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Lemmygrad Inactive Community Purge: Hobart has fallen (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml to c/announcements@lemmygrad.ml

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Follow-up for: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4630949

I had given two separate deadlines for community purging based on whether the community was created in 2024 or not. But I ended up purging all the unclaimed communities today anyway because I don't think the owners are going to respond. Sorry about that but it makes my work a bit easier. Also I like big purges and I can't lie.

The following communities have been purged and the corresponding moderators notified via a DM:

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/c/adelaide
/c/agitprop
/c/antiimperialism
/c/ask_socialists
/c/australiansocialism
/c/badempanada
/c/blackwolffeed
/c/brisbane
/c/cpa
/c/darwin
/c/fanfiction
/c/firepro
/c/genzedongea
/c/greenandextreme
/c/hassanabi
/c/hobart
/c/italiarossa
/c/jucheprimalism
/c/langex
/c/leftwithoutedge
/c/marxistculture
/c/panches
/c/perth
/c/plants
/c/puroresu
/c/raddemsoc
/c/revolt
/c/southeastasia
/c/sydney
/c/theleftcoalition
/c/thirst_posting
/c/tip
/c/wargamereddragon

We will work on removing more inactive communities soon.

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[–] Xillionaire@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This is literally 1984. Hobart shall live on in our hearts.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think it's against the rules to re-create a community, is it? You're the right person for the job. This is one of those once-in-a-generation opportunities. It looks like the people are crying out for Hobart. Seize the moment!

[–] Xillionaire@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is done. https://lemmygrad.ml/c/hobart

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 4 months ago

[–] Ocommie63@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 4 months ago

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 4 months ago

Hobart down!

I repeat: Hobart down!

Over.

[–] Lenom@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Rip hobart (v_v)7 Damn bastards

[–] Aradina@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Who made a bunch of communities for Australian cities anyway? I grew up in Darwin and it can barely sustain a subreddit let alone a niche commie community.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 months ago

There is this weird tendency to squat community names in some people.

[–] Ciel@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

oh that person made seven city communities and three general austrialia comms, never posted anxthing or commented on anything. really weird person

[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Since the times when your handle on Twitter was your username, when some guy named Tom sold the handle @Tom to someone else for hundreds of thousands of dollars, this became common practice. Whenever new social media appears, some people will go in and create all the communities they think have a chance to be used someday. Communities for cities, possible new games, companies etc. Then when the time comes, they either sell the domain to the one who wants it, or they become the admin of a community without working to build it up. That's how reddit power mods became a thing.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You have to admit, Hobart sounds funny.

Is Tasmania Australia? Is there not a Tasmanian separatist movement? (I actually don't know, I just assume all non-independent islands have separatist movements).

[–] Aradina@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

Tasmania is Australia it's just a little broken off. It probably does, but Western Australia is usually the big separatist state.

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 months ago

Coincidence that Hobart and Harambe are pretty much the same word I think not

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Frankly, /c/fanfiction could've been useful.

(I'm something of a fanfic connoisseur myself!)

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It might be better to have a larger "writing" community instead of a fanfiction only one. Maybe just sort posts by whether they are original work or discussions or fanfiction.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Something like Writing Prompts would be cool.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're a mod of https://lemmygrad.ml/c/creativewriting, can't fan fiction be posted there?

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

True, but I was thinking that could be used for more, err, "original" fiction, I think?

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Up to you. :)

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Hold on.

[–] JoeDaRedTrooperYT@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago

I just made a few announcements on my personal feed and the communities I moderate.