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Due to the large number of reports we've received about recent posts, we've added Rule 7 stating "No low-effort posts. This is subjective and will largely be determined by the community member reports."

In general, we allow a post's fate to be determined by the amount of downvotes it receives. Sometimes, a post is so offensive to the community that removal seems appropriate. This new rule now allows such action to be taken.

We expect to fine-tune this approach as time goes on. Your patience is appreciated.

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[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I've seen slightly offtopic posts deleted here, even after some interesting conversation in the comments. I think Lemmy is small, and it could help the platform if conversations and posts are preserved even if they are not 100% on topic. But I respect the work of mods, it's their decision how they run a community, even if I don't agree with them all time.

But just as a backup, if things take an unexpected turn, here are some similar, but much less active communities:

This is also to the "low effort" posters, if you disagree with your post's removal you can post it to other similar communities.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 15 points 6 months ago

I've posted here and had it deleted. So I don't bother.
The instance I'm a member of had an unused selfhosting comm, and I started using it. Other people did too. Thanks for the shout out.

[–] trilobite@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks for sharing the other communities. I have used this forum a lot and there are some great helpers here. I really hope things don't get a bad turn. We really need these forums to help newbies. We've all been there. You could argue that the typical newbie question "where do i start?" Is "low effort" but simply reading all the answers about how others approched self hosting has given me so much benefit.