In the sidebar you will see that rule 3 is “Avoid politics”, as of US election day.
Political posts represent the vast majority of the moderation burden. They tend not to be the fun/quirky/whimsical/goofy/nonsense kind of posts that people enjoy from c/showerthoughts.
Maybe we should make a c/drivewaythoughts or a c/doomscrollingthoughts to fill the void.
The rule will begin 0200 UTC Nov 6, 2024 to be exact, you have 2 minutes, go ham.
As always I’m open to feedback.
EDIT: While I’m editing the sidebar. I will remove the “Be good to others” rule because it’s redundant to the opening paragraph of Lemmy’s Code of Conduct.
EDIT 2: If you want to give anonymous feedback you can report this post and give your feedback in the report. It’s anonymous to me at least.
EDIT 3: Here are some good counter points to the new rule:
- This arguably offers new perspective on an ordinary topic but it’s pretty political: https://lemmy.world/post/21997198
- This post was very popular and remained civil: https://lemmy.world/post/21925102
So, is this actually going to be enforced? I’m seeing non stop political posts, and it’s making me hate this community
Apologies for the slow enforcement. The reported posts deemed in violation of community rules have now been addressed.