Fedigrow @lemm.ee threelonmusketeers @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

Consolidating space communities?

We currently have quite a few:

!space@lemmy.world (most active, has had federation delays in the past)
!space@mander.xyz (active poster, topic-appropriate instance)
!space@lemmy.ml (active poster, inactive moderator)
!space@lemm.ee (low activity, unmoderated)
!space@sopuli.xyz (no active posters or moderators)

Dead instances

Do each of these communities serve a distinct purpose? If not, should we consolidate some of them?

I think the ManderXYZ instance is a nice match for the topic, but I am interested to hear what others think.

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I also think that mander.xyz would be a good fit. The instance administration is chill and sensible, and the instance's scope is STEM fields.
As long as we don't consolidate to .world I'm OK with it.
- Agreed, we have to contain .world’s influence down to under 20% of the user share if we want the threadverse to be healthy.
  
  They currently hold 32% of Lemmy’s monthly activity.
!space@lemmy.world moderators @otter@lemmy.ca and @Bitswap@lemmy.world are active.

Thoughts on consolidation, perhaps to !space@mander.xyz?
- I would be good with that. The space communities could benefit from consolidation, they're active but spread out too much
  
  I don't have a preference on which one to keep, both LW and mander.xyz seem like good choices
  
  Agreed. Consolidation would benefit the community and likely help it grow further. I don't know much about mander.xyz, but I'm not attached to LW.
  
  I'd be happy to continue moderating if we migrate elsewhere.
  
  Edit: I just noticed how small mander.xyz community is, 90/month vs 4k/month.
  
  Now that you are moderator in both, would you be able to do the following?
  
  Lock !space@lemmy.world by checking "Only moderators can post to this community"
  
  Create one final post on !space@lemmy.world announcing the consolidation to !space@mander.xyz
  
  Rename the community to "[Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz"
!space@mander.xyz moderator @ZafiraHUN@mander.xyz is inactive.

Paging admin @Sal@mander.xyz and recent posters @Bee@mander.xyz and @Sunshine@lemmy.ca for their thoughts.

Would you be open to adding active moderators to the community?
- I personally vote for !space@mander.xyz as that is a well-managed instance for the topics relating to science. The instance version number is 0.19.9.
!space@sopuli.xyz moderator @ooli@sopuli.xyz is inactive.

Paging admin @QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz for their thoughts.
- Hi! Make a post there and I'll make you a moderator.
  
  Thanks! Done.
!space@lemmy.ml moderator @Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml (@Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca?) is inactive.

Paging admin @dessalines@lemmy.ml and recent poster @yogthos@lemmy.ml for their thoughts.
!space@lemm.ee is unmoderated.

Paging admins @sunaurus@lemm.ee and @EllaSpiggins@lemm.ee for their thoughts.
- If youd like to take over the community link me to a comment you've posted there and I'll promote you
  
  link me to a comment
  
  Thanks! Is a post okay? https://lemm.ee/post/61571522
Spacetime does not contract, it expands

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