This community started as a way to share what I found interesting and help promote the instance. I had no expectations of it growing to the size it is right now. As a result, the basic rules of the community are no longer seem to be enough to keep up with the activity. I’m grateful to people who post, comment and have honest discussions, but lately more and more discussions are going off into off-topic and leads to personal attacks.
I am of a strong opinion that discussions and disagreements on the merit lead to real conversations and stronger positions. But, all of that is lost, when conversations devolve into ad hominem attacks.
Likewise, I believe in evaluating each individual article or source on its own merit. As a result, all sources are welcome here, and each of you can evaluate what do you think about it. Voting and commenting should be used to express those thoughts, not report button.
Lastly, misinformation. The whole concept of misinformation is impossible to enforce. I’m just a single person, who is not a subject expert in every single field. Use your brain and do your own research, verify information with multiple sources. If you find something that can lead to immediate danger, report and include as much information as possible so that it can be appropriately evaluated.
New rules
- English only: Title and associated content has to be in English.
- No social media posts: Avoid all social media posts. Try searching for a source that has a written article or transcription on the subject.
- Respectful communication: All communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
- Inclusivity: Everyone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
- Ad hominem attacks: Any kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can’t argue your position without attacking a person’s character, you already lost the argument.
- Off-topic tangents: Stay on topic. Keep it relevant.
- Instance rules may apply: If something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.
Thank you everyone who participates, and I hope you continue participating in the future.
My friend, this is another example of why you should have another brain on the team. They don’t need to be a mod. A que with timed release could easily be coded. There’s likely several decent sets of tools already developed and maintained.
Anyone can post, it’s open community.
And I do not use automation on purpose, all my posts are curated by me. I could easily repost my whole RSS feed, but it would be just stupid.
Also, scheduling posts is counterproductive. It’s blind and can lead to duplicate posts. It also wouldn’t help much anymore, as the community outgrown me. I’m no longer an only active poster.
You’re starting at zero and trying to figure it out solo. Others already made all the mistakes, reasoned out the nuance, and built the tools. But, you’re not interested in any of that.
I suggest you replace yourself with two others willing to adequately serve.