NEW RULE: added on an appropriate day

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

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts

The entire showerthought must be in the title

Avoid politics

3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.

Posts must be original/unique

Adhere to Lemmy’s Code of Conduct