I think its fine but you shouldnt rush it or else you will make the community angry
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
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Try not to think of it that way. The community is the people who subscribe, post and comment. You don't own them, you just take out the trash. If they are happy to move then good, if not then don't force it. And you can always just make a second community on the other instance and hand over the old instance to the people who want to stay there.
you just take out the trash
I don't know what it is, maybe it's some form of ikea effect, where people think that the act of filling a form, adding an icon and a description makes them immediately attached to something that (initially) amounts to a record field in a database.
I've lost count of how many people I asked "Hey, I saw you are the mod of , I am running <slightly active/mostly inactive community on topic-specific instance>. How about we join forces?" And almost invariably they act like I am asking them to give me their firstborn.
If they are happy to move then good, if not then don’t force it.
Good point. Most of the time people are ok to move, but it's always better to ask
Sure. Anything to help with the decentralization is good.
Though you probably won't be able to get every single subscriber to move to the new community.
I'd definitely like that as a programming.dev user. I like to see topic-specific instances used for that topic, and to have lots of communities about that topic.
- Yes please, lemmy.world is awful (and in particular hosting there is a disservice to places like Beehaw that don't feel like dealing with the daily noise and have defederated from them)
- Programming.dev seems a little clueless to me in terms of the culture. I read a lot of the userbase's mindset as sort of "I aspire to be a rock star programmer, check me out I'm awesome" as opposed to "I am good at programming and take it seriously because I care about it." Of course there is always variability based on the individual, and that first thing is in no short supply anywhere on the internet.
- I fully agree with whoever it was that said not everyone will move and that's okay. You might shut down the old community but just be aware that bottom line, the users are going to do what they want to do.
- Maybe sh.itjust.works or lemmy.sdf.org or lemm.ee? Or infosec.pub? All of those seem extremely nerd-friendly without being overly self-important about it.
Maybe sh.itjust.works or lemmy.sdf.org or lemm.ee? Or infosec.pub? All of those seem extremely nerd-friendly without being overly self-important about it.
https://lemmy.zip/ qualifies as well
Maybe sh.itjust.works or lemmy.sdf.org or lemm.ee? Or infosec.pub?
There's also discuss.tchncs.de that is focused on tech