Hello everyone,

The former mods here have graciously decided to pass over the lead mod position to me so that we can continue to build a great place for PlayStation here on Lemmy. If you don’t know who I am, I am the lead mod over on !ps5@lemmy.world and I have been building a place for PS on Lemmy since just before the Reddit fiasco.

I am very active in the community and post regularly/daily about PS5 and PS news over on c/ps5. My co-mod over on c/PS5 (@slimerancher@lemmy.world) is also the lead mod on !nintendo@lemmy.world and they have done a tremendous effort building that community large and wide!

All this is to say…or rather ask you all a few questions:

  • Should c/playstation and c/ps5 join forces? Lemmy as a whole is still very small, and I believe having subscribers divided across two largely similar communities is doing us a disservice. A larger community means more discussions, more comments, more everything.

  • Should we remain separate? I know many of you likely joined c/playstation and c/ps5 for different reasons. Merging the communities might not be what you all want.

  • Do you have different ideas from those above? Please let us know below!

The point of this post is to hear from all of you and gather feedback and ideas before any decision is made. Currently, I plan to release a survey to formalize the options and opinions of the community before we do anything. For now, this post is to inform you all of what is happening and see what you all think.

Edit:

Here is a link to the similar discussion post I posted over on !ps5@lemmy.world

https://lemmy.world/post/5350368

  • sadbehr@lemmy.nzEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    My vote is for consolidating the two. If there is ever a need in the future it can be split again.

    Thanks for all the works you do.

    • CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for the feedback! I was considering making a survey in the future but if the sentiment is overwhelmingly in one direction then I might not have to. So far everyone is wanting to merge.

      • chrisphero@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I also vote for a consolidation of the two. As others have mentioned, we are unfortunately not that big (yet) and therefore one big community with everything related to playstation would be a good thing.

        I really love the Fediverse, but one weakness is for sure the splintering of communities in many small very specific ones, where none of them get many traffic.

        Also thank you for you work!