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Community dedicated to the world of Harry Potter.
Mostly focused on books and fan creations, movie content is accepted but should not overwhelm the community.
Discussions about JKR are allowed.
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Follow up to the discussion in this thread: https://literature.cafe/post/20498464
Given the variety of perspectives shared in that thread, I don't think that a single community will be able to satisfy everyone.
As such, I have come up wit the following split:
- [email protected]
- [email protected] (this community)
- [email protected]
While it does fragment the userbase (always a risk with in the fediverse), it would put give individual users the maximum amount of choice for what posts they wish to see in their feed, and what topics they wish to discuss.
I am interested in hearing people's thoughts.
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Do the admins of Lemmy.zip know that you're planning to host a community on their instance where people who are critical of JK Rowling will be censored? @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
I don't see how creating a community on that basis and then naming it !harrypotter will not produce a safe space for transphobes. I've suggested a compromise in naming a Harry Potter focused community !jkisabigot, where harry potter memes and non-JK content can be redirected from !harrypotter. There are several examples of communities on Reddit like Trees, MarijuanaEnthusiasts, and Anime_titties becoming successful not just despite their name, but partially because the story their name tells.
News and criticism about JK Rowling is part of the HP fan discourse. I've been told to "fuck off" like I'm an outsider, like I don't belong in the fandom because I think discussion of JK Rowling's bigotry is more important than her stories. Places where you can enjoy HP content while avoiding Rowling criticism exist on Reddit. They don't belong on the Fediverse.
And a !jkrowling community on lemmy.blahaj.zone is a terrible idea. Who is going to moderate it, you? Why do you think you're qualified?
A majority trans instance doesn't need reminders that JK Rowling exists in their local feed. If people there wanted it, they would have created the community already. I'm sure @[email protected] has good intentions, but the existence of that community will only be used as an excuse to push Rowling criticism away from where it needs to be seen; by people actively consuming HP content.
We've had an chat internally and decided that we'd be happy with a community that separates HP from JKR as long as it was properly moderated in line with its purpose.
The suggestion allows for a community on another instance where JKR could be discussed in relation to HP. The merits of such a community are obvious, however we don't agree that the subject matters can't be discussed separately, if there was a demand for that community to exist.
So, we would be happy with a community to specifically discuss HP, if such a community was to be opened.
What are your qualifications for "properly moderated" ?
Lemmy.zip has a moderation policy under our Code of conduct.
That document is extremely vague and boilerplate for the task that you're taking on, don't you think?