▲ 305 ▼ Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by red@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org 252 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] possiblylinux127@beehaw.org 21 points 3 years ago (2 children) Lemmy is growing but we need to work to make easy to allow reddit mods to setup instances and fund them permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 16 points 3 years ago* (3 children) I am a Reddit mod. Gimme the step-by-step tutorial! There are certain subs that I want to see reproduced ASAP, like /r/LifeProTips and more! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe pick an existing one and help it get off the ground: !lifeprotips@lemmy.world (direct link) this one seems like it's newly set up by a community squatter, but you might have luck approaching them !lifeprotips@lemmy.ml (direct link) - this one is older but was inactive for a long time before the recent migration so idk if the mod is active permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Shinhoshi@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago If you’re interested, I’d recommend posting in the older one, then requesting it on !community_requests@lemmy.ml permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago But we're now splitting away from lemmy.world, right? Or how does this federation stuff work? permalink fedilink source parent [–] jherazob@beehaw.org 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well, on Beehaw you cannot create new communities, but you certainly can be made a mod of one even from another instance. Find the ones you want and ask the current mods of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Why can't we create communities on here? Do the Beehaw admins specifically restrict this? Thanks, by the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rknuu@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago We've outlined the rationale in this thread: https://beehaw.org/post/140733 The tl;dr is that having many communities make it difficult to govern and ensure a safe space exists for the overall community and having too many can result in highly fragmented discussions that would be a challenge to grow and nurture. It's not that we don't permit new communities, but more towards we moderate their creation based off the communities interests. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 8 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Be mildly competent at computers... or know someone who is and willing to help you. Either setup your own instance, or find an instance that's already setup that you like and the owner will let you add stuff to the database... Start a community... Read here... https://github.com/rileynull/RedditLemmyImporter Success! now you've migrated your subreddit to lemmy! (This is a little sarcastic. I'm not good at legit guides. But it is possible!) Edit: tweaked phrasing... doing this to general public servers would be unlikely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] blindsight@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just wanted to add that not all instances are allowing new community creation, including Beehaw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, there's an edit. Seems not to have propagated back to beehaw. yay for beta! permalink fedilink source parent [–] palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org 1 point 3 years ago Well, that is an interesting script. I wonder how many will come across? Maybe they will pull the top 20% or something. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) I haven’t found many moderator features on Lemmy so far. The community that I created does not seem to have any way of blocking posts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jherazob@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) You should be able to, here's the mod docs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 4 points 3 years ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 16 points 3 years ago* (3 children) I am a Reddit mod. Gimme the step-by-step tutorial! There are certain subs that I want to see reproduced ASAP, like /r/LifeProTips and more! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe pick an existing one and help it get off the ground: !lifeprotips@lemmy.world (direct link) this one seems like it's newly set up by a community squatter, but you might have luck approaching them !lifeprotips@lemmy.ml (direct link) - this one is older but was inactive for a long time before the recent migration so idk if the mod is active permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Shinhoshi@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago If you’re interested, I’d recommend posting in the older one, then requesting it on !community_requests@lemmy.ml permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago But we're now splitting away from lemmy.world, right? Or how does this federation stuff work? permalink fedilink source parent [–] jherazob@beehaw.org 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well, on Beehaw you cannot create new communities, but you certainly can be made a mod of one even from another instance. Find the ones you want and ask the current mods of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Why can't we create communities on here? Do the Beehaw admins specifically restrict this? Thanks, by the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rknuu@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago We've outlined the rationale in this thread: https://beehaw.org/post/140733 The tl;dr is that having many communities make it difficult to govern and ensure a safe space exists for the overall community and having too many can result in highly fragmented discussions that would be a challenge to grow and nurture. It's not that we don't permit new communities, but more towards we moderate their creation based off the communities interests. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 8 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Be mildly competent at computers... or know someone who is and willing to help you. Either setup your own instance, or find an instance that's already setup that you like and the owner will let you add stuff to the database... Start a community... Read here... https://github.com/rileynull/RedditLemmyImporter Success! now you've migrated your subreddit to lemmy! (This is a little sarcastic. I'm not good at legit guides. But it is possible!) Edit: tweaked phrasing... doing this to general public servers would be unlikely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] blindsight@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just wanted to add that not all instances are allowing new community creation, including Beehaw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, there's an edit. Seems not to have propagated back to beehaw. yay for beta! permalink fedilink source parent [–] palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org 1 point 3 years ago Well, that is an interesting script. I wonder how many will come across? Maybe they will pull the top 20% or something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maybe pick an existing one and help it get off the ground: !lifeprotips@lemmy.world (direct link) this one seems like it's newly set up by a community squatter, but you might have luck approaching them !lifeprotips@lemmy.ml (direct link) - this one is older but was inactive for a long time before the recent migration so idk if the mod is active permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Shinhoshi@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago If you’re interested, I’d recommend posting in the older one, then requesting it on !community_requests@lemmy.ml permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago But we're now splitting away from lemmy.world, right? Or how does this federation stuff work? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shinhoshi@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago If you’re interested, I’d recommend posting in the older one, then requesting it on !community_requests@lemmy.ml permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago But we're now splitting away from lemmy.world, right? Or how does this federation stuff work? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well, on Beehaw you cannot create new communities, but you certainly can be made a mod of one even from another instance. Find the ones you want and ask the current mods of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Why can't we create communities on here? Do the Beehaw admins specifically restrict this? Thanks, by the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rknuu@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago We've outlined the rationale in this thread: https://beehaw.org/post/140733 The tl;dr is that having many communities make it difficult to govern and ensure a safe space exists for the overall community and having too many can result in highly fragmented discussions that would be a challenge to grow and nurture. It's not that we don't permit new communities, but more towards we moderate their creation based off the communities interests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Why can't we create communities on here? Do the Beehaw admins specifically restrict this? Thanks, by the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rknuu@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago We've outlined the rationale in this thread: https://beehaw.org/post/140733 The tl;dr is that having many communities make it difficult to govern and ensure a safe space exists for the overall community and having too many can result in highly fragmented discussions that would be a challenge to grow and nurture. It's not that we don't permit new communities, but more towards we moderate their creation based off the communities interests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rknuu@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago We've outlined the rationale in this thread: https://beehaw.org/post/140733 The tl;dr is that having many communities make it difficult to govern and ensure a safe space exists for the overall community and having too many can result in highly fragmented discussions that would be a challenge to grow and nurture. It's not that we don't permit new communities, but more towards we moderate their creation based off the communities interests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 8 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Be mildly competent at computers... or know someone who is and willing to help you. Either setup your own instance, or find an instance that's already setup that you like and the owner will let you add stuff to the database... Start a community... Read here... https://github.com/rileynull/RedditLemmyImporter Success! now you've migrated your subreddit to lemmy! (This is a little sarcastic. I'm not good at legit guides. But it is possible!) Edit: tweaked phrasing... doing this to general public servers would be unlikely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] blindsight@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just wanted to add that not all instances are allowing new community creation, including Beehaw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, there's an edit. Seems not to have propagated back to beehaw. yay for beta! permalink fedilink source parent [–] palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org 1 point 3 years ago Well, that is an interesting script. I wonder how many will come across? Maybe they will pull the top 20% or something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just wanted to add that not all instances are allowing new community creation, including Beehaw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, there's an edit. Seems not to have propagated back to beehaw. yay for beta! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, there's an edit. Seems not to have propagated back to beehaw. yay for beta! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org 1 point 3 years ago Well, that is an interesting script. I wonder how many will come across? Maybe they will pull the top 20% or something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) I haven’t found many moderator features on Lemmy so far. The community that I created does not seem to have any way of blocking posts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jherazob@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) You should be able to, here's the mod docs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 4 points 3 years ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) You should be able to, here's the mod docs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 4 points 3 years ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent