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submitted 1 month ago by mrmanager@lemmy.today to c/lemmytoday@lemmy.today

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Hi guys,

I wanted to ask you about our local communities here. I feel like a lot of them are not really active, and the most active one (like Conservative) has mostly locked posts, so people cant participate in discussions.

I wanted to get some input from you guys, what do you think? Should we have communities with locked posts so people cant comment? Does it still serve a purpose? Or should communities always allow discussions? My own opinion is that they should.

And should we clean up communities and remove inactive ones, making more room for local discussions?

The reason I started thinking about this is because I noticed that some other instances remove posts that are completely legal to discuss. They are just removed because admins/moderators dont like their content. Which is exactly like on reddit then.

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[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks for your input!

I think you are right about this. Anyone can create a community where posts are allowed to be discussed if they want to. It doesnt create any harm to let locked communities exist, if an open community can be created by someone else.

I also agree with you about moderation. I dont like certain instances, but I believe it must be up to the user to decide if they want to see content from there. It would otherwise be like trying to stand outside a store I dont like, and blocking people from going in there, because I dont like the store.