When attempting to create a community with the URL c/MindfulMaverick, I encounter the error message: “[This name is in use already.]” However, no community by that name currently exists. It’s possible the system is incorrectly flagging a conflict with my username rather than an existing community. In fact, browsing https://piefed.zip/c/mindfulmaverick redirects me to https://piefed.zip/community/add_local, suggesting the name is not actually taken.
Also, there should be a dedicated flair for issues to help categorize and address such problems.


I am not a webfinger expert, but my understanding is that what lemmy does is not technically compliant and messes stuff up for some other software (relevant github issue).