Hello everyone,

There has been a lot of new traffic to Lemmy in the past few weeks due to the turmoil at Reddit. A lot of you may be Reddit refugees, like I am, and are missing their old favorite subs right about now.

I think it’s more important than ever for regular users to step up and take an active role in rebuilding their communities, and I wasn’t sure that things would ever get going unless somebody stepped up to the plate and made the effort, and I didn’t want to wait around for someone else to take the initiative when I already had a strong desire to see this sort of content brought over to Lemmy.

Now that the first step has been taken, I’m inviting others who might be interested in building or managing this community to join me in making this the best version of asksciencefiction possible.

I have never been affiliated with /r/asksciencefiction or even been a moderator at reddit before. Preferably, I would like to hand off ownership of this community to somebody who has a strong desire to build and grow the community and enforce the rules. If that sounds like something you are interested in, please don’t hesitate to send me a private message.

Thank you!

  • @FurbagOPMEnglish
    4•2 years ago

    I certainly could update the sidebar with some clearer instructions on how to participate, that’s for sure. I’ve been taking a very laissez faire approach to the situation in regards to establishing rules, at least initially. I know that not everybody was fond of the sometimes overly strict rules at the reddit version in regards to the Watsonian/Doylist perspective, and I don’t want to shut out anyone’s voice before they’ve even had a chance to weigh in on it.

    I will plan to update the community description sometime this afternoon. I’ll take some excerpts from the subreddit if I am able to. Appreciate the feedback.