Community creation questions
The option to create a community is right up on top of my screen. That implies to me that it's a thing any of us can just do. I'm new here, though, and I don't wanna make a faux pas or whatever. I have questions.
- Is there accepted etiquette around who creates a community or when?
- How general-interest should communities on midwest.social remain?
- Might creating more communities right now exacerbate the high CPU usage problems in any way?
It's probably actually impressive how little I know about subreddit moderation, to say nothing of Lemmy community moderation. I just don't want to incessantly ask things of a small number of people during an anomalous influx of instance traffic that's probably already demanding enough.
Which... I guess is what this post is. Woof. Sorry. Just wanna be a good citizen!
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I just created a community I could not find amongst some of the top instances (synthesizers). I am ok with moderating which is important because if you create a community you are a mod for that community. @[email protected] might have more thoughts on this topic.
I'm pretty sure I'd be bad at it, but I decided today that I'm willing to try stuff. If people really do come here in significant numbers, the way to demonstrate that this is a viable community worth staying in is to have options for folks.
However, I know how new and enthusiastic people can fuck shit up despite good intentions. I don't believe that I'd do that, but I'm sure nobody thinks that about themselves. Idk what the ramifications would be of a dozen of us frenetically recreating reddit spaces here and then ghosting. Again, I don't think I'll do that! But still...
Feel free to make pretty much whatever community you want to. Shouldn't increase cpu. Just be aware that you'll be the mod of any community you make.
Well then I hope you people like making fun of and embracing the insanity of stupid houses. Any reason not to simply cop the name of the subreddit I'd be ripping off?
Mcmansionhell?
I'm a fan, but that one's kinda bust. All the fun shit is happening at zillowgonewild. It's the name that gives me pause.
I'll sub immediately!
What happens when a community gets abandoned? I.e. someone creates a community, appoints no other mods, and then abandons Lemmy/that account. I assume a server admin can take the reigns and appoint a new mod(s)?
Yep, admins can transfer communities.