Proposal to create a collective to own the topic-based Lemmy instances (raphael.lullis.net)

submitted 2 months ago by rglullis@communick.news to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I have a number of Lemmy instances meant for discussion groups around specific topics. They are not being as used as I expected/hoped. I would like to set them up in a way that they can be owned by a consortium of different admins so that they are collectively owned. My only requirement: these instances should remain closed for registrations and used only to create communities.

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[-] MxRemy@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

I don't run any instances, but that does seem potentially like a pretty neat idea.

I am really curious about the unexpected behaviors of your instance members though! What are they doing, just treating it as a general instance and not really engaging with the local theme?

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Closed for registrations = no instance user accounts

[-] MxRemy@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I assumed, by "They are not being as used as I expected/hoped.", that the OP was implying, "- by the members of said instances". And that the closed-registration bit was part of the proposal, not the existing state of affairs. I didn't realize their instances were already closed-registration.

Ah, I see. I misread a bit. I thought they were being used differently than expected, not less than expected.