Hello, this might break the instances rules for self-promotion but I hope they forgive the plug in the name of spreading the load off the default lemmy.ml instance.
I started an instance at fanaticus.social specifically to talk about sports – no politics allowed! I also created a sister community to this instance’s !baseball@fanaticus.social as well as clones of the subreddits for all 30 major league teams.
I know the main default lemmy.ml and beehaw.org have experienced some load issues recently so I think it’s prudent to spread the love. Fanaticus is dedicated to all sports-related content, not just baseball, but I’m starting there because that’s my passion! See ya there!
Thank you! Yeah I’d say my favorite communities on Reddit were r/baseball and the related team ones so when I saw they didn’t exist I created them and got to work on the game bot.
We obviously still need the content and the users to bring back the same feel as those Reddit communities but I hope by making the space I can sort of lower the barrier of entry to those who was to move in. That being said, let me know if you’re interested in modding a community!
RE: consolidating the other communities. There’s nothing I can really do about that. I know it may not seem like it but it’s actually a feature of the fediverse. The best I can do is provide the tools and content in my instance’s communities and hope the people follow!
Well, I would at least consider posting to the other communities or messaging the mods. Can’t hurt to ask.
Good thinking. I sent them all a message.