I would want to see a bigger mod team. 1-2 person mod teams rarely go well, and there's too much influence from each person. The best mod teams tend to consist of 5-6 people.

In general, I would also prefer a discussion forum. Pictures and news articles have their place occasionally, especially if they're conducive to discussion, but in general discussion based posts are (in my personal opinion) preferable for this type of community, and the previous sub was very much oriented around that.

As the community grows, megathreads might be of value - a big issue with the previous sub was that a lot of longtime users would just leave because new users would just keep posting the same questions over and over again, so there wasn't a lot of retention, which is too bad - it's nice to have a mix of new and more seasoned users.

Well.... if every angry ex-redditor bought a share they could take the platform down. :)

To the extent that you can do it without spamming, promoting communities themselves wouldn't be a bad idea, especially if you can offer a unique twist on an existing community or no analogue exists. You can reply to users who are looking for an off-reddit community. That way you attract genuine interest.

I think x-posting content is a good idea, but creating unique content, genuine content is better. Why would they come here if they can also see it on reddit? If there's content here that people are interested in that they can't find on reddit, they'll come here organically.

I used to like Jenny Mustard, but unfortunately at this point she's a minimalist in name only. I get that her fashion content caught on and she's pursuing that, which is understandable, but her older content was a lot more interesting to me personally.

I really liked that she was willing to explore ideas, for example she did a great video on why she doesn't want kids. She just kind of did her own thing without worrying too much about doing what she was "supposed" to do, which I appreciated.

Also liked Messy Minimalist, even though it was more decluttering than minimalism. She was unique in that she wasn't the 10000th minimalist youtuber with a completely white and barren London apartment and an unrealistically staged life. She just kinda went on decluttering missions around her house with a bit of a minimalist touch. Kind of addictive to watch and definitely more down to earth than some.

That doesn't mean a whole lot. If one school in the country offers an elective, is the country highlighted? Certainly we didn't have widespread classes in ancient anything.

Not a lot. Unlike other communities, the knowledge and culture very much lives in the minds of the individuals that make up the community, so you don't lose as much when something like this happens.

Interesting, I'll try that out.

I guess I just don't see how that would change here though? Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point?

I wish more people had something like that. Unfortunately "goodwill" at this point is just a fancy synonym for "feel-good junkyard".

You're not "giving to a cause" though. I worked at donation centres for quite a while, and there's a good chance that your stuff got tossed, and if not then it was picked up by a flipper. If you want it to be put into the hands of someone who needs it, you need to do it yourself.