Real answer: private communities were released LAST MONTH and so far only for PieFed.
Federating would mean a new protocol for potentially both Lemmy and PieFed to agree on. Rules need to be agreed on over how data is handled. New UI/UX. Mod tools to allow communities to block instances that may leak private information. Encryption? Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
Real answer: private communities were released LAST MONTH and so far only for PieFed.
Federating would mean a new protocol for potentially both Lemmy and PieFed to agree on. Rules need to be agreed on over how data is handled. New UI/UX. Mod tools to allow communities to block instances that may leak private information. Encryption? Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
Give it time.
Oh, didn’t know that. Okie