I want to add a community that is essentially the Lemmy version of an existing subreddit (r/mcmansionhell). Is this allowed?
Yes, that’s perfectly ok.
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Hell, make a copy on every instance.
Heck you can even start crossposting content with credit.
I’ve seen at least six communities with the same or similar concepts/names as a subreddit, and at least a dozen posts around various communities encouraging any kind of post or engagement including new community creation. Be the content creator you want to see in the fediverse.
There’s nothing wrong with that. Lemmy is it’s own thing, create whatever community you want based on whatever criteria you want. Just follow the rules your whatever instance you’re creating the community at.
Okay, thanks everyone!
So is there a way to view this on kbin or do I always have to view it on sh.itjust.works?
https://kbin.social/m/mcmansionhell@sh.itjust.works
This should work after searching the URL straight from kbin… but searching it right now gives me a 500 Server error. Seems like it’s having technical issues.
I’ve been getting 500s all day so it’s most likely the server not being able to keep up with the Reddit migration
400s errors are server side. 500s errors are your side.
Other way around. 400s are client errors, 500s are server errors.
You can see the full list of http error codes and descriptions of what they mean here
Hah, thanks. Am a potato.
I’ve seen it talked about a few times across different platforms (Hackernews) where people have pondered the idea of cloning old posts, keeping the poster name but to a non-existent account. Acting as both a way to populate a community and archive content away from Reddit’s control.
I haven’t seen any examples of this done yet, not sure if anyone has.
Fuck yeah it is! Make as many subs as you want baby! This is the Wild West and we have blackjack and hookers! Make a McMansion magazine. Hell, make two!
I’ve been thinking about this, but I’ve heard the moderation is a lot of work.
