I also think that mander.xyz would be a good fit. The instance administration is chill and sensible, and the instance's scope is STEM fields.
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2025
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- https://lemmy-federate.com/ to federate your community to a lot of instances
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- How (and when) to consolidate communities? (A guide)
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As long as we don't consolidate to .world I'm OK with it.
Agreed, we have to contain .world’s influence down to under 20% of the user share if we want the threadverse to be healthy.
They currently hold 32% of Lemmy’s monthly activity.
[email protected] moderators @[email protected] and @[email protected] are active.
Thoughts on consolidation, perhaps to [email protected]?
I would be good with that. The space communities could benefit from consolidation, they're active but spread out too much
I don't have a preference on which one to keep, both LW and mander.xyz seem like good choices
Now that you are moderator in both, would you be able to do the following?
- Lock [email protected] by checking "Only moderators can post to this community"
- Create one final post on [email protected] announcing the consolidation to [email protected]
- Rename the community to "[Dormant] moved to
[[email protected]](/c/[email protected])"
Thanks! Bitswap made the post, so we should be good to go now
Awesome! Are you planning to copy the rules from the sidebar as well, or start from scratch?
I've prepped one here. @[email protected], how does this look? I simplified the rules somewhat by combining related rules. Also I don't think the astronomy picture of the day was working so I removed it and kept the link
A community to discuss space & astronomy through a STEM lens
Rules
- Be respectful and inclusive. This means no harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
- Engage in constructive discussions by discussing in good faith.
- Foster a continuous learning environment.
Also keep in mind, mander.xyz's rules on politics
Please keep politics to a minimum. When science is the focus, intersection with politics may be tolerated as long as the discussion is constructive and science remains the focus. As a general rule, political content posted directly to the instance’s local communities is discouraged and may be removed. You can of course engage in political discussions in non-local communities.
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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.
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?
Agreed. Consolidation would benefit the community and likely help it grow further. I don't know much about mander.xyz, but I'm not attached to LW.
I'd be happy to continue moderating if we migrate elsewhere.
Edit: I just noticed how small mander.xyz community is, 90/month vs 4k/month.
Edit: I just noticed how small mander.xyz community is, 90/month vs 4k/month.
Those numbers can change quickly, [email protected] went from a few dozens to 4k after consolidation
Great to hear!
[email protected] moderator @[email protected] is inactive.
Paging admin @[email protected] and recent posters @[email protected] and @[email protected] for their thoughts.
Would you be open to adding active moderators to the community?
I personally vote for [email protected] as that is a well-managed instance for the topics relating to science. The instance version number is 0.19.9.
I agree with you, that seems like the most suitable instance for this topic, in my opinion.
Would you be willing/interested to take on a moderator role for that community? It would be useful to have at least one moderator with a local account.
I am interested in being moderator for that community.
Thank you! Feel free to promote the community to [email protected] to make people aware there are new mods
Awesome, thank you! I have added you as a moderator.
That's great to hear!
@[email protected], please add Bee to the moderator list of [email protected] at your earliest convenience.
Great, added. Thank you!
Thanks!
I'd be happy to moderate on mander.xyz if we consolidate over there.
Awesome. @[email protected], would you be able to add Bitswap and Otter to the moderator list of [email protected]?
@[email protected] and @[email protected], it might help Bee if you each make a post or leave a comment on [email protected].
Thanks! Made a comment here
Here's a local link to Otter's comment: https://mander.xyz/post/28079448/18405909
Are you able to appoint them as a moderator?
Yes, I appointed him as a moderator now.
Thanks, that's great!
How to add mods to the community? 😅
Open the drop-down menu on someone's post or comment. One of the options should be "Appoint as moderator".
Example
@[email protected] can you comment on any of the community posts so I can appoint you as a moderator?
[email protected] moderator @[email protected] is inactive.
Paging admin @[email protected] for their thoughts.
Spacetime does not contract, it expands
[email protected] moderator @[email protected] (@[email protected]?) is inactive.
Paging admin @[email protected] and recent poster @[email protected] for their thoughts.
Consolidating sounds good to me. :)
Glad to hear that you're on board!
[email protected] seems to be the general consensus in this thread.
[email protected] is unmoderated.
Paging admins @[email protected] and @[email protected] for their thoughts.
If youd like to take over the community link me to a comment you've posted there and I'll promote you