There have been quite a few posts in the Australia community about the upcoming referendum and naturally invite a variety of views and (mostly) interesting conversation.
Since Lemmy has nothing equivalent to post ‘flairs’ at this stage I think it would be helpful to have a community where people can discuss, ask questions about, share news about or share their views on the proposed constitutional amendment. The dedicated community should be changed to only allow moderators to post after the referendum is completed.
Not sure I agree, given the community’s size currently. Pretty much everyone here has to vote in the referendum, but how many would actually subscribe to a community solely dedicated to it? I get the feeling that quite a few of the people who have commented in the Australia threads would not. Many don’t even understand the absolute basics of what the referendum is about or how the Voice will work. If we move the conversation elsewhere, we risk losing the engagement of all these people. And in my experience, I’ve seen quite a few change their perspective or learn something new in the conversations that have taken place to date.
The way I see it is as a sub forum of the Australia one - we wouldn’t remove posts about the referendum in Australia but more likely direct people to the proposed community