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Consolidating !theyknew@lemmy.world into !theyknew@lemmy.sdf.org? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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Proposal to consolidate !theyknew@lemmy.world into !theyknew@lemmy.sdf.org.

World community has less activity and is not actively moderated. SDF Org instance is stable and well-federated.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don’t think I would describe either community as particularly active

Eh, the SDF community has 400 users / month, and 3 posts in the past month. For Lemmy, that's pretty good :)

Maybe just build up the community you like and let the other one be? People should be drawn to the one that shows activity.

Not necessarily. My concern with leaving multiple communities for the same topic open is that it increases confusion for new users and drives them away from the platform. Having a single community for each topic alleviates this.

I think it would be clearer to close the World community to new posts, label it as "dormant" and pin a post directing users to the community on SDF. The World community could always be reopened if the need for a second community arose.

Are there any counter arguments I am missing?

[–] kersploosh@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ok. The community has been locked and I changed the description to note that it is dormant. Rather than pin a post I put a note in the sidebar.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

The community has been locked and I changed the description to note that it is dormant.

Thanks, that looks great!

Rather than pin a post I put a note in the sidebar.

I would recommend you still pin a post as well. Adding a link to the sidebar won't notify users to subscribe to the other community, whereas creating a post will.

Thanks for your help with this!