Please suggest rules for this community. Let keep it simple and short and let try to accommodate everyone! :)
Think the first one should be RESPECT.
I’m a mod from r/RSA and our motto is to encourage a healthy discussion even if you don’t agree with it. this allows you to see the opposite sides perspective and ultimately results in revelations to work forward. Also remember that too many rules nomatter how good the intentions are, could cause the opposite effect. a good example of this is infact what happened to r/southafrica.
overmoderation causes not only unnecessary work for mods but also creates frustration within the community. sometimes what you as a admin want goes against what the community wants and vice versa. so with this in mind really think deeply and broadly about rules that you would want to have. basic good rules are, no hate speach, no racism, no doxxing.
also things to keep in mind, is that the world of the anonymous internet there will be bad faith actor’s and they come in all forms to infiltrate your community. sometimes there goal is to soak emails so that they can sell them to advertisers, sometimes it’s spamming ads for their crypto get rich quick investments. ect ect
Curious as to know what you think happened in r/southafrica. As far as I can tell, your exposure is through second hand sources banned from r/southafrica for hate and similar serious transgressions.
We loved having you in r/southafrica (and also doing our artwork), but since you moved into a mod position at r/RSA your mind seems to have been poisoned. Most of the older mods of r/RSA were banned for blatant hate and/or racism. I’m happy to share the reasons and what they did to earn their bans.
Okay, think its enough of reddit and what happened there. We are on Lemmy now and for are looking forward to a great !southafrica community.
I’m trying to chat with Spinaasie in a neutral open forum. If you don’t want any discussion of reddit on here, well that’s your decision and I’ll respect it. I’ll move any future discussions to a private chat.
Thank you.
Keep things positive. South Africa has much beauty and many positives that keeps us going. Positive news and being proud of our heritage is what keeps us all together. I think a lot of people started dreading r/southafrica at some point because we were beginning to become negative and also fought in the comments. This also links to the point you suggested. I really think we can do it South Africans! We’re all family. We’ve a got a bit of a clean slate here. And heres to a good Tuesday to all!
I agree with keep things positive. but it does not make for a good rule. say now someone posts something about stage 20 loadshedding? will this get removed because its not about a sunny day and butterflies?
Perhaps the solution for that is to rather encourage Positive content to be created by the community. via a weekly event where you ask what made your week? or its Friday lets meme or stuff like that? Make post about stories about our heritage. Also remember you can champion a form of this, because what content you choose to supply the sub now will effect what future people will want to post.
IDK just adding to the mix here
I agree, that’s good perspective. I think encourage positivity it likely better worded. (Never been a mod, just trying to contribute.)
That being said and done, we need to remember that this is not reddit, and our community rules do not supersede the instance owner’s code of conduct. For communities who are in lemmy.world, for instance, it needs to be noted what they say regarding controversial, “inflammatory”, topics, and even free speech. It’s very broad and nothing unreasonable, but might be good to remind people that all community rules taken into account, they stick to the rules of this community’s instance code of conduct as well. It’s not majorly complex, but lemmy.world does allow for what I suggested, thus making my suggestion just as simple as giving a link to the instance’s code of conduct.
I hope this helps a bit.
You sir, are well informed.
Thanks for that link, it does help a lot.
Only a pleasure!
I agree with you. I would rather say handle negative stuff on a positive way. The way people react to stuff is important.
I like the idea of a weekly event!
WOW! Think you nailed it! KEEP THINGS POSITIVE!
I would like to see something a bit different here to Reddit’s sub. I expect I will still pop back and forth, but here could be a nice place for actual discussion, as well as a resource for good articles, news, weekly South African streamer/podcast/YouTube updates and things that don’t necessarily need a critical mass of followers while this community is still small.
Did you find a great potjie recipe? Share here. Did you discover some great local music, or know of a cool play on circuit at your theatre? Do you have a good solar install experience and want to share your research for prices and further reading? Do you follow a weekly podcast? Share the new episodes when you listen! Did you go on a roadtrip and want to give us an itinerary blog post run down? Yes please!
As for behaviour, let’s promote discussions and fleshed out replies. Let’s avoid sarcastic one liners and low effort jokes. Lets treat each other like neighbours riding out the same storm. Be courteous, understanding and helpful. Let’s share our discoveries and add Reddit to our repertoire. If you continue to use Reddit, bring us into the loop of the best bits so we can pop over and read the thread. Lets be the best of, inner circle. Free if racism and hate, and happy to share the good parts of being South African.
Yes, I also like this!
