Hey everyone,
This community has been up for 3 weeks, and it’s a small and cozy place. I personally think it’s fine if there isn’t a lot of activity, these consoles are already “retro” after all. People can still write and if you’re subscribed, you’ll see it, so it’s not like posts become invisible.
That said, would you prefer that we have some extra activity here to keep things lively? Such as weekly, bi-weekly or monthly discussions on some particular topic? Or something like a reading club, to check out a particular game? Or some other idea?
Next, should we have a megathread for collections and pickups? I personally think we should, as most communities/subs for specific older consoles tend to only have these kinds of posts, and I’m not a huge fan of that (maybe I’m just jealous).
Next next, should this community be specific to just a) 3DS, b) 3DS+DS, c) all Ninty handhelds (except Switch)?
Originally I intended to have it all here since 3DS is so well compatible with everything that before, but !gameboy@lemmy.world looks pretty lively and is probably a better place for things like GB homebrew or alternative handhelds.
I'd still keep this open to things like the Game&Watch or flip-style emulation handhelds anyway.
Finally, I could use a backup mod or a few. Nothing bad is happening here, so there’s no work for the time being (unless you want to be very active in posting etc.). My intent is to keep the community friendly but also allow a bit of rowdiness, as people can be passionate or have a bad day, so I don’t like being too hasty with bans. Just gotta keep it civil in general. Either way, everyone is 100% nice here, so that’s just theoretical.
Let me know if you’d like to be a mod. At this time I can only take users of lemmy.world to avoid bugs and incompatibilities that stem from federation. We can expand again later as things get smoother.
Anything else, lmk.
Thanks.
Hey there! Firstly, thanks for creating the community. I personally always enjoyed seeing 3DS and DS together - but not other Nintendo console lines mixed in. In fact, from my experience on Reddit, this would seem like the ideal combination for users too. I agree with the megathread for collections and pickups. Bi-weekly discussions on one specific topic is also a fantastic way of creating engagement, specially in the early days.
It's also possible that we might need a sticky for dealing with homebrew-specific tech support, that's a huge part of the discussion about the 3DS but also a major source of repetitive posts or effortless content.
I'm also happy to be joining as a moderator, please count on me to help this community thrive.
Yep we actually do have a sticky regarding modding, but there are separate communities for !3dshacks@lemmy.ml , !ndshacks@lemmy.ml and !3dspiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com so other than that sticky, I'd rather just be pointing people there (unless those communities are dead, then we may reconsider).
Same with GB - well I still think it's fine if people want to discuss them here (such as playing GB games on 3DS), I'm pointing to !gameboy@lemmy.world in the sidebar. I just need to change the banner to erase that SP... That G&W is still too good tho and should be at home both with DS and GB families as the grandaddy of all handhelds.
It's kind of a reverse situation of what I have on !playstation@lemmy.world where I now ask people to slow down ps5 content and rather post anything else.
You're appointed, now show off that fancy 3ds in the collection sticky :p