TLDR: upvote if you want BuyFromEU to stick around.

Hi folks, new mod here.

There are two quite similar communities on different instances. Some users - coming from the different place - are in favor for abandoning this one, fearing a split and unecessary separation of users for an important movement. I’m not so sure if the other one is a substitute. Also - to be honest - I dislike the agressive, relentless style some users use in a -if you will- foreign community.

Procedure

  • An upvote on this post means this you want this community to evolve. I would then proceed and search for more moderators and try to keep this a productive, interconnected space.
  • A downvote means you are in favor of abandoning and settling with the other community.

You can use the comments on this post to express your feelings in a civil manner.

I’ll finally check back in about 48hours and take a look at where we are standing.

Edit:

Related posts for those who like digging in the past

    • Lazycog@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      OP said in a comment that they are not eager to moderate, but personally I’ve got nothing against that.

      Sunshine had a great idea that there should be more moderators to account for possibly many different languages spoken in !buyeuropean@feddit.uk and that’s why there are so many of us, to cover more languages.

              • a887dcd7a@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
                2·
                14 hours ago

                Hey, relax. You don’t need to disband your community either. It is not winner takes it all. It is just about these 1000 people in this community wantig to keep it alive or not.

                Your community is unique as it is related to your website. Also crossposting should benefit both of the communities well enough. There is no need to vanish and/or merge at any cost.

                • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  5·
                  13 hours ago

                  Your community is unique as it is related to your website.

                  Not sure what you mean by this, is the website https://buy-european.net/ ? But the community was created without any link to the website, @buyeuropean@feddit.org joined Lemmy yesterday.

                  Also crossposting should benefit both of the communities well enough.

                  Crossposting splinters discussion even further.

                  Those three discussion threads are happening in parallel, people replying in one won’t see the comments in the other except if they explicitly visit the crossposts.

                • Lazycog@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                  2·
                  14 hours ago

                  Ah sorry don’t misunderstand me: I am fine with two communities co-existing and I also was eager to add buyfromeu to our sidebar if people want specifically EU centric community.

                  The biggest problem I personally had was that I couldn’t reach the mod of this community to discuss. But you have now taken over the moderation so that’s good!

                  I do generally agree with Blaze that lemmy has a bit of an issue with splintered communities while it is small still, but I’m also fine with this community staying and appreciate you volunteering to mod it and keep it active.

      • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        14 hours ago

        To further add to Lazycog’s point, we’re interested in having as much collaboration as possible to buy locally. We would like to streamline the experience of finding great alternatives.

    • a887dcd7a@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      Since this topic isn’t about me or me being a moderator, don’t invest into that perspective.

      I’m not eager to moderate, but I see a potential for this community and even both communities to exist.

      The outcome of this vote will dicdate further steps.