What's with all of the empty communities being created?

Ategon, 13 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

Trending communities is scuffed and doesnt actually show trending communities. Usually if theres a new community made within the last 2 days it shows there otherwise it shows the most dead communities as they are getting large subscriber activity relative to their MAU

Vacant collects a lot of different kinds of communities ranging from unmoderated ones that havent been taken over yet by a new mod team to ones that are admin started to start getting some content on that subject (usually if thats the case ill be posting in it on my other account)

ericjmorey, 13 days ago

Thanks for clearing that up

UndercoverUlrikHD, 14 days ago

programming.dev/post/9631781

Look for the answer from Ategon, if it’s a new community with Vacant moderator, it’s most likely a community made by him.

ericjmorey, 14 days ago

Thanks for pointing me to that discussion.

Dubskee, 14 days ago

It’s because Lemmy is a cringe, commie circle jerk and people don’t like using it.

Plum, 14 days ago

I’m actually here for the communist circle jerk. Where’s the sign up sheet?

PapaStevesy, 14 days ago

c/chapotraphouse

givesomefucks, 14 days ago

I clicked on the account name you linked:

If this account is moderating a community that means it does not have a mod team (and is currently admin run)!

If youre interested in modding it feel free to reach out to @Ategon

What are you confused about?

ericjmorey, 14 days ago

Why these communities are being created. What is the motivation for creating a bunch of empty communities?

givesomefucks, 14 days ago

Just guessing, but:

If they’re new:

This way it exists and people can post there

If they’re old:

A now inactive account likely made them, but that person no longer uses Lemmy. If it wasn’t “taken over” it would be unmoderated. Consolidating those under one account is easier on the admin and let’s people willing to mod know they can request the community