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
Thank you. Brilliant, wonderful.
So tired of politics, there are communities for that stuff.
I’m considering setting up my own instance with an instance-wide ban on all political contents… It’s annoying to deal with those political posts with super vague title so it bypasses the keyword filter.