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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/323205

I keep seeing communities on lemmy writing in their bio "not official" or in some way deferring to the reddit community. I also see them writing that they're willing to give up their community to the reddit mods if they ask. It's like the whole place has imposter syndrome.

We're the adults, guys.

We're here. This is our community now. We broke up with that site, and we are making a new one. Run your community the way you think it should be run. Their communities are not any more official than ours. This is our place, not theirs.

We're the adults. We're the mods. We're the community.

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[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Please don't give up your place for Reddit mods. A lot of them are abusive shitheads and by no means more qualified to do this than anyone else.

[-] JshKlsn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I made the Android community because the power tripping Reddit mods banned me lol.

[-] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, we don't want to become reddit mods. They have been power tripping for too many years and live sad lives, and the stereotype was just proven true when spes threatened to strip them from their power. We can be so much better than fucking reddit mods.

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[-] findorkotor93@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Just as good as a Reddit mod is a pretty low bar :)

[-] zakiuem@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

hear hear.

i posted this yesterday, but i'll post it here again, just as a reminder:

[-] webghost0101@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

You can post pictures in comments?? I was so confused thinking i scrolled to another posts for a sec.

[-] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

yes! Lemmy supports inline pics in comments!

[-] slin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They are not visible in Mlem.

[-] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Mlem is an early beta and is not feature complete. You should learn to be patient.

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Best feature I love here and also can control the text as well. Always wanted to add pics in comments without having to link to imgur now we can.

[-] OtakuAltair@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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[-] Aeoneir@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Check out !catsstandingup@lemmy.world

Only rule is "cat."

[-] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Hi from Feddit! I‘ve been a passionate bass player for nearly 2 decades now and started a Bass related community over at !bassment@feddit.de, feel welcome to join me and have a chat about your favorite artist, gear, pedals, playing gigs and whatever else comes to mind!

[-] peterbata@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Silly question perhaps? If I "Create a Community" do I automatically become it's mod. New at this, sorry.

[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Briguy24@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So much power!

[-] peterbata@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[-] s_v@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Heck yeah! I just signed up to lemmy and there's alot for me to learn about this platform but it sure beats seeing a bunch of John Oliver pics and NSFW stuff on reddit lately

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Omg, I am so sick of seeing John Oliver and Disney properties on the front page. It feels like a breath of fresh air being here.

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[-] infamousbelgian@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

For racing enthousiast I created c/wec. Feel free to join!

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Speaking as a (for now) mod on reddit, I don't owe anyone the right to mod another community; I'm happy to offer advice from my previous experience, but if others want to be a mod they can go ahead.

The bit about letting the previous reddit mods take over is really weird to me. None of us own our respective community in any way. Also why I (and the rest of the mod team) aren't forcing any kind of migration, it should be voluntary.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I created !league@lemmy.ml for League of Legends players. Not many migrated due to the subreddit not participating in the blackout but we're still growing. Come join if you're an active player or just interested :)

[-] ZenkorSoraz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except in my community no one joined the lemming and then when I polled them on participation in the strike they voted to reopen https://lemmy.ml/post/1328516 https://www.reddit.com/r/Threads1984/comments/14cw78l/rthreads_is_both_reopened_and_committed_to_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Threads1984/comments/14b7txn/prefered_reddit_alternatives/

Trying to gradually Normalize Lemmy and convince them of the need to prepare For spezpocalypse and prepare Spez shelters that will ensure the survival of R/Threads1984 and which they can flee to when IPO begins to hit With Lemmy it is more then likely I will have to build the living community from scratch with the Lemming or Squabbles giving refuge to those seeking Spez shelters

[-] truckkun@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In a sense you're right. But it doesn't necessarily mean it's the "same". If you have r/videos and c/videos, it's be ridiculous to think that the one on reddit is official and then one on Lemmy is a temporary copy waiting for immigrants. Sure, if you have no activity and people refuse to use it and it's a very specific niche thing, maybe you could argue that. But I'd say that most of the time, the communities here on Lemmy and on kbin are just as valid, just as true, and are their own entities independently of whether the users from the "originals" migrate en masse to them.

For example. I mod a music genre community. I just post music I like. If anyone joins that's great. I don't care.

[-] ZenkorSoraz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My above examples show that Niche communities if they are created in Lemmy will likely be completely different in composition from Reddit it took months for R/Threads to gain 200+users for example would have been longer if the invite option wasn’t there more like 50-120. This is the reality when niche communities are created on Lemmy they are going to be totally different from the niche subreddits.(spent months treating it like a Threads archive before the subreddit gained popularity as a Threads discussion forum at 50 members and consistently growing even b4 I sent the invites)

[-] Ni@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Love this sentiment! I think we are in a bit of a teething period where people aren't quite sure but hopefully everyone embraces and contributes!

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Based and modpilled.

[-] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I had my issues with both r/japaneselanguage and r/learnjapanese on reddit, so I decided to create a more language-focused community for Japanese learners at !japaneselanguage@sopuli.xyz, and I think the community is looking great so far. Hopefully the new lemmy communities will be a good opportunity to address what we think hasn't been working as well in the past.

[-] DrQuint@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I like this attitude. Nothing can make a ressit community the official unless if it's a branded product's reddit, and at that point, why the FUCK do you want your community in the control of the brand?

You can't removed about Riot on the LeagueofLegends sub like you can removed about Blizzard on Overwatch and whatnot. That is not a good location for the communty.

[-] lemuria@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been thinking about handing over control of my sublemmies to the reddit mods but I've changed my mind now that I've read this post. NO!

WE THE PEOPLE OF LEMMY AND THE FEDIVERSE REFUSE TO HAND OVER OUR SUBLEMMIES TO THE CORRUPT REDDIT MODS!

AND WE DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE REDDIT MODS! (refugees welcome)

[-] ashkul@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I started a community for PhotoshopRequest. I hope the place will thrive. All are welcome aboard

[-] Percy@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

I created lotrmemes@midwest.social because it's one of the communities I knew I'd miss the most. Now the user base is growing

Sure, except i don't have time to be a proper mod (and that includes due diligence in vetting new mods) so it's easiest to just let the old reddit mods have it. I haven't started any communities but i definitely understand why people would want the reddit mods to retake control of a given community, and if i do start one i'd put that in the description as well

[-] eatmoregreenfood@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Hi from kbin. I run what we call a magazine or zine if you're from the early 90s. Mine is found at http://kbin.social/m/tvsuggestions. It's obviously for people to recommend or ask for suggestions about television or streaming episodic media. E.g. You can say "I'm looking for urban fantasy from before 9/11". And someone might say Buffy. Anyway. Join it and let's all love one the most pervasive and greatest mediums of art: television.

[-] Cralex@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

This is the dawn of a new era. The dark times preceding it will fade into legend and myth. Future generations will look back and see these communities as where it all began. Always remember that you mods, new and old alike, didn’t bring down the sword on the old age. You picked it up when the call to action rang out.

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

i offered to let r/SilentHill mods mod on @SilentHill because 1. I swiped the name up and 2. I want to encourage more migration in the name of the protests

[-] nosut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think a part of the "giving up to reddit mods" is the hopes that it will incentivise the reddit mods to push their subreddit to the community instead of trying to keep people on reddit just to maintain power.

Personally I have made several communities that I enjoyed in reddit. While I dont mind modding it's kind of a pain in the ass as well though.

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[-] JCSpark@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this. The imposter syndrome is real, especially starting what were some larger subreddits (gifs, coolguides, Shiba, and helping with Today I Learned). It's been fun and I'm super happy to see the interactions and genuine conversation. We're certainly our own community, and I'm so happy the fediverse is growing into something I can easily burn time on here and there.

[-] bankimu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] chickengod@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Some just refuse to give up their imaginary power. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] d00phy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Anyone know how long federation generally takes? I have a community on lemmy.world that's 5-days old, and kbin.social & lemmy.ml don't see it.

[-] berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Everyone opening a commujity is as “official” and legitimate as anyo ither community on any other platform. The userbase decide how succesfull it will be but besides that, unless you own the IP hour bulding a community around (like if your the game developer or something) I feel like “official “ is a weird way to describe a Community

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