I'm considering closing and redirecting !askmen@lemmy.ca and !askwomen@lemmy.ca. They haven't seen much activity in months/years. Usually, people just post in the ask/asklemmy communities and indicate which group of people they want answers from.

Here is a draft for the pinned post so far:

There currently isn't a one to one match for the topic of this community. If you want answers from a specific group (ex. men/women), you could instead start your question with a phrase like "A question for men:". Here are some alternative communities:

"Ask" communities (for starting a discussion):

!asklemmy@lemmy.world

!asklemmy@lemmy.ml

!ask@piefed.social

!askbeehaw@beehaw.org

For questions that are more specific to your situation:

!nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

!nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

Group specific communities:

!dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

!womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone

!dadforaminute@lemmy.world

Broader in topic (not necessarily questions):

!casualconversation@piefed.social

If you would like to take over this community, please reach out to @admin@lemmy.ca

Do you have any thoughts? Are there other communities that should be included in the list?

!askbeehaw@beehaw.org but

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[–] sga@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

can you please elaborate why would that be helpful?

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Having an open community without any posts in the last few months gives a potential new joiner the impression that the platform is just empty. Multiply that by the number of communities they encounter which are in a similar stage and they just leave to never come back.

On the other hand, seeing a locked community with "community locked for now, here's an active alternative" points the potential new joiner to the active community, which shows them that this place indeed has some activity.

[–] sga@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ooh... that makes sense. I will lock it down, but where should i direct them to? There was a stupid question community in lemmee i think, but now that is no more, so not sure what should be the best option. maybe normal ask communities, but they do not feel right.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Normal ask communities I would say. You can maybe even reuse this post content