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Alright so @PugJesus@lemmy.world @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world, after this post explaining the context (https://lemmy.ca/post/37650900 ), what do we want to do? Go back to the midwest.social one or keep posting on the dbzer0?
I agree with what the commenters are saying in that thread about it being a shame for a big community to lose activity, but with regards to the original issue and the other screenshot you linked to, it seems like an admin temperament issue rather than an isolated incident. It’s hard to build a community when users have to be worried about an admin lashing out at them after a bad day, and I think trust needs to be earned back before I would want to contribute there again.
I’m going to continue posting on dbzer0, personally. If it was just the matter of a mistake or a bad take, that would be one thing, but the admin’s behavior clearly indicates an attitude of hostility in his behavior as an admin towards people he considers ‘libs’, which, likewise, appears to be a very broadly applied label.
The admin has every right to trim his community in such a fashion but that necessarily means that some people will not feel welcome. The Fediverse means an individual can choose communities on an instance where they feel welcome, or at least where they don’t feel like the sword of Damocles is hanging above their head. For me, that’s not Midwest.social at this point.
Sounds good, I’ll keep posting with you guys.
Hello @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net , you might want to have a look at this post
Was I reposting their stuff? I can’t keep track of my memes.
No, the key takeaway is that Picard_Maneuver, PugJesus, others and myself now try to post to !lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com rather than the midwest.social version due to some powertripping on the admin.
You can have a look at other comments for details.
I don’t get it?
The key takeaway is that Picard_Maneuver, PugJesus, others and myself now try to post to !lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com rather than the midwest.social version due to some powertripping on the admin.
You can have a look at other comments for details.
What was the problem with !lotrmemes@midwest.social?
Also this older one too - https://lemmy.world/post/18414833 - i.e. this is a repeated pattern of behavior, not just a series of isolated incidents.
Oh nice! I didn’t know this one existed!
Happy to help!
As you can see in a comment below (https://lemmy.world/comment/13918137), most of the posters now prefer the dbzer0 one compared to midwest.social
Thanks for the background there. I’ve subbed to this new LOTR community!
We probably want to inform @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
Thanks for tagging me. This is a little upsetting. =(
The new one looks promising!
Yeah, I like PugJesus and have full confidence.
and have full confidence.
I live to disappoint!
Have you reached out to @Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca, the active mod of !lotrmemes@midwest.social, for their thoughts?
If they are on board, it would be great if we could make the community migration semi-official.
From past experience, the most effective way to migrate users seems to be to lock the old community and leave a pinned post redirecting users to the new community.
A few of us recently consolidated the electric vehicles communities this way, and I know Blaze has had similar successes.
I’m incredibly confused about what happened and what I should be doing.
Hello @Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca,
It has been a month now, and !lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com is now more active than !lotrmemes@midwest.social (2.94K users / month vs 2.51K users / month).
Would you consider creating a meta post to explain the situation to the community, suggesting them to move to the new community?
You can probably also become a mod there, I guess @PugJesus@lemmy.world wouldn’t mind.
Thanks for the heads up. I don’t have any personal beef with the instance but it’s good info.
You’re welcome!
