed to fully scrubbed!?!
@tantramar @xinit @mayintoronto oops postponed yes, as far as I know