There is also !hardware@lemmy.ml, it has much more subs (~5K), but a lot less engagement. The ML community's mod also seems to have deleted their account?

I am not acquainted with the process for community consolidation and I am not sure if ML takes part in such initiatives. Do I need to reach out to the ML admins? What would be the next step if I wanted to propose !hardware@lemmy.ml to be merged into !hardware@lemmy.world ?

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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml -4 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Community consolidation is antithetical to how the fediverse works. If you want to increase the number of users in your community then work on increasing the number and quality of posts, and mention the community in related spaces. Please don't attempt hostile takeovers of communities on other instances just because they have the same name.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (5 children)

No, considering how small the fediverse is, it needs to be more active. And you get that by having 20 users in 1 place rather than 10 over here, and 10 over there.

When the fediverse gets to a point where Lemmy has hundreds of millions of users, THEN it'll have the life force to support duplicate communities.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You don't need hundreds of millions of users, though. You only need a few dozen users active in each community to make them worth while. A couple of hundred makes them downright vibrant.

Reddit-like communities with hundreds of thousands of users are a waste, and become nearly impossible to moderate effectively.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

You only need a few dozen users active in each community to make them worth while.

A few dozen active posters is a lot by Lemmy standards. Popular topics like !movies@lemm.ee have less than 10.

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