cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/323205

I keep seeing communities on lemmy writing in their bio “not official” or in some way deferring to the reddit community. I also see them writing that they’re willing to give up their community to the reddit mods if they ask. It’s like the whole place has imposter syndrome.

We’re the adults, guys.

We’re here. This is our community now. We broke up with that site, and we are making a new one. Run your community the way you think it should be run. Their communities are not any more official than ours. This is our place, not theirs.

We’re the adults. We’re the mods. We’re the community.

  • DarkThoughts
    7•2 years ago

    Please don’t give up your place for Reddit mods. A lot of them are abusive shitheads and by no means more qualified to do this than anyone else.

    • @vis4valentine@lemmy.ml
      3•2 years ago

      Yeah, we don’t want to become reddit mods. They have been power tripping for too many years and live sad lives, and the stereotype was just proven true when spes threatened to strip them from their power. We can be so much better than fucking reddit mods.

      • mihor
        0•2 years ago

        Exactly, reddit mods are the epitome of the Samuel L. Jackson’s character from Django.

  • BrooklynManEnglish
    6•2 years ago

    hear hear.

    i posted this yesterday, but i’ll post it here again, just as a reminder:

    • @erogenouswarzone@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      Is this actually happening? Reddit bots posting negative impact content to torpedo Lemmy?

      I know the other day I saw John Oliver and Disney on the front page. I hope those users gets banned.

    • Rosyuo
      0•2 years ago

      Of all memes, I was not expecting a DS9 one, bravo

      • DoucheAsaurus
        3•2 years ago

        Corporations are killing their own platforms and the nerds are building their own decentralized social media network. The internet is healing.

  • eatmoregreenfood
    4•2 years ago

    Hi from kbin. I run what we call a magazine or zine if you’re from the early 90s. Mine is found at http://kbin.social/m/tvsuggestions. It’s obviously for people to recommend or ask for suggestions about television or streaming episodic media. E.g. You can say “I’m looking for urban fantasy from before 9/11”. And someone might say Buffy. Anyway. Join it and let’s all love one the most pervasive and greatest mediums of art: television.

  • ඞmirEnglish
    3•2 years ago

    I created !league@lemmy.ml for League of Legends players. Not many migrated due to the subreddit not participating in the blackout but we’re still growing. Come join if you’re an active player or just interested :)

  • @peterbata@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3•2 years ago

    Silly question perhaps? If I “Create a Community” do I automatically become it’s mod. New at this, sorry.

  • JCSparkEnglish
    3•2 years ago

    Thank you for this. The imposter syndrome is real, especially starting what were some larger subreddits (gifs, coolguides, Shiba, and helping with Today I Learned). It’s been fun and I’m super happy to see the interactions and genuine conversation. We’re certainly our own community, and I’m so happy the fediverse is growing into something I can easily burn time on here and there.

  • ManuEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    Hi from Feddit! I‘ve been a passionate bass player for nearly 2 decades now and started a Bass related community over at !bassment@feddit.de, feel welcome to join me and have a chat about your favorite artist, gear, pedals, playing gigs and whatever else comes to mind!

  • LemuriaEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    I’ve been thinking about handing over control of my sublemmies to the reddit mods but I’ve changed my mind now that I’ve read this post. NO!

    WE THE PEOPLE OF LEMMY AND THE FEDIVERSE REFUSE TO HAND OVER OUR SUBLEMMIES TO THE CORRUPT REDDIT MODS!

    AND WE DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE REDDIT MODS! (refugees welcome)

  • @Percy@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    I created lotrmemes@midwest.social because it’s one of the communities I knew I’d miss the most. Now the user base is growing

  • @ashkul@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    I started a community for PhotoshopRequest. I hope the place will thrive. All are welcome aboard

  • HidingCat
    2•2 years ago

    Speaking as a (for now) mod on reddit, I don’t owe anyone the right to mod another community; I’m happy to offer advice from my previous experience, but if others want to be a mod they can go ahead.

    The bit about letting the previous reddit mods take over is really weird to me. None of us own our respective community in any way. Also why I (and the rest of the mod team) aren’t forcing any kind of migration, it should be voluntary.

  • @DrQuint@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    I like this attitude. Nothing can make a ressit community the official unless if it’s a branded product’s reddit, and at that point, why the FUCK do you want your community in the control of the brand?

    You can’t removed about Riot on the LeagueofLegends sub like you can removed about Blizzard on Overwatch and whatnot. That is not a good location for the communty.

  • @s_v@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    Heck yeah! I just signed up to lemmy and there’s alot for me to learn about this platform but it sure beats seeing a bunch of John Oliver pics and NSFW stuff on reddit lately