First off, this is immediately and by far my favourite instance. Thank you so much for creating it!
I’m still new to the “fediverse” in general, but with the current flood of newbies stumbling into every corner of it, I’m wondering if, for Mander, it might be a good idea to restrict creation of new communities to just the admin/s.
Mander’s theme and tone are so unique, and I’d hate to see that diluted and buried. I’m just starting to see new local communities pop up that have nothing to do with nature or any type of science.
Just a thought of course. What you have here is fully worth protecting :)
That same feeling stopped me from posting something similar last night, haha. It’s a discussion worth having, though. Mander has a unique place in the Fediverse.
Thank you! So this is N=2 thus far, which may not seem like a lot but with how small the community is, this is already a strong signal.
It does make sense that by being more strict about the types of communities can improve the quality of the “Local” experience of the average user. And it is always possible to browse “All” and subscribe to communities in other instances, so it is not like they are stuck with only this content. One of the benefits of federation ;)
I do think it is good to allow communities that are perhaps not of a defined specific scientific field but that are in some way related to science and/or nature. A specific example would be the community of Natural Process Art: https://mander.xyz/c/natural_process_art