Consolidating crow, raven, and corvid communities? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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There are two fairly active communities with almost identical topics:

The community on ml is named "crows" but its scope includes "crows, ravens, and other corvids".

Taking into account the community names, overlapping topics, instance size, and other issues with ml, might we consider consolidating towards sopuli.xyz?

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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Paging !crows@lemmy.ml moderator @Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml. I think I messaged you a few days ago, but I'm not sure if it federated.

Would you be open to consolidating this community with !corvids@sopuli.xyz?

Also paging recent contributors @I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world, @Morph9@lemmy.zip, @NightCreature@lemmy.world, and @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone for their thoughts.

[-] Catoblepas 6 points 4 months ago

I am neutral and will post wherever is most active

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Thanks for your input!

I would just like to note that using the algorithm of "posting wherever is most active" will usually result in consolidating to the largest instance, which is not ideal for the health of the fediverse as a whole.

[-] Catoblepas 3 points 4 months ago

While true, nobody really wants to post to a dead community either, you know? Sort of a self-perpetuating problem.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

True, though sometimes all it takes to grow a community is one or two users posting consistently. And in this case, both communities have a similar level of activity.