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Do you think Lemmy is hurt by having too many dead/low-PPM communities? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by PP_BOY_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Title is a bit of a loaded question but I tried to fit it into one sentence.

Do you think Lemmy's search and use functions are hurt by all the communities that were made and abandoned during the 2023 Redditfugee influx? As in, do you think that Lemmy would be better off if some of these communities were consolidated into larger general pages until it gets a big enough user base to warrant individual communities for specific TV shows, for example.

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[-] justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

One can request abandoned communities at !support@lemmy.world. The mods can either transfer ownership to someone else directly (which keeps all the content intact) or nuke the community so the interested user can start from scratch.

Not many people seem to be aware about this tho, or maybe don't want to ask openly, or feel bad taking over what someone else had started.

So, as for your actual question, I think culling completely inactive, empty communities after a while would be the best option, so the names are freed up again for people who are actually interested in moderating. If the community already has content but no (active) mods, then "adopting" it is the better option, but there should be an additional way to communicate all of that clearer to the userbase. Maybe something like the current "community spotlight" but advertising abandoned communities that are up for adoption ...?

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I wasn't aware, thanks!

[-] krow@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

yea, for c/tf2 the original mod for it was completely inactive, so I posted in the lemmy wirld support and they added a new mod who then made a post looking for new mods, all worked out in the end :)

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