It seems like a great idea to me! Having parallel communities isn't a serious problem, but it is inconvenient in numerous ways.
I have had success merging my communities. I ran PS5 and then was given ownership of PlayStation. I posted locked vote posts in each community with two comments. One for yes, one for no. Only upvotes on the comments were counted as some instances disable downvotes. Each community overwhelming voted to merge under c/PlayStation. Since then it has been smooth sailing.
I left the previous community open (with a pinned post explaining the merge) for people to use if they want to, but so far everyone migrated no problem.
Currently I am only subbed here since I don't want double posts, but I am for the merge and will easily just sub to the new community.
I am actually the one that gave you PS5 haha, but thanks for the input
Oh haha! Didn't notice the username. Thanks again!
What do you mean by a merge?
If you're considering locking this community down and turning it into a permanent redirect to c/world, please don't. You would essentially be parking this community name for no good purpose.
That's fair, but do you really feel there needs to be two co-existing communities for the same thing with less than 5k people in this one?
I think they serve two different purposes. "World news" is literally event by event news, "world" can be more discussion-oriented (edit: well, except that they... only allow news articles, geez).
I just posted an op-ed in /c/worldnews a minute ago thinking "huh this would fit better if there were a /c/world, this isn't exactly news so much as analysis" (then just now seeing this post). If we learned one thing from reddit it's not to centralize control over communities.
Gotcha, yeah, many people seem on board with a merge, but given that some people aren't and it's not particularly close to unanimous I don't think we will be doing it. Thanks for the feedback!
You or me perhaps not, but someone else might. Since you appear to want to join the team of c/world, I see no reason to not leave this community open for someone else to take over.
Multiple communities can exist, especially for a subject like world news.
I mean, I'm not leaning more one way than the other, it just seemed like a reasonable proposal to put it all under one roof. I consulted the community for a reason, it isn't just my opinion that matters regardless. Thank you for the input.
I have nothing relevant to add, just to say I like the idea.
And thanks for the moderation!
I like it.
I'm okay with a merger.
OKay
I'm fine with this
I’ve been banned twice in c/world because one of the mods doesn’t like my political views, so I vote no. They want an echo chamber, and that’s not how political news works.
Edit: YoBucksStopsHere and JordanLund are great people. It’s not them.
May I ask when you were banned? Because YoBuckStopsHere only recently became the owner of the community, it may have been the prior mods/owners that did it.
They want an echo chamber, and that’s not how political news works.
I whole heartedly agree.
It was 2 days ago. They weren’t the mod when it happened. To be fair, it was technically bannable. But removing the post would have been sufficient.
I usually don't ban anyone unless they give us no choice. While I don't agree with everyone's perspective, I respect it. Everyone is invited to their opinion as long as it doesn't violate the TOS or community rules.
TB, I think that ban has passed BTW. Should be the standard 3 day deal.
It’s fine. It helped me to adjust my posting. I think it was just the knee jerk ban that miffed me, with no warning. But I also understand modding isn’t easy, and it’s easier to just stop things before they start.
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