I mod the !iiiiiiitttttttttttt@lemmy.world community, I’ve managed to grow the number of subscribers from 360 to 800.

I’m thinking of moving it to programming.dev. Is this a good idea? I made a post asking this and I’m looking for feedback there.

  • drspod@lemmy.mlEnglish
    31·
    16 hours ago

    And almost invariably they act like I am asking them to give me their firstborn.

    You can’t infer that they are being possessive, when an equally possible explanation for that reaction is that they are offended on behalf of their community members, who would not want a unilateral consolidation of their community into another community that they feel no connection to.

    Just because you mod a community doesn’t mean you get to make the decision about where people gather for that community. When instances have different moderation rules and different vibes, you must have a consenting userbase in order to make decisions like that.

    • rglullisAEnglish
      31·
      15 hours ago

      that they are offended on behalf of their community members

      I’m talking about cases where there aren’t any community members to speak of.