Unpopular opinion: abandoned communities should be closed and redirect to either more active communities on the same topic, or more general communities.

See an abandoned community about a video game? Redirect to !jrpg@lemmy.zip, !tycoon@lemmy.world or !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works depending on the genre.

See an abandoned community about a car brand? Redirect to !cars@lemmy.world

Abandoned community about a city or province? Redirect to the country.

Book or movie? !fantasy@lemmy.ml, !sciencefiction@lemmy.world etc

Abandoned sport team community? !Football@lemm.ee, !nba@lemmy.world , !nfl@lemmy.world etc

[–] neme@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Abandoned sport team community? !Football@lemm.ee, !nba@lemmy.world , !nfl@lemmy.world etc

I think someone should maybe also try to make a more generic r/sports -style community, to have a place to try get discussion going about happenings in sports which don't yet have enough people here to create discussion in their own communities?

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

That would indeed be a good idea!