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How (and when) to consolidate communities? (A guide)
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Consolidating space communities? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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We currently have quite a few:

!space@lemmy.world (most active, has had federation delays in the past)
!space@mander.xyz (active poster, topic-appropriate instance)
!space@lemmy.ml (active poster, inactive moderator)
!space@lemm.ee (low activity, unmoderated)
!space@sopuli.xyz (no active posters or moderators)

Dead instances

Do each of these communities serve a distinct purpose? If not, should we consolidate some of them?

I think the ManderXYZ instance is a nice match for the topic, but I am interested to hear what others think.

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[–] Bitswap@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. Looks good. Thanks Otter!

One thing to think about is that recently we had a few requests to create a rule about quality sources. I was always torn about it. The post with links to bad sources/bad science brought out some of the highest engagement from the whole community and spurred some great educational dialogs.

I don't like the idea of keeping a disallowed list of sources. Nor do I like the idea of debating source quality.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I agree, at our current moderation capacity it would lead to inconsistent moderation and arguments about where the 'quality threshold' is

Encouraging people to post better quality sources through comments might be better than fully restricting the posts?