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I often browse /all, come across a post that looks interesting but I have no clue what's it about, so I check the sidebar - and all I find is "An unofficial Lemmy community for X", " A place to discuss everything about X", or the best kind, "A continuation of r/X from Reddit".

Can't people write just some basics? What is that thing, a TV show, a music band, a sports team, a tabletop game? Sometimes I really can't tell even after looking at a few posts.

Your community may be of interest to someone who stumbles upon it, not only to diehard fans.

I know sometimes that's the joke, but most times it would be simple to just use a few words. "Discuss X, a Zimbabwean spy-thriller public theatre show." There we go, now everyone knows what it is.

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[–] fucker@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Some communities have pinned posts that explain their community in more detail, but I generally agree with you.

[–] Capricorny90210@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

not sure which I like more, the squares or @fucker

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

Your avatar gave me a seizure and I died.

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

That avatar really isn't cool for people with sensitivity to flashing images, please don't do that.

[–] G59@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your profile is hilarious 😂

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 1 points 1 year ago

True 😂 I apologize.

[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

That's what we did at !japaneselanguage@sopuli.xyz

Which is honestly not a spin-off of r/japaneselanguage because that subreddit was a complete mess. But so was r/learnjapanese. I don't get the optics of a Reddit spin-off because that's like tying your community to the expectations and behaviour of a previously community that could will be improved upon.