We currently have quite a few:

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.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    15 days ago

    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

    • Bitswap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      15 days ago

      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.

          • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            8 days ago

            I’ve prepped one here. @[email protected], how does this look? I simplified the rules somewhat by combining related rules. Also I don’t think the astronomy picture of the day was working so I removed it and kept the link

            A community to discuss space & astronomy through a STEM lens

            Rules

            1. Be respectful and inclusive. This means no harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
            2. Engage in constructive discussions by discussing in good faith.
            3. Foster a continuous learning environment.
            Also keep in mind, mander.xyz's rules on politics

            Please keep politics to a minimum. When science is the focus, intersection with politics may be tolerated as long as the discussion is constructive and science remains the focus. As a general rule, political content posted directly to the instance’s local communities is discouraged and may be removed. You can of course engage in political discussions in non-local communities.

            Related Communities

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            • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              Sidebar and rules look good! Daily active users are trending upwards.

              You might want to consider posting on [email protected] (as an “under new management” post) and on [email protected]. I’d recommend spacing out the posts by a few days to reach more people.

              Also, any idea what happened to Bee? Sal added Bee as a mod, Bee added you and Bitswap as mods, but now Bee’s account and comments have vanished.

            • Bitswap@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              8 days ago

              Yeah. Looks good. Thanks Otter!

              One thing to think about is that recently we had a few requests to create a rule about quality sources. I was always torn about it. The post with links to bad sources/bad science brought out some of the highest engagement from the whole community and spurred some great educational dialogs.

              I don’t like the idea of keeping a disallowed list of sources. Nor do I like the idea of debating source quality.

              • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
                2·
                8 days ago

                I agree, at our current moderation capacity it would lead to inconsistent moderation and arguments about where the ‘quality threshold’ is

                Encouraging people to post better quality sources through comments might be better than fully restricting the posts?