Movies and TV Shows

So if I'm seeing this right, just on lemm.ee there's moviesandtv (this one), showsandmovies (more popular than this one, but seems poorly named and really is just focused on TV), movies (the largest one you mentioned), and now television (the newest). Seems fairly redundant to have 4 comms for 2 topics on 1 instance.

I would say just redirect this one to the more active showsandmovies. Obviously there's demand to have a combined community of both movies and TV and that would actually fix its naming issue, plus having a combined community there would help justify the existence of the new television specific comm.

Definitely a tough one. I think you could keep it open but still mention the more active communities (if it doesn’t costs you to much money and time).

If the community keeps being silent, close it and redirect to the more active ones.

Curious on other peoples opinions.

Hmmm … tricky.

I’d clear it or redirect, unless there’s a decent protest against the idea. In which case, working out what people especially like here and then focusing on that if viable, would be possible.

Generally though, no need to keep up to many dups.

Otherwise, knowing the history here … I think you’re to be commended on your persistence and commitment to this space!

I’m in favor of fewer duplicative communities that cover the same general topics. I think close and redirect

My opinion, worth 1 cent. Find a niche. Get a view of what the other instances are like. Find a niche.

Trailers? Behind the scenes? Entertainment news? Obscure posters and merch?

We can pick one, stick to it. They'll go somewhere for general discussion, come here for specific engagement.

We should avoid multiple communities around the same topic in a single instance, but this is more popular than showsandmovies (and has a better name). My suggestion: work with the showsandmovies mod team to merge the communities, but merge that one into this one and make them mods here.

Please keep it open. Different instances having similar communities is a good thing. Otherwise we get back to Reddit, which we don't want. (At least, I thought that's not what we want)

Not everyone may have access to all instances, they may fit better with one community over another, different communities have different vibes. This is all good. Mass consolidation means less choice. That is not good.

Leave it open, and accept that people may not find the more active communities, and post here from time to time.

It isn't a competition, so if a community happens to be less popular than one on another instance then so be it. Some people will block one of the instances and not others, so they will see some of the content if it is spread around. Plus each community has the opportunity to develop their own culture if they want, even if it involves a small number of users.

Or if it dies completely and there is no desire to moderate it in case of spammers, just close it down and put up some redirects to active communities. Definitely leave up any existing posts though for future reference.