Otter @ otter @lemmy.ca

I waddled onto the beach and ~~stole~~ *found* a computer to use.

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It looks like this got posted twice. I'll remove this one since the other one has more comments and upvotes :)

"Deaths in aid incidents" is weird phrasing

I think that's reasonable

I have run into users not being aware of which community a post is in a few times. Two recent examples

• We were discussing whether we should remove a post from !canada@lemmy.ca and if it was relevant to Canada. Two users may have misunderstood it as trying to defend trump
• I posted a study comparing the efficacy of a particular vaccine regiment in !medicine@mander.xyz, which is intended for medical professionals, and someone thought I was posting antivax disinfo. Studies on vaccine efficacy are common, and that's how we decide on schedules and develop better ones

I get it, times are stressful. I left polite comments pointing out the community, and in both cases it would have been smoother if the person checked what the community is about before making assumptions.

Maybe what we need is an "inactive" value that apps/ front ends can use to display communities that haven't seen activity recently. Maybe any posts or comments in the past 3 months?

If anyone else is also curious about how it's measured (and how they differentiate between pollen and other small particulate), see the methods section

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_count

Very exciting :)

This was linked in the RSS feed where I got the webcomic

https://smbc-store.myshopify.com/products/good-parent-mug

So that rule was mainly intended for the election season. It was relatively easy during that period for us to check and verify election related information, and there was an increased risk from harmful information being posted right before people went to vote.

The initial removal of the rule from the sidebar was a mistake on my part from when I updated the sidebar the other day to add the new communities people made. I edit the sidebar elsewhere and copy it in, and didn't grab the latest version of the sidebar like I should have.

However, since we're planning to work on the updated guidelines and recommended community rules sometime soon (+ the posts to collect feedback), we might just leave it as is and deal with things in a case by case basic till then. I'm estimating that we will be able to get that done in late August / early fall, based on what our schedules look like.

Thank you for checking! I appreciate when users keep an eye on things and give feedback, since it helps us catch issues and improve our processes

It should be possible to grab the license key before you wipe it. You could also copy it into an external drive and store it away as is

These two are larger and allow asking for recommendations: !communitypromo@lemmy.ca and !newcommunities@lemmy.world

This is specifically for asking, but smaller: !lemmy411@lemmy.ca

People have also asked in !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

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That happens sometimes, it's likely a browser / app error

I delete one of them afterwards when I notice it

I meant in general, is there anyone maintaining it and keeping it compatible with newer versions of Lemmy?

Hi patatas,

We had a chance to discuss this post and what we can do differently in the future. You raised some good points in your communication with us, and I've copied it in to our notes for future guidelines / recommended community rules. Thank you for reaching out, we're keeping the comments approved.

Thanks, I'll see if I can pass on those suggestions once I track down whoever is currently in charge of the project. It looks like it may have been handed over to a new team recently

I really can't tell if this is serious or sarcasm because of the original comment, but I'll reply with the assumption that it's serious:

The reason I followed up is because (as the other comment said), it seemed like news about an american show, discussing american political issues. While those issues are directly affecting life here in Canada, this community often gets complaints about having too much american news and content. We can already see and follow along with the same news in other communities, and some users come to this space to get away from all that.

Sometimes I can dismiss a report outright if I can see the relevance, and other times I might leave a comment asking about it, such as this post. The author replied with the justification and the post was left up.

Yes, I'm Canadian, and you'll find that my post history reflects that

I'll unpin my comment and dismiss the report :)

That makes sense to me. Maybe we can encourage people to post them as text posts, with the link in the body and a title that makes it seem more like a discussion starting post?

At the same time, it's not too difficult to check on the posts on a case by case basis at our current size, and by the time that's no longer possible we would have the momentum to support other communities. So it's not a big deal

Thanks! !askmen@lemmy.ca and !askwomen@lemmy.ca have been closed and redirected

Thanks! I ended up including this sentence:

If you can't access one of the communities listed below, it may not be available on your instance. You can always check out this guide on how to find communities.

I'm removing this post since it isn't really relevant for this community. In the future, you can ask about communities in !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, !lemmy411@lemmy.ca, !newcommunities@lemmy.world, etc