lwadminJul 17, 2023

Android Community Closure Update

https://lemmy.world/post/1661949

Android Community Closure Update - Lemmy.world

We have received numerous reports from users about the closure of the c/android community. While we fully support the original community owners’ decision to move to another instance, it will eventually be necessary to open up the community on Lemmy.world. The beauty of the fediverse is that multiple communities on the same subject can exist in different instances. However, if you can no longer moderate a community on Lemmy for any reason, it is important to pass it on to individuals who are willing and able to do so. To ensure the best interests of our instance members, it is necessary to establish boundaries. Holding onto a community name cannot be a permanent arrangement. It’s important to consider our users’ ongoing interest in the community if they wish it to continue. While we acknowledge the objective of consolidating communities, current community members ultimately decide whether they wish to join the new community at lemdro.id [http://lemdro.id]. To ensure a smooth transition, we will keep the community locked for another week, providing ample time to inform the active user base about the move to the new instance at https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected] [/c/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]].

Show threadSomeoneElseJul 18, 2023
Can someone do a ELI5/outoftheloop type summary for me? Why did the mods leave? Where did they go?
Show threadJz5678910Jul 18, 2023

The mods from r/Android started their own Lemmy instance called lemdro.id. Among the communities they opened was c/Android. There was already an Android community on Lemmy.world the was active with 15k+ subscribers.

The mods decided to merge with the communities and move over to lemdro.id in the hope to fight fragmentation. They locked the Lemmy.world instance to keep as an archive. And now we’re here.

I’ll add the post they made in bit.

Show threadBaroqueInMindJul 18, 2023
You forgot to mention that they literally asked no one here if that's what we wanted and arbitrarily closed the community like a Reddit mod would typically do and the whole fucking reason we all came here to avoid in the first place.
Show threadAlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦Jul 18, 2023
Thank you, the mods in question explicitly doubled down on the fact that the lemmy.world members deserve no say in the matter and that Reddit’s holy “moderator discretion” needs to be respected on lemmy.world too. Everyone needs to understand that it wasn’t a community that “moved”, it was a single moderator who decided to move. You just cannot call it a “merger” in that case no matter what obscene power moves Reddit allowed in the past.
Show threadTheSpookiestUserJul 18, 2023
Didn’t the android mod team here have multiple mods? If only one decided to move then why didn’t the others keep the community open?
Show threadijeffJul 19, 2023
Both of the moderators supported the move to consolidate and their announcement thread was widely upvoted.
Show threadAlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦Jul 19, 2023
I wouldn’t call around 400 upvotes “widely upvoted” when other threads easily got thousands. You’re grasping at straws. Your move was forced by one single mod who himself admitted it, end of the story.
Show threadTheSpookiestUserJul 19, 2023

You know what else is characteristic of Reddit?

Immediately launching into assuming any moderator is horrible and organizing some kind of conspiracy, not ever acknowledging that people could be acting for a reason other than malice.

Show threadAlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦Jul 19, 2023
Malice or not, the fact that Reddit mod supporters keep dodging that the closure was literally forced by one single mod is a fact.
Show threadijeff

It’s 453 upvotes and 86 downvotes. I wouldn’t personally consider 84% support pathetic.

You may also notice that both mods supported the move (as both Mike and Devgard joined [email protected]).

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Jul 19, 2023 at 11:34pmWeb