Possible merge with c/world, thoughts?

Over the past week or two, I've been discussing merging this community with c/world. The intents and purposes of both of these communities are essentially the same, and we don't really see a reason to divide that community rather than just put it all under one roof.

We're open to any and all opinions on this, and nothing is set in stone so please feel free to reply candidly.

Please speak up especially if you feel like:

You wouldn't like this for really any reason
You feel this community already serves a different purpose
You feel this community could serve a different purpose, and include what changes you'd like to see to meet that goal.

I work with the head mod of c/world, @YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world, on c/NFL and talk to him regularly, we're both pretty much on the same page about everything and moderate communities in a similar manner, so if your only reservation would be possible stricter or different moderation, I hope that alleviates some of the concern. All of the mods from here would also be welcome to join over there if we do merge.

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It seems like a great idea to me! Having parallel communities isn't a serious problem, but it is inconvenient in numerous ways.
I have had success merging my communities. I ran PS5 and then was given ownership of PlayStation. I posted locked vote posts in each community with two comments. One for yes, one for no. Only upvotes on the comments were counted as some instances disable downvotes. Each community overwhelming voted to merge under c/PlayStation. Since then it has been smooth sailing.

I left the previous community open (with a pinned post explaining the merge) for people to use if they want to, but so far everyone migrated no problem.

Currently I am only subbed here since I don't want double posts, but I am for the merge and will easily just sub to the new community.
- I am actually the one that gave you PS5 haha, but thanks for the input
  
  Oh haha! Didn't notice the username. Thanks again!
What do you mean by a merge?

If you're considering locking this community down and turning it into a permanent redirect to c/world, please don't. You would essentially be parking this community name for no good purpose.
- That's fair, but do you really feel there needs to be two co-existing communities for the same thing with less than 5k people in this one?
  
  I think they serve two different purposes. "World news" is literally event by event news, "world" can be more discussion-oriented (well, except that they... only allow news articles, geez). I just posted an op-ed in /c/worldnews a minute ago thinking "huh this would fit better if there were a /c/world, this isn't exactly news so much as analysis" (then just now seeing this post). If we learned one thing from reddit it's not to centralize control over communities.
  
  You or me perhaps not, but someone else might. Since you appear to want to join the team of c/world, I see no reason to not leave this community open for someone else to take over.
  
  Multiple communities can exist, especially for a subject like world news.
I'm okay with a merger.
I have nothing relevant to add, just to say I like the idea.

And thanks for the moderation!
I like it.
I'm fine with this
OKay
I’ve been banned twice in c/world because one of the mods doesn’t like my political views, so I vote no. They want an echo chamber, and that’s not how political news works.

Edit: YoBucksStopsHere and JordanLund are great people. It’s not them.
- May I ask when you were banned? Because YoBuckStopsHere only recently became the owner of the community, it may have been the prior mods/owners that did it.
  
  They want an echo chamber, and that’s not how political news works.
  
  I whole heartedly agree.
  
  Defense for Children International – Palestine’s Ties to the PFLP Terrorist Organization
  
  It was 2 days ago. They weren’t the mod when it happened. To be fair, it was technically bannable. But removing the post would have been sufficient.

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