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[email protected] or [email protected] are the right comms for this kind of post in the future, btw :) This comm is intended for open-ended questions
Edit: Regarding the pending status, it's most likely lemmy.ml comms you see that status on, it's simply because there's a delay on the server because of its heavy amount of users. Sometimes you end up subscribed by itself, other times you need to try again at a later time