c/fedigrow · by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1y

Where to request inactive or unmoderated communities?

Most instances have a community where users can request the moderator role for inactive or unmoderated communities.

As each instance names these slightly differently, I thought I'd create a thread to collect as many as possible.

!support@lemmy.world
!support@lemm.ee
!community_requests@lemmynsfw.com
!communityrequest@sh.itjust.works
!community_requests@lemmy.ml
!communityrequests@lemmy.ca
!waisenhaus@feddit.org
!div0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
!main@lemmy.blahaj.zone
!adopt_a_community@programming.dev
!tchncs@discuss.tchncs.de
!home@lemmy.zip
!meta@sopuli.xyz (also sopuli’s General matrix room)
lemmygrad.ml
lemmy.sdf.org
!communityrequest@feddit.uk
feddit.nl
jlai.lu No community, but a thread here
beehaw.org
slrpnk.net
midwest.social
infosec.pub
aussie.zone
reddthat.com
lemmy.today
feddit.dk
lemmings.world
feddit.it
startrek.website
mander.xyz
lemmy.one
ani.social
ttrpg.network
szmer.info
lemmy.eco.br
!community_requests@lemmy.wtf
discuss.online
lemmy.kya.moe
lemdro.id
lemmy.nz
!general@lemmy.cafe
!communityrequests@preserve.games

Please comment below with equivalent communities and I'll add them to the list.

Note: When requesting the moderator role for a community, it is best to do so from a local account (same instance as the community) rather than a remote account. Many people (myself included) have encountered federation issues with some moderation actions when using a remote account.

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23 Comments

Libb@jlai.lu · 12 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Jlai.lu is a very small French instance, in order to coral our limited number of users towards more active communities the admins had made the decision a while ago to put into a deep sleep state any inactive community. They very recently created this dedicated thread where one can request the reopening of any 'sleeping' community: [Meta] Demande pour les réouvertures de commu + modération

A side-note and a suggestion for anyone considering requesting moderation role of an abandoned community on any instance:

Based on my personal experience requesting the !journaling@sh.itjust.works, I would suggest anyone to create an account on the concerned instance to administer that community. I can say that the admins at sh.itjust.works made no issue giving me full access to the community after I explained what I wanted to do with it, but even as a the new moderator with full access I had constant bugs and issues trying to do my job from my main account from my own instance (I'm French, so I was administrating that community from my jlai.lu account). All those issues, 100% of them, vanished the moment I created a new user account on the same instance I was trying to manage and gave that account full moderation role. I've also read other similar accounts of people facing bugs when they tried to moderate a community from a different instance.

A warning that may be worth adding in the OP?

can@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I believe next Lemmy release should fix this issue?

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y

The Lemmy devs just announced in the AMA Lemmy 1.0 is going to be released in autumn

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

They very recently created this dedicated thread where one can request the reopening of any ‘sleeping’ community

Thanks! Added.

I would suggest anyone to create an account on the concerned instance to administer that community.

Thanks, that's an excellent point. I know Blaze and I (and probably others) have accumulated a suite of alt accounts because of moderation issues from remote accounts. I've added a note to the OP.

Libb@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 1y

Super, thx!

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks, that’s an excellent point. I know Blaze and I (and probably others) have accumulated a suite of alt accounts because of moderation issues from remote accounts. I’ve added a note to the OP.

Indeed

fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

comm_revival is not an official dbzer0 comm

request it on !div0@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Thanks! Updated.

I’ll repost this to comm_revival if you do not mind.

I do not mind at all! Though keep in mind that as we update this post, changes wouldn't be reflected in a reposted version. Linking back to this post might be better long-term.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Looks like sopuli.xyz has used !meta@sopuli.xyz for this.

Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

1 month late to the party but just wanted to confirm that yes.

Another possibility is on sopuli's General matrix room.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks; added!

squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

feddit.org has !waisenhaus@feddit.org