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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    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.

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      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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        Exactly, reddit mods are the epitome of the Samuel L. Jackson’s character from Django.

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    1 year ago

    hear hear.

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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!

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    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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      This is my thought as well, it’s not so much as deferring as it is offering them an incentive to migrate. Having a “seal of approval” from the corresponding subreddit also helps in attracting more activity from those who are part of the migration and on the fence about contributing.

      I’ve never started a community here, nor do I intend to, but if I were in that situation, I’d at least reach out to my counterpart subreddit.

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      I’d add in the sidebar an invitation to the reddit mods, and just people in general, to mod them too; I bet alot of them might want to just to maintain power like you said.

      And thank you for your service 🙏🙏

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

  • Manu@feddit.de
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    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 [email protected], feel welcome to join me and have a chat about your favorite artist, gear, pedals, playing gigs and whatever else comes to mind!