cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/323205

I keep seeing communities on lemmy writing in their bio “not official” or in some way deferring to the reddit community. I also see them writing that they’re willing to give up their community to the reddit mods if they ask. It’s like the whole place has imposter syndrome.

We’re the adults, guys.

We’re here. This is our community now. We broke up with that site, and we are making a new one. Run your community the way you think it should be run. Their communities are not any more official than ours. This is our place, not theirs.

We’re the adults. We’re the mods. We’re the community.

  • DarkThoughts@kbin.social
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    Please don’t give up your place for Reddit mods. A lot of them are abusive shitheads and by no means more qualified to do this than anyone else.

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      Yeah, we don’t want to become reddit mods. They have been power tripping for too many years and live sad lives, and the stereotype was just proven true when spes threatened to strip them from their power. We can be so much better than fucking reddit mods.

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        Exactly, reddit mods are the epitome of the Samuel L. Jackson’s character from Django.

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    1 year ago

    hear hear.

    i posted this yesterday, but i’ll post it here again, just as a reminder:

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    Heck yeah! I just signed up to lemmy and there’s alot for me to learn about this platform but it sure beats seeing a bunch of John Oliver pics and NSFW stuff on reddit lately

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    Silly question perhaps? If I “Create a Community” do I automatically become it’s mod. New at this, sorry.

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    Speaking as a (for now) mod on reddit, I don’t owe anyone the right to mod another community; I’m happy to offer advice from my previous experience, but if others want to be a mod they can go ahead.

    The bit about letting the previous reddit mods take over is really weird to me. None of us own our respective community in any way. Also why I (and the rest of the mod team) aren’t forcing any kind of migration, it should be voluntary.

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    Hi from kbin. I run what we call a magazine or zine if you’re from the early 90s. Mine is found at http://kbin.social/m/tvsuggestions. It’s obviously for people to recommend or ask for suggestions about television or streaming episodic media. E.g. You can say “I’m looking for urban fantasy from before 9/11”. And someone might say Buffy. Anyway. Join it and let’s all love one the most pervasive and greatest mediums of art: television.

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    I started a community for PhotoshopRequest. I hope the place will thrive. All are welcome aboard

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    I’ve been thinking about handing over control of my sublemmies to the reddit mods but I’ve changed my mind now that I’ve read this post. NO!

    WE THE PEOPLE OF LEMMY AND THE FEDIVERSE REFUSE TO HAND OVER OUR SUBLEMMIES TO THE CORRUPT REDDIT MODS!

    AND WE DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE REDDIT MODS! (refugees welcome)

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    i offered to let r/SilentHill mods mod on @SilentHill because 1. I swiped the name up and 2. I want to encourage more migration in the name of the protests

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    I created lotrmemes@midwest.social because it’s one of the communities I knew I’d miss the most. Now the user base is growing

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    Love this sentiment! I think we are in a bit of a teething period where people aren’t quite sure but hopefully everyone embraces and contributes!

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    This is the dawn of a new era. The dark times preceding it will fade into legend and myth. Future generations will look back and see these communities as where it all began. Always remember that you mods, new and old alike, didn’t bring down the sword on the old age. You picked it up when the call to action rang out.