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How do I request that a new community be created? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems like there is some interest in this:

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/539305

I've used https://reddit.com/r/cptsd as a support group for awhile. It never felt right to post such sensitive discussions onto a platform controlled by a tech company trying to monetize its content, so I was really happy when things like Lemmy began taking off. In my opinion, support communities belong in user-owned spaces like this.

I use Beehaw as a provider, and I thought it might be a good place to host a CPTSD community because of Beehaw's rules and ethos. I had a look at what's existing, and this is the closest one I could find. There's [email protected] (am I referring to that correctly?), but it's dead.

Is anyone aware of a good CPTSD community, or would there be interest/support in creating one on Beehaw?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the past few days, the admins have made posts about the influx of people and the goal of Beehaw. A lot of people come with a lot of suggestions for communities, and they don't feel it's necessary to stretch the communities so thin. Communities in this instance are only created by the admins when they feel it's needed (aka enough people will participate).

It's best to use the communities that already exist and if they get overwhelmed by one sub-topic, they will see that it's best to create a community for it.

As far as I'm aware, the community [email protected] might be a fit for this topic. At least for now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! It helps to know how communities are created on Beehaw.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No problem!

At least for the moment, if we really want to help as users, I think it's best to be patient and save our requests for when it's more appropriate. It doesn't have to be months, just a week or two, I bet things will calm down by then.

I too would love to see more specific communities eventually.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was cross-posted from the neurodivergence community, but I don't think it's a very good fit. Without getting into the nuances, CPTSD is situational, or it's caused by a confluence of factors, and is a negative aspect of people's lives requiring support. Neurodivergence is more often something that's biological, and not usually negative, and can be celebrated.

A more appropriate broad categorization would be something like a mental health community, but even then, sadly, people who suffer from CPTSD have been through some horrific, NSFL, things. Having a separate community would probably be best for both sides: those who have CPTSD, and those who don't, and probably wouldn't want to read some of the things in people's posts.

Anyway, I was wondering if there was a place people could request new communities, but it sounds like the admins largely decide based on what they see on the fediverse?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I understand your frustrations. This post got buried under so many others here on the Beehaw Support community, but it will better explain from an admin what is going on: https://beehaw.org/post/507164

They will certainly add a community for your needs, but it's important that we give them a bit of time to breathe.