The !android@lemmy.world community on this instance thrived for a while and reached almost 19k subscribers very rapidly and it was very active.

Recently the Reddit mods of r/Android created another community with a few hundred members on another different instance where they are mods and that one was then astroturfed on c/android by a person seemingly unrelated to that community’s mods.

Apparently some discussions then took place between owners of both communities and the mods of !android@lemmy.world community then unilaterally closed the community, thus, according to their own sticky notice, succumbing to the flawed reasoning that the Reddit mods are “more experienced” and therefore the rightful representatives of an Android community.

I find this behavior sad and it just shouldn’t be allowed here for two reasons:

  • this sets the precedent for more Reddit mods to just come and claim “ownership” of communities by bullying existing ones into closing;
  • does not respect the almost 19k subscribers who didn’t even have a say in this, and especially those who had already expressed that they joined !android@lemmy.world because they did NOT want to be moderated by the old Reddit mods.

!android@lemmy.world needs to be reopened now and the mods removed since they expressed that they no longer want to moderate a community on lemmy.world.

  • Mike@lemmy.world
    34·
    1 year ago

    Now, hold on champ. There’s a couple of points here you’ve conveniently ignored or tweaked to suit your position.

    Firstly, I’m not aware of any charter that says I’m obligated in any form to offer the community a say in the decision. Should I have? Morally, there’s obviously an argument for yes. But did I have to, no. The choice was mine, and I made one. It’s your bad luck that I started the community, I suppose.

    Secondly, there was no bullying, soft or otherwise. What I said in the pinned post is what I meant: I want us all to come together in one community, and I’m excited by that community being on an instance that is dedicated specifically to tech communities. I’m excited by the idea of the admin of that community being focused on tech communities, and being actively engaged and available to address the needs of that tech community – rather than waiting on the busy admins of an increasingly massive instance.

    As for the rest of it, you can debate it all you like. I had a very eloquent and levelheaded message from @ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world today that I’m in the process of replying to. I don’t think they’ll like my position, but I’m certainly thankful they came to me, politely and respectfully, rather than lobbing a misguided and factually flawed post into the community.

    But hey man, cheers for playing.

    • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.worldOP
      22·
      1 year ago

      I’m not aware of any charter that says I’m obligated in any form to offer the community a say in the decision.

      This alone should disqualify you from having any claim on c/android. That’s incredibly shitty and disrespectful to the 19k users just because you wanted to move. You didn’t make the community alone, the 19k, of which you were part indeed, did. You should be ashamed to write that and you owe everyone an apology.