this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2024
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New Communities
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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
Rules
The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.
1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.
A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.
B. No illegal content.
C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.
D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.
E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.
2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't
You should also include either:
!community@instance.com
or instance.com/c/community
FAQ:
Q: Why do I get a 404?
A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.
Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?
A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.
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is it just me or does this community have zero posts?
Is it me or did I create this community within the last hour?
It’s just you
Great, valuable contributions here. Thanks Pepsi! You really ARE the taste of a new generation!
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You didn’t create anything. You just registered a community name.
It’s like the Great Value version of domain squatting.
You're arguing semantics here, weird nerd. Who cares what you call what I did to bring this community into reality? I pressed a few buttons and the thing that was in my mind now exists in the world and is impossible for you to do anything about.
Did you want to add anything of value to the conversation?
Is the corporate astro turfer with us in the room right now, demesisx?
There's a snowball's chance in hell that corporations are spending their time and money trying to convince the few dozen active posters and few thousand commenters of anything. Most corporations with a PR department probably don't even know Lemmy exists let alone has a significant enough number of users to matter to their interests.
Even if all of that weren't true, you've still done nothing but created a community which I'm sure takes all of the time that setting up a new voice channel on discord does. Congratulations, you've created a place where random people who don't agree with you will be framed as corporate imps for having an independent thought or knowledge of how the world works that you just can't wrap your head around.
"Impossible for you to do anything about"
Lol it's like watching Jerry from R&M leaving the day care and being told that he was always allowed, we really couldn't care less but you'll take this criticism as "those darn corpos trying to ruin Lemmy!" Instead of people calling you out for providing nothing and then pretending you are some activist striking out against the man.