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Someone created the ChronicPain community and then abandoned it. I have messaged this person with no response. They havenโ€™t posted, commented, or anything since they made it.

Itโ€™s probably a widespread issue but ChronicPain is a support group for those who suffer from it. Is the only real option to create a second one or can someone who abandons a community be removed?

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[โ€“] a_crappy_pirate 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

this is going to be happening a lot with the way that reddit is going right now. lots of community names are being squatted by trolls for no reason than to piss other poeple off.

what you can do tho is ask the administrators of the instance, in this case Ruud

[โ€“] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I feel like Redditers aren't doing it on purpose. They just want all the niche communities they're accustomed to not really thinking about the work it takes to get them started and rolling or moderate

[โ€“] a_crappy_pirate 14 points 2 years ago

lol yeh, good point. i read in another thread that the people that are doing it are gamers (with all the negative stereotypes that go with it) and aren't exactly known for their thinking ability

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I'm sure lots of it is people starting a community with genuine intentions, but then they decide "actually, I don't wanna use this site anymore", so they abandon it and will never see your messages.

I think more of it may happen because there's likely plenty of people who came to the Fediverse sites because of the Reddit blackout and then will just go back to Reddit. IMO it's important that server admins have an easy way to reassign communities.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think it's, like, 50-50. Even with the blackout, I've seen a bunch of morons on Reddit trying to usurp moderation by being admin bootlickers and requesting a subreddit. It's always kinda surprising what people are willing to do for fake internet points, and being "in charge" of something.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The way Lemmy works, a bit like Reddit in the end, the server administrators own each community more than the moderators, so yes, they can remove a moderator and put in a new one.

If that doesn't suit you, unlike Reddit, you can create your own server or simply switch to another one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The more I learn about the fediverse the more advantages I see. If something goes wrong it's actually possible to move to another instance.

[โ€“] Hypersapien 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can the creator of a community move their community, along with all the posts and comments, to another instance?

[โ€“] lhx 4 points 2 years ago

I donโ€™t think those migration tools are written yet. But I would imagine they are on Lemmyโ€™s roadmap.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pretty sure any admins of the instance can delete communities. I imagine any community that isn't interacted with over a certain period of time can be removed after a certain period inactivity. Admins of each instance are individuals and can be directly messaged about these issues.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Admins can purge communities, freeing up the name for other uses.

However, I'm really not sure how that works with federation.

[โ€“] Ryumast3r 12 points 2 years ago

It works on the individual instance, which for all intents and purposes means it works for everyone since everyone can see the instance.

You just have to make sure you're pinging the right admin for your instance. In this case it's ruud I believe for lemmy.world

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This is my understanding - federated sites push out their content, so just like a new post will propagate into any place it is subscribed, a deleted community/magazine will also propagate (and I suppose remove the subscriptions? Just as housekeeping). I know I've seen that is how removal of prohibited topics would work, so it should be the same.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean... I don't think we should kill them?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This shouldn't be done arbitrarily, sure, but there should be some rules in place for these things. Like, two weeks of unresponsiveness by the mods for example.

[โ€“] Jaidyn999 1 points 2 years ago

So whats to stop it being filled up with garbage ?

[โ€“] minim 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can make a non-dead version of the community on another instance!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But what if it's dead on my instance, and I don't want to make an account on another instance for the sake of managing a community?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

As a sort of workaround you could create the community on a new account and then add your current account as a mod

[โ€“] WhoRoger 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does the community prevent you from posting? If not, just use it

[โ€“] _MoveSwiftly 7 points 2 years ago

That doesn't solve the issue of moderating it, or adding to the sidebar/setting.

[โ€“] breakerfall 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's happening on the community that you need the moderator?

[โ€“] SpezCanLigmaBalls 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nothing specific. I just think itโ€™s important that there is a moderator there just in case. Just because something hasnโ€™t happened doesnโ€™t mean something wonโ€™t happen

[โ€“] breakerfall 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, I hear ya. Just thought there was some drama or something keeping you from using the community in its current state.

[โ€“] SpezCanLigmaBalls 2 points 2 years ago

Nah itโ€™s all good over there so far

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