I’m new to Lemmy, your typical Reddit refugee, and I’m missing some of the more niche subs I followed. I would like to start one or two of those here, but I’m a bit intimidated.

As I understand it, if I start a community I’m also the moderator. What kind of work does that entail?

Can I only create a community on the instance I joined, or can I also create a community elsewhere?

Is there a guide for creating new communities out there, especially for people who don’t know much about the technical side of Lemmy?

Thanks!

  • Evkob@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You can only start a community on the instance you joined. As has been pointed out, people from other instances can still interact with it.

    You don’t really need any guide, it’s super easy to create a community, just hit the link at the top of your page. Give it a name (this will be its address, and can’t be changed, so your community would be name@feddit.de) and optionally a display name. You can also add an icon, a banner, and a bio. After that, you just have to start sharing your community and regularly posting.

    As of now, community numbers are small enough that I imagine any moderation work to be extremely minimal to non-existent.

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Also, the moderation load can be shared wherever you want, even with people on other instances If I understand correctly.