I'm considering closing and redirecting !askmen@lemmy.ca and !askwomen@lemmy.ca. They haven't seen much activity in months/years. Usually, people just post in the ask/asklemmy communities and indicate which group of people they want answers from.

Here is a draft for the pinned post so far:

There currently isn't a one to one match for the topic of this community. If you want answers from a specific group (ex. men/women), you could instead start your question with a phrase like "A question for men:". Here are some alternative communities:

"Ask" communities (for starting a discussion):

!asklemmy@lemmy.world

!asklemmy@lemmy.ml

!ask@piefed.social

!askbeehaw@beehaw.org

For questions that are more specific to your situation:

!nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

!nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

Group specific communities:

!dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

!womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone

!dadforaminute@lemmy.world

Broader in topic (not necessarily questions):

!casualconversation@piefed.social

If you would like to take over this community, please reach out to @admin@lemmy.ca

Do you have any thoughts? Are there other communities that should be included in the list?

!askbeehaw@beehaw.org but

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'll add it to the list, I'm not sure if I should also add a note about federation or if that will just be more confusing for new users

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Good point. You could add something less technical, like in parenthesis: (possibly available) or something.

Then again someone could also have trouble accessing e.g the link to lemmy.ml if their instance puts predefined instance blocks to new accounts like lemmy.zip does.

No mention at all could also be confusing. What about a general: (access to above communities depends on your own instance. Not all of them are necessarily available to your instance) ?

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Thanks! I ended up including this sentence:

If you can't access one of the communities listed below, it may not be available on your instance. You can always check out this guide on how to find communities.

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That looks really good! Well summarized

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Happy cake day!

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

Thank you blaze! Late reply as Sopuli was down for anubis update for a bit, but we're back :)

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Happy cake day!

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 17 hours ago

Thank you! Damn time flies... Well here's to fedi growing!