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This is a community dedicated to the hardware aspect of technology, from PC parts, to gadgets, to servers, to industrial control equipment, to semiconductors.

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[Meta] Any interest in consolidation with LW Hardware community? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Would there be an interest with consolidating with the [email protected] community?

This one has more subs, but a lot less engagement and it seems the mod for this community deleted their account?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

These things usually happens organically. Eventually one or two communities (with the same name) will be the only ones left.

And honestly, I believe if starting/moving a community, it’s better not to do it on the biggest servers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I get it it's just that we have three hardware communities on different instances all with zero differentiation in terms of thematics.

I don't mind having multiple communities, but it's best when they offer a different angle on the same topic. Gaming vs. PC Gaming vs. Retrogaming. Specialized genre-focused communities and so on...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree. I don't see why "Hardware" need to exist multiple places.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Communities with a different angle (regional, focus) on the same topic are great. I personally don't see the point in multiple identical communities with zero differentiation, but that's just me.