Hey everyone, as I previously mentioned the rules here are up for debate, and I’d like to start with the problem that led us all here:

  1. Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it’s not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.

Breaking it up:

Posts have to be centered around self-hosting

Kind of obvious for the community, but perfectly fine to note.

There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing.

Without listing anything here, I think this is pointless and unhelpful. I’d also note that hardware is intrinsic to hosting your own services, and we are talking about people hosting at home, which makes “home computing” here rather confusing. We host these things for our home computing typically. The intention I think was “This is not your generic linux help desk or buildapc”, but that doesn’t come through very well.

If it’s not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.

I like this not from a moderation perspective, but more of a post clarity perspective. Whats obviously related to selfhosting to the OP may not be obvious to people visiting that post.

Here’s what I propose as a revised rule 3:

Posts here are to be centered around self-hosting. Be prepared to explain to others why it’s related to self-hosting if asked.

Please discuss! Happy to have any additional input on this.

In the meantime, I’m striking out the middle of rule 3 until there is some consensus on wording.

Edit: Its/it’s typo

  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafeEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I’d replace “be prepared to explain to others” etc with

    “Please ensure it is clear in your post how it relates to selfhosting”

    Be prepared is a bit vague. Your preceding explanation calls out that what is in the poster’s mind is often not clear to others, and the rules are there to remind people of the standards required. My suggestion is still a little vague, but I suspect anything blunter might cause offence.

    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      A good point and I like the phrasing

      I do think its valuable to note somehow that users are absolutely allowed to question, but maybe I’m overthinking it in that regard.