What about !explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world which already has 13k subscribers? I answered a question there a couple days ago
There’s also an open call for moderators it seems?
Two of three current moderators are AWOL. One mod is active though.
@rikudou@lemmings.world, would you be open to adding @Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to the mod team of !explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world? They are new to Lemmy, but quite enthusiastic.
Sure, why not, though I won’t have time to do that until around 9 PM UTC.
Friendly reminder :)
Edit: Whoops, sorry, I see you already responded, and are waiting for a PM.
Yea look … diversity and decentralisation … these are good things (and things we can get better at)
But when you’re duplicating topics the onus has to be on you to make it clear why you’re doing and what the differentiation is. Otherwise we can’t trust that you’re not just making a community so you can control it and don’t want to “play with others” that already have an established community.
If mods have gone MIA … you can get the instance admin to help you take it over … there are other options, and you really should just try to clarify things.
Beyond that … if you’re committed … getting multiple mods ASAP (besides yourself) is probably essential.
@Don_Dickle@lemmy.world, feel free to post to !support@lemmy.world to ask to become mod of that community
Something wrong with !eli5@lemmy.world?
don dickie is not the boss there, i guess 😆
Doesn’t seem to be very active. And since I am on here 9 to 10 while I am at work there needs to be better.
Why not participate in the existing one instead of creating a new one? Even if it isn’t active, it’s got 268 subscribers already. Adding duplicate communities is just going to cause confusion and split the users.
You could ask to be added as a mod there, or if the current mod isn’t active anymore, post in !support@lemmy.world and ask an admin to make you a mod.
edit - someone else mentioned !explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world which is more active.
Ah so the best to create an active community is to split it even more.
Why in the world would you split the communities even more…
Decentralization. It’s a good thing
No. Decentralization is not inherently a good thing. The OPTION of decentralization is a good thing.
The power of Lemmy isn’t the fact thzt it’s so fractured. That in itself isn’t a selling point.
The selling point is that IF a community is problematic, you have the OPTION of fragmenting away from the toxic behavior.
But until a community proves itself to need an alternative, fragmenting only serves to HURT the fediverse. Not help.
One community with 50 users is 10x more powerful than 5 replica communities with 10 users each.
Thanks
Yeah, but the ELI5 communities mentioned here are all on lemmy.world - that’s not decentralized.
Why is Gamora?
I’ll do you one better, When is Gamora??
!explainlikeiamfive@lemmy.world better link format
Thank you.
