Hello everyone,

There has been some discussions lately about the moderation of some LW communities (see !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com for details)

Which made me think that we currently don’t have any active LW mod, the only remaining one being @UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev

So why would we not consider moving this community to another instance?

For people curious why moving the community to another instance would be beneficial:

  • LW has a 7-days delay with instances like aussie.zone (https://feddit.uk/post/18336398)
  • Having most of the instances on LW give a lot of power to the LW admins and mods, while spreading them out could be more ideal from a power distribution perspective
  • Previous communities have already migrated successfully, like !casualconversation@lemmy.world

Instances option

Alternatively, https://lemmy.zip/ is very well run

They regularly post very detailed updates on !home@lemmy.zip such as this one: https://lemmy.zip/post/27236300

They also offer very detailed information on those pages:

  • Ready! Player 31@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    2·
    12 days ago

    hello, mod here! I’m not that active on Lemmy these days so if you want to take over this community and migrate it elsewhere then that would be fine. I keep an eye out for reports etc but I don’t really post here anymore.

    Given there are already 5k subs here, I would say it makes more sense to add active moderators rather than try and move the community.

    I also recall we advertised for more mods recently and didn’t get much response, so really what we need is a very active mod willing to build up this community. If moving to another instance is the best way to do that, great.

    • Blaze (he/him)OPEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      Hello,

      Thank you for chiming in!

      I also recall we advertised for more mods recently and didn’t get much response, so really what we need is a very active mod willing to build up this community.

      Indeed, I didn’t volunteer as I already mod quite a few. Also, active members can help building the community without having to be mods.

      If moving to another instance is the best way to do that, great.

      Cheers!