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[Weekly thread] How are you doing with your communities? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I feel you regarding making LW too big (when I first joined Lemmy, I didn't really get the relationship between different instances), but I've put in a lot of effort in [email protected] to switch.

Happy to crosspost to any more specialized communities in other instances (there tends to be a lot of news about tech hardware about different topics every day).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ve put in a lot of effort in [email protected] to switch.

This is a textbook example of the sunk-cost fallacy.

Don't worry about "wasted effort". That's in the past. It would be better to look forward and see the potential growth that can be had if we work together.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Happy to help with new initiatives.

I can post/crosspost monitor related to content to a new monitors community not on LW. LW has one, but it's dead ([email protected]).

I only post some of the relevant content to [email protected], so it won't only be crossposts.

If someone wants to take the lead with on a new non-LW community, I can mod and occasionally post content (there is usually something new every few days).

Hit me up if anything.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If hardware is your thing, there is a whole instance for you at https://hardware.watch/communities. :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I may consider opening a monitor-focused community at some point in the future.

Cheers!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Hello,

A bit late the the discussion, but I've been in your situation with [email protected]. I had put a lot of effort into growing it, but at the same time I really wanted to move it away from LW.

At some point I thought that it was enough. We created a thread to discuss with the community, explained them the reasons (the post is still pinned there if you want to have a look). We announced a day when the LW community would be locked, and activity would happen in the new community.

Transition has been smooth, people appreciated that we asked for their feedback, and that the process was clear and defined.

Maybe lemmy.zip could be an instance where you could move your community? They are very transparent on their administration, and always quick with updates.