Definitely encouraging! Although I think active users/week and users/month is a more meaningful metric than total subscribers. Many of the subscribers on the larger instances are remnants of the 2023 APIcalypse, and not active accounts.
Not too successful so far.
I think a strategy worth trying might be to grow the r/redditalternatives and r/lemmy subreddits, and direct users to those, rather than to Lemmy directly.
If we can get Redditors talking about Lemmy, that would help spread awareness.
Thanks!
That was done by @Sunshine@lemmy.ca, but yes, we are making progress.
I also replied to the message from my lemmy.ca account, but maybe that didn’t federate either?
Nope, that one federated just fine, and I’ve recently replied to it. If you receive it, that would suggest that federation (or at least direct messages) are working between SJW and ca.
Thanks for your assistance!
these situations always make me a little nervous that I’m going to step on a user’s toes.
Yeah, that is a risk. I think we’ve done what we can though. We each tagged them in our respective posts/comments, and haven’t heard from them.
They may have become a lurker.
It’s possible, but my hunch is that this is not the case. They were active only between 2023-06-14 and 2023-07-25, and there is a user with the same name in The Other Place who is active in EV subs. I suspect they may be one of the people who tried out Lemmy briefly after the APIcalypse, and found that it didn’t suit them.
If they ever become active on Lemmy again, they should be welcome to reopen the community, or join the moderation team of !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net.
Would you consider editing the display name of the community to include ‘[Dormant community]’? It would make the status clearer in apps and other tools like lemmyverse.net.
Oh, thanks. I’d recommend adding @Sunshine@lemmy.ca. She’s the current active moderator of !evs@lemmy.world, and is on board with moving to !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net.
Yes it is. One knife, two knives. (Red knife, blue knife :)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
posting with my alt since there are some federation issues with this post right now
As the post doesn’t seem to have federated with lemmy.ca, how did you find out about it? Tag in comments? Direct message?
What is the likely source of the federation issue? My instance (SJW), your instance (ca), or the community instance (lemmee)?
Just join them all.
The stats show that the majority of users don’t do that. And even if they did, it still wouldn’t solve the problem that multiple communities on the same topic fragments the userbase, leading to very sparsely populated communities. When all the discussion occurs in a single community, the discussion is much more vibrant, instead of users shouting into a bunch of separate voids.
Are there any specific reasons you prefer the world community over the slrpnk one? The general sentiment seems to be that moving communities off of the largest instances will strengthen the threadiverse overall.
How would you feel about adding additional moderators, perhaps those who were active contributors or moderators in EV communities on other instances?
I feel like additional mods could be good for redundancy, but the decision would ultimately be up to you and the slrpnk admins.
Yeah, I think community fragmentation can stifle growth, especially if the different communities don’t have any clear distinctions.
!electricvehicles@slrpnk.net as the core community is a good choice, as it is only defederated from a small handful of extreme instances, so its reach should be pretty decent
This is a good point I had not addressed. Thanks for making it.
Not everyone reads the sidebar before posting.
How would you feel about locking (not deleting) the community until it is needed? The community would still exist as a backup, and could be reopened if the need arose.
This could be done in conjunction with a link in the sidebar or a pinned post.
Thanks for your quick response! I think the next steps would be as follows:
Is this something you would be comfortable doing? Let me know if I can assist in any way.
Moderator @hrjet@lemmy.ml made a single post and disappeared. Contributor @schizoidman@lemm.ee is active. Paging admin @nutomic@lemmy.ml.
Moderator @Archit@lemmy.ml moved to kbin (@TheArstaInventor@kbin.social), which has shut down. Maybe @TheArstaInventor@lemmy.world is the same person?
Could these be merged with another instance, perhaps !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net?
Moderator and contributor @FlanFlinger@lemmy.ml is inactive. Paging admin @nutomic@lemmy.ml.
Could this be merged with !evs@feddit.uk? Seems like this might be more appropriate instance.
Moderator and contributor @Sunshine@lemmy.ca is active.
Could this be merged with another instance, perhaps !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net?
@MyOpinion@lemm.ee, you seem to be one of the most prolific contributors who is not also a mod. What are your thoughts?
Moderator @OreoSpeedwagon@lemmy.ca is inactive. Paging admin @otter@lemmy.ca.
Could this be merged with another instance, perhaps !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net?
I hope so too, though it’s important to keep in mind that Many of the subscribers on the larger instances are remnants of the 2023 APIcalypse, and not active accounts. We probably won’t see the total number of subscribers surpass the larger instances until the Lemmy userbase grows a bit more.
Active users/week and users/month is probably the best metric to track, and we’re already seeing encouraging results there.