And they are now some (if not the) largest communities on those subjects on the Threadiverse (and the top communities on their instance), so I consider that point demonstrated.
It’s like the original idea behind the Net - if a node goes down, everything shifts to accommodate. If the power posters switch to a specific community people will just use that more.
Reasons for starting a new community:
Avoid centralisation
Avoid tankie instances
If you don’t agree with the current Mods or Admins
We have a good chance now to see how well this theory works in reality. Exciting times!
It has already worked in the past.
[email protected] and [email protected] replaced [email protected]
For the details on the powertrip: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/29606682
Thanks for the example!
And they are now some (if not the) largest communities on those subjects on the Threadiverse (and the top communities on their instance), so I consider that point demonstrated.
It’s like the original idea behind the Net - if a node goes down, everything shifts to accommodate. If the power posters switch to a specific community people will just use that more.
Reasons for starting a new community:
We’ve done all that and it has worked.
I say it worked out, I posted this that is about a topic that’s been getting banned in lemmy.world.