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52fighters @lemmy.sdf.org

How do I request an inactive community on Lemmy?

I've come across some inactive communities on instances other than mine. A few I've thought would be worth restarting but I'm not sure how this works on Lemmy.

Alternatively, I thought about starting a new community under the same theme and growing a community there but, again, I am not sure if everyone is free to start a community or if it is something that you have to gain approval of your instance first.

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  • Post in the instance's meta community, or the community in question.

    • Do Lemmy moderation tools work across instances? For example, if I were to "moderate" a community on a different instance, are the tools there to make this work? Or would I need to create a new profile on that other instance?

      • You can be moderator of a remote community

      • Yes and no. The short answer is that there are limits to federation. But you don’t need to match the instance

        Edit: honestly, the issues persist regardless of the moderator’s instance. It’s more so about the user’s

      • Yes it will work, there were issues a long time ago but I believe that they were all resolved

    • Are there any official or unofficial rules about starting a community? Do you have to get the support of your instance first or can you just start one? I can imagine someone wanting to start two or three different themed communities and the instance the user uses having different opinions about hosting one or the other: Being very happy about one but very opposed to another. And keeping an array of profiles on different instances just to avoid upsetting one instance or another wouldn't be ideal.

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