Enjoying exploring Aussie Zone so far. Thanks to @lodion, i think, for hosting! I’m an endemic lurker coming over from Reddit. Trying a few things on ‘Jerboa for Lemmy’, learning the ropes, so sorry for editing and other mistakes, please let me know when I make them.

To the actual point of the post,

Theres a few different spots, other instances/communities, that I’s wondering if ‘Aussie Zone’ should/can link the feed to. So we can begin to coalesce an Aussie user base, without all having to pile into the one instance, or individually find these other places and have duplication across communities of similar topics.

For example there is, lemmy.perthchat.org (instance) [email protected] (community) lemmy.nz (instance) (would probs be good to keep tabs on these dodgy lookin fellas) And i’m sure there are others,

Maybe i’ve got the wrong end of the stick, but it seems like we could end up with several concurrent ‘Australia’ chats leading to fragmentation and reduced engagement as a result?

Sorry for the essay.

  • Lodion 🇦🇺M
    1•1 year ago

    Everyone can participate in communities on different instances. If that means users from this instance primarily interact within communities elsewhere, that is totally fine and expected.

    Communities will naturally form where they do for a variety of reasons. If that means here on aussie.zone, great. If it’s somewhere else, also great. The focus should be on participating and building the community wherever it is.

    No need “link” to the other instances you’ve mentioned. Go ahead and join any communities you like over there. If they don’t exist or you want it created here, just ask :)

    • @veroxii
      1•1 year ago

      2 subreddits I follow (used to follow) which were quite popular are /r/AusRenovation and /r/AusLegal. The first is where people ask for DIY advice, the second where people ask for legal advice.

      • Lodion 🇦🇺M
        1•1 year ago

        Thoughts on dropping the Aus from the names? I think it’s implicit with the instance name.

        • jarrod
          2•1 year ago

          I think having the Aus will help geo locate it, I in know we are in the Aussie zone community but it can be hard to pick up on that sometimes

          • @veroxii
            2•1 year ago

            Yeah and when searching. I think as searching and discoverability improves, people will search for “Aus” to find communities. Think of it as SEO haha

    • @[email protected]
      1•1 year ago

      Hey there, I’m not OP, but I am also new to both Lemmy and aussie.zone. Sorry to annoy you with my trivial questions, but how do communities and modding work here?

      • Lodion 🇦🇺M
        1•1 year ago

        In generals, mods are appointed per community. They can delete posts, ban users etc.

        On this specific instance (https://aussie.zone) I’m currently the only admin. As the need arises, I’ll grant people mod rights in specific communities. So far, posts on the communities here have been very few, so no modding has been needed.

        Having said that, I’ll likely make a sticky post in the next day or so asking for volunteers to mod the existing communities.