If I created a community, and later determine there is a better/more active community on the 'verse, is there a way to close the community (or better yet redirect it to the community I’d rather folks join if they are interested in the subject matter)?

I suspect this is documented somewhere but neither a search on lemmy.ca nor a DDG inquiry found anything immediatly recognizable.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    Set it to where only mods can post, and make a redirect post to the preferred version.

    This allows the previous content to stay in place, and moves the community

  • smorksMAEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    i don’t think there’s a universal way to do this currently.

    i would say probably the best thing to do would be to create a pinned post saying the community is closing or whatever, with a link to the new one, and also maybe something in the community sidebar as well.

    you could also set the community to only allow posts from moderators.

  • Anon819450514English
    3·
    11 months ago

    Android did it by closing all new comments from their old instance, pinned a post explaining where and why they are moving and explained that in august (or september) the old community will be deleted.