Why can't lemmy mods or admins clean up dead communities like askhistorians and others? I know they have a hard job and everything but we need an active user base to make lemmy to thrive.? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago

That's not solving op's problem.

[-] Nothing4You@programming.dev 22 points 1 month ago

cleaning up communities doesn't make lemmy more active either. it may help to make active communities stand out more against inactive ones though.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 16 points 1 month ago

Nearly all of the search options sort your front page by activity, so removing old communities won't make active ones stand out any more. If you're searching for new communities and fail to notice the last message was 3 years before you posted your 900-page essay, that's on you. Even if you make the background of stagnant communities bright red, there's still going to be someone who complains that they somehow "didn't get any warning".

Retaining old content has value, you wouldn't believe how many answers I've found on 10+ year old reddit posts that have long since been archived. Information is valuable, it should never be removed unless someone is being harmed by it.

[-] Nothing4You@programming.dev 13 points 1 month ago

Retaining old content has value

this 100%. this is exactly why i wouldn't recommend any communities to be removed if there is still content in there, worst case just lock it.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Why even lock it?

I’m not seeing a problem at all with communities that aren’t very active but where people can still post and comment.

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