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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 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

hear hear.

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

[–] webghost0101@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yes! Lemmy supports inline pics in comments!

[–] slin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are not visible in Mlem.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Enjoy this view while you wait.

[–] this@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know that lemmy or the app. The pic is right side up before I uploaded. That needs to be fixed.

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

lol, your pic is sideways.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 4 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 1 points 1 year ago

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[–] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Is this actually happening? Reddit bots posting negative impact content to torpedo Lemmy?

I know the other day I saw John Oliver and Disney on the front page. I hope those users gets banned.

[–] Rosyuo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of all memes, I was not expecting a DS9 one, bravo

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Corporations are killing their own platforms and the nerds are building their own decentralized social media network. The internet is healing.

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[–] oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] New_account@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm kind of in the same spot. I created a community for Playstation Plus on Lemmy.World (no idea how to link it though). It's mostly just a reminder to claim the free monthly games they give out, a place to discuss the free games, a place to speculate on upcoming free games, etc.. By default, I'm a moderator over there now, but I have no interest in dedicating a ton of time to it. For now, post volume is basically zero, so there's nothing to do from a mod POV, but I have no idea what I would do if the place grows and starts getting spammed with unrelated content.

[–] zakiuem@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] johnny_mcnuggets@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

God I hope so. That poll was a joke.

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[–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 8 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!

[–] findorkotor93@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.ml 6 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.

[–] Aeoneir@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Check out !catsstandingup@lemmy.world

Only rule is "cat."

[–] peterbata@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Briguy24@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So much power!

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

Thank you. Much appreciated.

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[–] ZenkorSoraz@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] s_v@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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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[–] 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 :)

[–] eatmoregreenfood@kbin.social 4 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.

[–] 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.

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

Based and modpilled.

[–] JCSpark@lemmy.ca 3 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.

[–] 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.

[–] lemuria@lemmy.ml 3 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)

[–] infamousbelgian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] ashkul@lemmy.ml 3 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

[–] nosut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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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[–] totorohno@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if they’re creating “temporary” communities to do their part in supporting the fediverse, but perhaps they are unable to volunteer to the degree that is required to mod a community longterm. I’d be curious to hear from someone who’s offering up their community to reddit mods who moderate the reddit equivalent.

[–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I think that's probably what's going on.

I thought of replicating some communities to start them, but I wouldn't be able to keep them going. So, knowing that, I decided not to do that after all.

[–] Cralex@lemmy.one 1 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.

[–] bankimu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
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