Some updates on community changes and future goals (03-28-2025) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Smokeydope@lemmy.world to c/localllama@sh.itjust.works

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Hi everyone! I recently became moderator of this community and have been making some changes. I figured it would be good practice to be transparent with you and document what's been going on.

Changelog

The community sidebar now has a banner
The description of our community has been rewritten and expanded.
New thumbnail picture
Un-pinned post on beginner questions / Reason: its better for beginners to make a new post asking their questions for community visibility/engagement.
Un-pinned post on guide to LLMs / Reason: guide years old and somewhat outdated.

thumbnail picture changes

Ive been experimenting with some different thumbnails for our community. I didn't really want to keep associating with r/localllama in any way we dont need to copy them.

Old thumbnail

old picture

New Thumbnail:

New banner:

I want to make sure our thumbnail looks decent and clearly recognizable on phones. Ive been tying to stick with the more minimal aesthetic, for readability.If you have some constructive critisism or a compelling argument to switch back to old thumbnail I will hear you out in the comments.

Plans moving forward

I would like to curate and pin an meta-index of all the guides members here have made throughout the community lifespan.

I would like to write and pin my own version of a beginners guide for llms in 2025.

Conclusion

Thank you all! From the posters, to the commenters, and especially the readers/lurkers. You have all helped keep this place alive. I will do continue doing my best to post while quietly keeping the place well maintained.

Source Images to artwork:

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[-] morrowind@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Thumbnail looks a little odd when small. You may want to go for a more digital llama aesthetic

[-] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you for the feedback, ill look into digital llama aesthetic. I updated the picture just now with a lot of unneeded linework removed to get it cleaner for small view. Think its a little better now.

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