In the case of this community, it’s for music that was originally created before 1950. Modern performances are allowed.

!oldmusic@lemmy.today :)

See here for context: https://lemmy.world/comment/24964627

These separate communities already existed. These are more than what is being replaced, but since I made them I expanded the scope to include all decades that I am interested in. It’s not about traffic, it’s about letting people subscribe to their preference.