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NEW RULE: added on an appropriate day (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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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:

  1. This arguably offers new perspective on an ordinary topic but it's pretty political: https://lemmy.world/post/21997198
  2. This post was very popular and remained civil: https://lemmy.world/post/21925102
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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 46 points 3 months ago

lol ... it would be just funny for the mods to instead delete posts to just move them onto a c/rejectedpoliticalpostsfromshowerthoughts

keep up the work guys, the community looks great and we have you guys to thank for it.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago

That would be funny actually

I'm down

[-] vatlark@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure that it's possible to move posts but that would be funny. Maybe c/powerthoughts

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

/c/ToiletThoughts since they're getting flushed away.

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

Interesting idea - move posts to an appropriate community. Or lol maybe just have one called DumpingGround so mods don't have to decide where they go. I like this idea.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago

Thank you. Brilliant, wonderful.

So tired of politics, there are communities for that stuff.

[-] Object@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

I appreciate this rule ๐Ÿ™Œ

[-] Ballissle@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 months ago

Keep the rule permanant

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Absolutely!

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 14 points 3 months ago

Thank you for keeping the community booming!

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago

Damnit I missed my 2-minute window of opportunity!? /s :-P

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[-] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago

Nice

[-] simple@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Thank you! There are definitely a lot of politics communities on Lemmy, so I'm a huge fan of not having them leak into casual communities like this.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

Thank you

[-] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Thank you. This stuff really didn't fit this community.

[-] laverabe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Community for political discussion: !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world , mods please feel free to post this anywhere if you'd like to avoid the political posts :)

[-] anakin78z@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

So, is this actually going to be enforced? I'm seeing non stop political posts, and it's making me hate this community

[-] forkball@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Apologies for the slow enforcement. The reported posts deemed in violation of community rules have now been addressed.

this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
    • If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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