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submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by a887dcd7a to c/[email protected]
 

TLDR: upvote if you want BuyFromEU to stick around.

Hi folks, new mod here.

There are two quite similar communities on different instances. Some users - coming from the different place - are in favor for abandoning this one, fearing a split and unecessary separation of users for an important movement. I'm not so sure if the other one is a substitute. Also - to be honest - I dislike the agressive, relentless style some users use in a -if you will- foreign community.

Procedure

  • An upvote on this post means this you want this community to evolve. I would then proceed and search for more moderators and try to keep this a productive, interconnected space.
  • A downvote means you are in favor of abandoning and settling with the other community.

You can use the comments on this post to express your feelings in a civil manner.

I'll finally check back in about 48hours and take a look at where we are standing.

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[–] a887dcd7a 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I‘m sorry to hear that. Upvote/downvote was the most democratic and representative way I could think of with feddit.org capabilities.

Please recognize that I cannot think of all hurdles when different instances with different possibilities are involved.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

It's okay, you are learning.

Usually what mods do is that they have two comments, and upvotes on each of them count as vote: https://lemmy.world/comment/13861954

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

I forgot about it as well, otherwise I would have pointed it out earlier