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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So, replicating communities is bad unless it is you replicating them?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Having separate communities with very low activity prevents their growth. Consolidation can be discussed if the mods are okay with it. On the other hand, if there are issues with the instance where the communities are located, then giving a try at another version of the community might help.

I really hope that both [email protected] and [email protected], being among the most active communities of the instance, won't mind me starting another one.

For the delay between LW and aussie.zone: https://aussie.zone/post/17712350

They currently have more than one-day of delay:

https://grafana.lem.rocks/d/bdid38k9p0t1cf/federation-health-single-instance-overview?orgId=1&var-instance=lemmy.world&var-remote_instance=aussie.zone

For .ml: https://feddit.nl/post/16246531

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I really hope that both (...) won't mind me starting another one.

So, it is OK for you to do that but not for others, yes?

Perhaps it is the issue of control? Locking inconvenient subjects, like you just have done in this "your new community"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Locking inconvenient subjects

And unlocked

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

This isn’t really the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I'm the only mod and I have to go, based on the history, I wanted to avoid coming back to a thread full of drama like the ones I linked in that post.

I'm going to find mods in the coming days. I'll also reopen that thread when I'm back.

So, it is OK for you to do that but not for others, yes?

Are those others providing most of the content on one topic for the whole platform? On top of that, I'm not a mod on [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I'm the only mod

Sadly.

I have to go, based on the history, I wanted to avoid coming back to a thread full of drama

By "drama" you mean subject inconvenient to yourself?

Are those others providing most of the content on one topic for the whole platform?

Your point is?

I'm not a mod on [email protected]

Are you a mod to "ask Lemmy"? No? This is why you created alternative community to it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Are you a mod to “ask Lemmy”? No? This is why you created alternative community to it?

I'm not a mod on

And a lot of other communities where I regularly post

Do you see me creating communities alternative to those?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's kind of ironic, because I can just use all the arguments people threw at me recently about [email protected] and [email protected]

  • it's fine to have several communities on the same topic
  • if you don't like it, you can just ignore it
  • the mod team decided to keep it open, so it's their right
[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

One rule for you and different for the other people, eh?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Also, feel free to comment under each of my posts to promote [email protected] or [email protected] , I wouldn't mind.

And definitely not ban people over it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Coming back to

Are those others providing most of the content on one topic for the whole platform?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@[email protected] , would you like to help me mod? You seem to be doing a good job on the LW version. I know you don't have a lemm.ee account, but it seems like with 0.19.9 most of the mod actions should work, we can at least give it a try

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sure. Since Lemmy version 1.0.0 seems to be coming pretty soon (which should fix the reports federation issue), I'm assuming I won't need to create a new account on lemm.ee. The community is pretty small right now anyway, so I'm not expecting any reports at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Thank you for accepting, you are now a mod!

I've just had two reports yesterday, but hopefully the number should indeed stay low

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What's wrong with Aussie.zone

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not really understanding, is it you want to defederate from Aussie.zone because we're slow to update?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pretty much the opposite, the sync between lemm.ee and aussie.zone goes much faster than between lemmy.world and aussie.zone so having the [email protected] allows you guys to interact without having to wait for hours and hours for comments to sync between instances.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Ah that's awesome, I'm all on board

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

99.99% of the time you see the phrase "power tripping admins" it means "Someone asked me to follow the rules".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Kichae 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

No, but they're not out there making the daily argument for the most active communities of the same name being the only communities of the same name.

I get that nuance is a thing, but maybe you are not the one to be the standard barer for this one, given how it conflicts with your very public lobbying for consolidation? I say this with kindness and respect, but it does make you come across as more controlling and manipulatuve than well intentioned.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

the daily argument for the most active communities of the same name being the only communities of the same name.

Interesting how you think that's what my instance is, when I have said multiple times that [email protected] and [email protected] should stay parallel communities.

Nuance, indeed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What is the rational behind creating another version of a healthy and popular community?

Was there a moderation issue? Is this just to diversify the instances? Isn't this antithetical to your previously demonstrated campaigns to consolidate conversations on a topic to a single community?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Technical issue on LW preventing aussie.zone from participating: https://aussie.zone/post/18420943

Isn’t this antithetical to your previously demonstrated campaigns to consolidate conversations on a topic to a single community?

I always said that parallel communities were fine as long as there was a reason to have a separation, be it technical, about moderation, or culture.

Also, Ask communities are quite popular, this is not going to be the same news articles shared across three communities and splintering the discussion.

Finally, if someone wants to comment under each of the posts on [email protected] about [email protected] and [email protected], feel free.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Thanks, see you around!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'll promote it more widely later, in the meantime, feel free to chime in

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

feel free to chime in

Don't bother folks unless the subject you are going to raise is convinient for him. Otherwise it will be locked 😁

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I just unlocked your thread, but sure