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How do I modify a community created by another user? (lemmy.globe.pub)
submitted 1 year ago by mplewis@lemmy.globe.pub to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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I am signed in as an admin user of my instance. A different, non-admin user has created a community on my instance. I can't edit this community's details. If I create a post in this community, I can't use the ... menu to assign myself moderator of this community.

What do I need to do to give myself access to edit this community?

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[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you even want to be doing this?

[–] mplewis@lemmy.globe.pub 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m the owner and admin of the instance, and sometimes there are tidying/housekeeping tasks I need to do with user-created communities.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I know, but I’m just trying to understand why you wouldn’t allow people on your instance to handle their own shit. What is the tidying/house keeping of someone else’s community? As an admin you can already delete/purge every post everywhere. I could remove/purge this post right now.

[–] mplewis@lemmy.globe.pub 3 points 1 year ago

I think you’re assuming a lot about what I’m doing here. In this case, I wanted to rename the community to move an emoji and make it more consistent with the other similar communities on our server.