from curbstickle@anarchist.nexus to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 20:01
https://anarchist.nexus/c/selfhosted/p/757795/community-rules
In an effort to make the sidebar a bit cleaner, and allow for more thorough explanation of the rules, this post has been made. Comments are disabled, to start a discussion with the community about this post or the rules in general, please make a meta post. Please stick to one specific item to address as your post to keep discussions on topic.
If you see a rule violation, please report rather than interacting with the post/comment.
Rules:
1) Be civil.
This is a community of collaboration. We aren’t here to put each other down, but lift each other up - helping to improve efficiencies, find the right solution to deploy, or work through bugs.
Disagreement and strong opinions are welcome, being degrading or disrespectful is not.
A good reference would be the Lemmy.world Terms of Service as well as the ACoC.
Sexism, racism, ethno-supremacy, homophobia, slurs for ethnicities, genders, sexualities, etc, will not be tolerated. If you see it, report it. Don’t interact, as the comment chain will likely be nuked.
2) No spam.
Spam is not “I don’t like this”.
Spam would generally be considered:
- Mass-posting - Posting the exact same post across a bunch of of different communities, rapidly. Cross-posting is not spam, but cross-posting to communities where it wouldn’t fit, is.
- Repetitive Content (aka karma farming) - repeatedly submitting old popular content. This is completely irrelevant on Lemmy,, but the behavior is still not permitted.
- Bot Activity / AI Abuse - Using scripts/bots/gen AI to automate posts and comments.
- Unsolicited DMs - Mass private messages or chats to users, completely unsolicited
Bots are allowed, but see the Rules of Use for Bots on Lemmy.World, where this community is located. Please be sure to review these rules prior to using a bot in this community.
3) Posts are to be related to self-hosting.
Please ensure it is clear in your post how it relates to self-hosting.
If you see a post where there is a more appropriate place for the discussion to take place, such as a linux or networking community, please feel free to recommend it to the user as well as report.
From a community discussion on this rule:
- Posts that are better off in a different community (not just intent, but also a community thats appropriately supported by activity) will be locked only after that community is noted. Posts will not be deleted though, only locked.
- If there is an influx of simple posts about hardware, pictures of setups, etc., then we can go ahead with a weekly sticky for that content.
- Low effort content is currently well managed with upvotes and downvotes. If there is an influx of low effort content, we can use a different approach.
- Repeated common questions, once enough of them are being seen, will go to an FAQ post or a wiki.
4) Don’t duplicate the full text of your blog or readme if you’re providing a link.
If everything you’re posting is in the link, there isn’t much value to adding that text. If you’re going to add text, make it contextual. Summarize it, mention why selfhoster’s might be interested in the news link, how you’re using this software, etc.
5) Submission headline should match the article title.
Add supporting or related information in the post itself rather than the title.
6) No trolling.
Trolling is deliberately posting something offensive, nonsensical, or provocative to bait people into arguments or to get an emotional reaction. Its disruptive and manipulative, and is not permitted here.
A few key characteristics:
- Baiting: Comments / posts to make people angry or confused
- Derailing conversations: Ruining meaningful discussions by steering them off topic
Downplaying this behavior by claiming it was “just a joke” will not impact moderation decisions. See rule 1.
7) Promotion posts require your active participation in selfhosting or related communities, and your account must be at least 30 days old. F/LOSS without a paywall has exceptions, with requirements. See this link for further details.
- Active participation is defined by the 10% rule - no more than 10% of your posts or comments may be self-promotional, or your post will be removed. That is not per-project, but your account as a whole. If the entirety of your post and comment history is your blog and projects, then your post history is entirely self-promotional.
- Account Age has been added as a requirement to mitigate frequent posts that were being seen within the community. This rule applies in all cases, whether you intend to post about a paid or F/LOSS project. There are no exemptions from this requirement.
- F/LOSS Exception: If your post is about a project that is completely open source & can be self-hosted in full without payment, your post is exempt from the 10% requirement. The exception does not exempt you from the account age requirement.
This post will receive updates as rules are updated.
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