Consolidating Tesla communities? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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Searching lemmyverse.net yields the following:

!tesla@lemmy.world (most subscribers)
!teslamotors@lemmy.zip (most active users)
!teslamotors@lemmy.ml (last post 4 months old)
!tesla@lemmy.ml (empty)
!teslamotors@lemmy.world (empty)
!realtesla@lemmy.world (active)
!teslamotors@lemmy.sdf.org (only 2 posts)
!tesla@lemm.ee (empty)

Niche communities:

Niche instances:

!tesla@gearhead.town (empty, but on a topic-specific instance)
!teslamotors@lemmit.online (one-way Reddit bridge, serves a different purpose)

My hunch in this case would be to leave the niche communities and instances as they are, and consolidate the rest to lemmy.zip (most active users).

Thoughts?

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[-] rglullis@communick.news 8 points 1 month ago

I think no one wants to have anything to do with Tesla nowadays...

With that said, I'm toying with the idea of adding some aggregation system to Fediverser where the community mods can choose to automatically cross-post content from the Fediverse (not just Lemmy/Mbin posts, but also posts from Mastodon with certain tags), and the communities on the topic-specific instances could become this hub for consolidation anyway.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

some aggregation system to Fediverser where the community mods can choose to automatically cross-post content from the Fediverse

Huh, that sounds like an interesting feature. Have you read @popcar2@programming.dev's article on community separation? This seems similar to their proposed "communities following communities" solution, though without the crucial "grouped comments section".

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

!teslamotors@lemmy.sdf.org moderator @alternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.org is inactive.

Paging admin @SDF@lemmy.sdf.org.

Thoughts on consolidating the community?

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

!teslamotors@lemmy.world is unmoderated.

Paging admin @kersploosh@lemmy.world.

[-] kersploosh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I removed the community. With no mod and no content there is no reason to keep it.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks!

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

!realtesla@lemmy.world moderator @dragontamer@lemmy.world is active.

I think r/realtesla and r/teslamotors arose from an anti-tesla vs. tesla-fanboy divide on Reddit. I'm not really seeing the same sort of divide on Lemmy. Do you think there is still a need for two separate communities?

Would you be open to consolidating?

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm interested in a consolidation but I feel like c/RealTesla still serves as a useful signpost from Reddit.

Due to the asshole moves from Elon Musk recently, the Reddit /r/RealTesla has seen incredible growth, to the point where I've been recalled to Reddit as a moderator.

From a Lemmy perspective, it makes sense to consolidate. But from an overall internet (ie: with Reddit perspective), the split is important as the Elon fanboys are still out there and more rabid than ever.

Honestly, with how open Elon is about being an asshole, there isn't much point to /r/RealTesla. When it began back in the 2010s, it was the only place where Elons douchbaggery could be discussed. Today, it's no longer a secret that Elon is a liar, conman, cheat, and asshole.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you for chiming in

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

From a Lemmy perspective, it makes sense to consolidate.

Glad to hear that you're open to consolidation! Do you think lemmy.zip would be a suitable? It's a stable and well-managed instance, and already has an active Tesla community.