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Hi Everyone! I joined today. Have used Lemmy briefly in the past but never got into it fully.
Only question I have right now is - how does one create a Community? I'd like to start one for my small town to post news, events and open discussions for others to find and join as the server grows.
Thanks in advance!
With that said, if there's no activity in the small community, I'd post directly in !Canada. As we grow and we get more people, I think we'll naturally break out into the smaller geographical communities. I think this is valid even for provinces at this point.
That's fair. It's probably too small of a user base to warrant it's own community today.
Can still make it but if you want people to see things related to it, dump 'em in !Canada. It's what I do for Toronto.
Also, assuming this is a Canadian small town, comment in this thread and I'll add it to the big list
https://lemmy.ca/post/2890824?scrollToComments=true
Thanks Otter! It is a Canadian small town (Okotoks). I'll try getting it set up via web this week if I have time! Appreciate the guidance.
Welcome!
If you open the website in a web browser, you should see a 'Create Community' button.
A more detailed step by step:
Name:
ex. 'vancouver'Display Name:
ex.Vancouver
orMetro Vancouver
etc.Icon
&Banner
are recommendedSidebar
for a description of the community and any rules are recommendedUnder languages, select whichever languages users should select from when posting (ex.
Undetermined
,English
,French
)Then you can post in places like [email protected] and [email protected] so people know about the new community
Then keep posting to it till it gets rolling :)