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Moderation Changes and the Way Forward (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello everyone!

As some of you probably seen, both @[email protected] and I decided to step up as moderators since @[email protected] (the original owner) hasn't been active for 7 months now. While this isn't a problem from a spam or content perspective at the moment, it's definitely something that can affect the place if the activity ball gets rolling or we end up on the radar of a troll, bot, or spammer.

We already started thinking about some changes to step away from the "in case Reddit falls" feel of the early days and turn it into its own thing but we could really use your help.

We're trying to figure out the best way to make this community more active and welcoming for potential newcomers. Since this place is by all of us, for all of us, we'd love to get some feedback on what you'd like to see done with it.

Do you have an idea for a rule? A type of content you'd like to see more of? Maybe you know of some useful links, tips and resources that should be easily accessible here?

Feel free to post anything that comes to mind as each piece of feedback will help shape the direction of our efforts and, truth be told, make our jobs way easier.

Thank you for your time and happy reading!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I honestly cannot guarantee much engagement here because I'm way more heavily focused on visual novels that fall in the [email protected] genre, but I do try to actively comment on anything I can offer anything on. Best wishes and thanks for taking this on!

I think keeping an eye on the Fedigrow community might be helpful. I was advised to do more image posts which do tend to get more engagement overall, and that writing the first comment on a post helps make people feel more comfortable commenting themselves. Not sure how useful that advice is but it is what I have been told.

Also, dumb memes that can sometimes apply to other genres too tend to get me more upvotes, and also sometimes-off-topic-this-is-an-otome-community-not-any-game-ever engagement from people scrolling on Local or All

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Any amount of activity is a blessing considering our size. I don't expect a sudden explosion of posts and comments but rather a slow and steady process of building this place up - finding out what we can do to make it more welcoming is an important first step towards that. Besides, it's not like I'm a daily poster myself.

Thanks for the the tip about Fedigrow, I'll definitely check it out.