Will there be votes, based on what people want, or will it just be up the admins to create new communities on this instance?

  • IndeterminateName@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Also how niche should communities be? We have a technology community, should there be a PC building community or should it be left to other instances that already start more specific to then make the niche communities?

    Going with the technology example maybe there’s a specific technology instance and they have communities for PC building, raspberry pi, self hosting, hacking etc etc.

    I guess the benefit of a distributed platform is that we don’t have to repeat the work that another instance is doing as long as it is federated to us (with us? by us?)

    • mint@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Most recently there was a suggestion thread for new communities.

      Personally, I don’t think niche communities are worth building at a small scale because of the worry of splintering. If I wanted to make a Gravity Rush 2 community, I’d probably just make my own instance to do it lol.

      That said, I think there are valid exceptions to a point. For example, a Fighting Game Community, uh, community, might be worth it because there’s more than enough to fill up a community separate from general video games. Character guides, tournament threads, etc