Should we close !askandroid@lemdro.id and allow support questions here?
Hello everyone,
!askandroid@lemdro.id was initially created to avoid getting !android@lemdro.id to get overwhelmed.
Last week, !askandroid@lemdro.id has 4 users, so it seems like activity pretty much halted.
Should we close it and redirect to !android@lemdro.id to consolidate activity?
I'm alright with this personally. I don't like support posts, but as long as they're tagged who cares. I can just filter that out on my end
I don't think much has even been removed here but there is also something else that occurred to me.
Direct image links. Users just dumping a screenshot of their "problem" and then just scooting off with not much context and why we asked them over on r/Android for them to at least contain that image in a .self post, and then describe what they've already done to try and resolve their issue etc.
Yeah I'm down for that tbf. Ngl I have become disillusioned with posting news about Android for the last few months. Because if it's not Mishaal Rahman, the rest of the news feels cynical and apathetic.
Android is pretty boring nowadays it seems. Custom ROMs is mostly LineageOS and GrapheneOS. Manufacturers don't innovate anymore. Phones are losing features.
I'm in favor, as activity on !askandroid@lemdro.id and even !android@lemdro.id to an extend is quite low
Like I said over on Matrix, this is the bit that would bother me
I think the one thing to take into account is if !android did grow to silly levels (I joined r/Android when it was at ~1000 users) when you have 2 million users you do need a degree of a separation
Help vampires while I like to try and help, there's too many of you 🙈
when you have 2 million users you do need a degree of a separation
The day we get there I'll happily be in favor of segregating
Well yeah, but like I also said over on Matrix this post of yours should really include the prior ROM's you've used/problems you encountered to spark more discussion?
It's a bit of a cul-de-sac of a post to be honest.
Maybe keep askandroid in reserve for when that time arrives
Personally, I want them segregated. I answer help posts when I have the power to do so. But, I skip when I don't want to. Seeing them when I don't want to would be an energy drain.
Someone mentioned they can be filtered. But, I do not see tags or an easy way to do so. I use Sync for Lemmy and Voyager.
Keep them separate
I prefer the merge as it will drive up engagement. Maybe with a temporary rule like to see what's going on, because if it becomes like on Reddit where 100 users every day ask the same simple question 100 times, it becomes annoying
Yes, it's very annoying to have a question and then having to ask it in a non-active community, instead of the active one. But please don't make a stickied thread dedicated for support questions. Those get even less traction
Are there a lot of questions here that get removed?
One per month more or less: https://lemmy.zip/modlog/8087
So not anywhere near overwhelming, then.