I love putting things in boxes, it’s my hobby you see, so I’d like to hear other people’s thoughts and perspectives on this.
But my point is pretty straightforward: there is an overarching aussie.zone community, and as long as the sidebars are well-connected to aid discovery (and they’re already pretty good), there’s no point in having news and politics spread across three different communities, and we just end up with redundant crossposting creating parallel conversations.
It would be great to clarify the relationship between /c/australia, /c/news and /c/australianpolitics.
Only if it makes sense. @[email protected] has a valid point about having smaller communities until there’s enough traffic to justify dividing it up, which I personally think is less critical on aussie.zone due to how the site is set up but can be make-or-break on forums with distinct boards, where it just gets filled with 3 half-dead communities instead of 1 active, inviting community.
Agreed.