Let’s talk about organizing a Belgian community on the threadiverse (the reddit-like side of the fediverse).

Right now, the community isn’t coordinated, there are multiple spaces that popped up after the blackout. There’s this one, there’s @Belgium@kbin.social, there’s c/belgique, I think there’s one on lemmy.ml too?

What do you guys think we should do? How should we reach out? Discuss!

  • 8BitFriendly@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Agree!

    Next Saturday, July 1st, a new Reddit migration wave could happen when the API policy is activated without significant changes.
    It would be great if we could give r/Belgium visitors a clear target in the Fediverse to move to.

    @belgium@lemmy.world is the best candidate now IMO, as it has multiple moderators assigned already and more activity than @Belgium.
    I’ve registered on Kbin myself, but Kbin doesn’t have a mobile app yet, while Lemmy does (https://join-lemmy.org/apps/).
    Therefore, I think we should have the “official” community on Lemmy (so Reddit users can visit the community through an app).
    Kbin users can see the Lemmy posts through federation.

    I don’t know if we have any of the original r/Belgium mods here, but having @belgium mentioned under “Official” on https://sub.rehab/?searchTerm=belgium (endorsement of the original mods is needed) would be a great start. Or at least under spin-offs.

    Please upvote or comment if you agree with me.

    PS. @Mysteriarch You are the moderator of @Belgium? Maybe you can redirect users to this server instead?

    • Mysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m not a moderator on kbin.social, no. I have an account like many to look for another community. We could make a posts there to refer people to this instance of course.

      Not entirely sure if lemmy.world is the best candidate, because the instance is a bit too large to my liking and has been defederated by some instances. But I also recognize that many other users would find the size reassuring, so I won’t object.

      I did hear that the mods of r/belgium made a Discord channel (shudder) for the blackout, someone could also promote the lemmy instance there. I don’t really use Discord so I’ll leave that up to others.

      I also don’t know any r/belgium mods personally, but would be cool to have them at least active as users here. Again, feel free to reach out to those you know and get them involved.

    • Antik 👾@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      If the moderators of /r/Belgium decide to move here we can ofcourse give them a mod spot too.

      On the !Belgium@kbin.social there is not much going on and this community is already linked there as a related magazine. I think the people on kbin will find their way.

      Since the /r/belgium subreddit is now private - I reached out to them. Sent a message about what we wanted to do here and that they’re welcome to join here and that a mod status is open too.

      Since I see there is interest here in getting some kind of interaction going, I can join the /r/belgium discord later and try to talk to someone.

      In the end it’s up to them if they want to do their own thing that’s fine too ofcourse.

      Edit: I reached out to the /r/belgium admins on their discord channel and pointed them to this thread too.