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There are two fairly active communities with almost identical topics:

The community on ml is named "crows" but its scope includes "crows, ravens, and other corvids".

Taking into account the community names, overlapping topics, instance size, and other issues with ml, might we consider consolidating towards sopuli.xyz?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Paging [email protected] moderator @[email protected]. I think I messaged you a few days ago, but I'm not sure if it federated.

Would you be open to consolidating this community with [email protected]?

Also paging recent contributors @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], and @[email protected] for their thoughts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

@[email protected]

Not sure if you've seen this yet. We would appreciate your input.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

@[email protected]

Multiple people have now pinged you in this thread. We would be interested in hearing your perspective on this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am neutral and will post wherever is most active

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for your input!

I would just like to note that using the algorithm of "posting wherever is most active" will usually result in consolidating to the largest instance, which is not ideal for the health of the fediverse as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While true, nobody really wants to post to a dead community either, you know? Sort of a self-perpetuating problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True, though sometimes all it takes to grow a community is one or two users posting consistently. And in this case, both communities have a similar level of activity.