So, as per images below, when you search for an Australian community associated with lemmy, lemmy.world is more likely to come up than Aussie Zone in all i've tried, bar Melbourne our most active community.
My question: Is this a problem we should consider intentional action to correct? And if so what could we do?
Couldn't agree more with you're sentiments @nath .
The thoughts i have leading to this post is, (in no particular order)
On lemmy Aussie Zone has become the central gathering point for Australians, and if an event like 'rexodus' happens again its not necessarily easy to find us with a very general search, even if people were inclined to.
I'm not confident organic growth will continue. Users and their activity have been pretty flat for months now on Aussie Zone, and i'm beginning to fear it might trend in the other direction. And like you, i actually quite like Aussie Zone's communities, especially when compared to the maelstrom of everything else, so i'm keen to protect it.
If Lemmy or the fediverse does begin to experience insane growth, and Aussie Zone along with that, isn't it better to have a plan?
I also would far rather a community and volunteer based organisation like Aussie Zone to have the strength to stand on its own, instead of completely ceding the social web to corporate interests. But this is definitely beyond the scope of my post today.