No Stupid Questions

I’m not on lemmy.world, but I’d just like to say that im always sad when I see communities using Discord for communication. It’s the exact opposite of lemmy. And if one considers the current Reddit measures as harsh, they are pretty soft compared to Discords stance on such matters. Information that goes in there is basically lost. So go the entire way with Matrix.

Do you want a discord server or a matrix chat room?

Matrix.

Stupid question, couldn't resist. On Jerboa, I am not seeing the link to the rules. Gonna look around a bit more.

Excited to be here! The rules look good. I suspect rule 5 is the most important and also the one that will get tested the most.

Don’t try to negotiate with bad actors. Just fucking kick them.

Rule 6 seems useful and almost needed for any community, barring any abuse of the tag obviously.

Yes, give me buttons for /subscribed and whatever the other one is. Also, I miss the dopamine rush of that notification counter going up.

no complaints thus far, interesting take on the what is/ask forum. I like to look at & occasionally answer

I don't think removing hateful people will be as big of an issue as it was on reddit though, since the mod log is public by default, and it's more likely they'll just be all driven back into a defederated hiding place somewhere.

The rules seem good to me, including Nr 6. I also like it that you are looking out for your community and want to provide a great atmosphere here.

Congratz!! Amazing to see this growth.

Rules look fine to me, I also appreciate a lot that you're asking the community <3

All the rules seem reasonable to me, I think #6 is good to have & fine the way it's written. Just joined Lemmy a few days ago, so still acclimatizing.

I think rule 7 needs to be updated a little bit; that is how Reddit started banning people for hating on Nazis

Personally I would address the wording around rule 5. As it stands, it basically just sounds like the lead mod is going "I reserve the right to control the political climate of this community."

I think if you simply elaborated a little more in the description of the rule, and possibly provided examples, it would help allay these fears.

Let's get off on a good, professional footing that inspires seriousness and trust in our userbase, though, instead of a funnier one that encourages goofing off and trolling.

edit: added a couple words

The rule list could use some formatting so they are scannable. Right now every rule is one long text paragraph. If the central words or short summary head were bold it'd be much better UI and UX wise.

It may be worth it to consider or discuss whether certain types of questions that have more fitting alternative communities should be posted there and not here. (General open questions may be better fit on asklemmy. Questions that are not "stupid" either through lack of knowledge or lack of context knowledge or risk of being looked down upon may not belong here.) Although moderating those could become difficult because they may not always be clearly one or the other.

Asking for opinions is not a possibly considered stupid question unless it's something people generally don't have to ask about or shouldn't ask about.

I would suggest an FAQ for newbies, since so many are flooding in (like me). Too big a burden for a few sysadmins or mods, so I would suggest you crowd-source it. If Lemmy has wiki-like capabilities, you could use those. Or as a last resort, you could use the actual en.wikipedia.org. This is my first day here, and I've read tons but I feel as though I'm lost and without a map.

I think it's time to unpin this.

Improve the default themes. The dark theme is so hard on the eyes, it's likely to turn away people whose first impression is that. It needs to have a more legible font choice against that background, as is it's a strain on the eyes. The white theme is pretty good.