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On the R-site there was a "Linux Questions" one. I guess it needs to be recreated here.
Creating a new community for one question is insane.
If there's a surge in questions not relevant to 90% of readers then sure but Lemmy isn't there yet
Insane is a big word. There's a separate one on the R-site so why not here? Then people who want to participate in Stack Exchange-style Q&A can subscribe to that and those who just want to discuss Linux as a subject won't have to bat away spam about the exact syntax to some obscure video-editing utility.
There was a discussion about "ghost communities" a few days ago:
https://feddit.uk/post/24499702
People are quick to create communities but they sit unused, attract few posts and fewer subscribers. Often the mods move on so even if new posts were to appear they'd be unmoderated.
The simple reason for that is there isn't enough demand. Lemmy is still small it's too early to be spinning out ever more narrowed niche communities. If you think content belongs elsewhere then report it to the mods and let them decide. If they see a surge in unwanted Q&A topics then they can amend posting guidelines to direct people elsewhere or to a Q&A thread or something.
Sure, I get that. The simpler remedy here would just be to ban ultra-niche support questions. Look at the title of this community then look at the title of this topic and ask yourself: were you interested in it? I wasn't.
Your comment "This question does not belong here." currently has 22 downvotes and 1 upvote.
To me that suggests your view is in the minority.
And your point is... what?