I mod and post at !hardware@lemmy.world.

There is also !hardware@lemmy.ml, it has much more subs (~5K), but a lot less engagement. The ML community’s mod also seems to have deleted their account?

I am not acquainted with the process for community consolidation and I am not sure if ML takes part in such initiatives. Do I need to reach out to the ML admins? What would be the next step if I wanted to propose !hardware@lemmy.ml to be merged into !hardware@lemmy.world ?

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    3 days ago

    No, considering how small the fediverse is, it needs to be more active. And you get that by having 20 users in 1 place rather than 10 over here, and 10 over there.

    When the fediverse gets to a point where Lemmy has hundreds of millions of users, THEN it’ll have the life force to support duplicate communities.

      • Beastimus@slrpnk.netEnglish
        32·
        3 days ago

        Man this does not make you look good. Like, they told you to stop.

        I don’t agree with their perspective on this, and I think we should in general be trying to consolidate communities right now, but if the mods told you to stop, you should have laid off it for a while at least.

    • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
      24·
      3 days ago

      You don’t need hundreds of millions of users, though. You only need a few dozen users active in each community to make them worth while. A couple of hundred makes them downright vibrant.

      Reddit-like communities with hundreds of thousands of users are a waste, and become nearly impossible to moderate effectively.