Hi Everyone,

This is the first real meta post here on [email protected], the community has grown very quickly and there is great engagement on race weekends. We are the biggest F1 sub on Lemmy and it’s time to start thinking about how we want this community to run.

First up, to introduce the mod team, alongside myself we now have @[email protected] and @[email protected]. Wes has been responsible for posting all of the discussion threads for practice sessions, quali and races, and Bwoah is active everyday posting new interesting new content and analysis, big thanks to both of them they have really helped to grow the sub.

Moving forwards; we need some basic rules to keep the sub running smoothly, as a mod team we have 3 that are important to us;

- Be respectful to everyone; drivers, lemmings, redditors etc
This is a welcoming community, and that means being respectful to everyone inside and outside of it. While we understand there are tense moments, it doesn’t mean anyone needs to resort to name calling or being derogatory. No hate speech of any kind. That doesn’t mean you can’t call out a driver or a team for mistakes, but do it in a constructive and friendly way.

- No gambling, crypto or NFTs
There is a wealth of evidence that shows the impact of gambling advertising on everyone, in particular children and those who have suffered from gambling disorder, including increasing intent to gamble. Members of this community should not be exposed to or encouraged to gamble, or partake in risky behaviours that could result in financial loss.

- Spoilers are allowed
Spoilers are a contentious issue, but the majority of fans are watching the race live and are excited about results. For those of use that can’t follow every practice and qualifying session, having access to results immediately is better than trawling the web to see what happened. While sometimes it isn’t possible to watch a race live, avoiding social media and news sites until you are caught up is something a lot of us are used to, and is the only guaranteed way to avoid spoilers which would be very hard to moderate.

Now, we want some community feedback and suggestions on the following;

- websites that force login or have a paywall When users post content from a website that isn’t openly accessible, how should that be handled? A non-editorialised summary or copy of the article in the comments?

- Non English articles
How should the community handle non English articles? Google translate? Fan translations? No translations?

- Social Media Content
Should social media content be linked to, or screenshotted, or both? Many people don’t have accounts on instagram, twitter, facebook, and don’t want to sign up to read a single comment. Should users credit the original poster in the title eg [Photographer - Lemmy.world]

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    1 year ago

    Dude rule one is literally be respectful. Calling the mods dumb and bad isn’t being respectful.

    I think we’re all nature enough here to share our views without being rude.

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      1 year ago

      I truly don’t care. I’ve already blocked this instance. If they’re going to be so openly hostile to users like me I’m fine calling a dumb rule dumb.

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        1 year ago

        Okay, well I just don’t think it’s fair to be rude to people who are just trying to build a community.

        I don’t think that disagreeing with you, and implementing a rule is the same as being ‘openly hostile’.

        Sometimes, we disagree, that doesn’t mean you need to be rude.

        I don’t necessarily agree with all of the new rules being implemented, but overall I can still see that this mod team are working hard to create fair rules to allow as many people as possible to engage positively with the community.

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      1 year ago

      Calling a rule dumb and bad =/= calling the mods dumb and bad, 1. 2, respect goes both ways. They are being openly hostile to users like me and the scores of users that are time zone or otherwise constrained to watching a race not live. 3. There’s no reason to write a screed about why it’s dumb and bad. Those have been written before. They know what they’re doing. I’m here to voice my disapproval, they’re beyond convincing, as they’ve made clear.