Hi Everyone,
This is the first real meta post here on !formula1@lemmy.world, 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 @wes@lemmy.world and @bwoah@lemmy.world. 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]
I have no horse in the race regarding spoilers since I tend to avoid news and social media completely when the time zone prevents me from watching live. I do however, have some feedback about the post-race thread, anyway.
Regardless of allowing spoilers or not, I feel naming the official sticky post race thread something like “GP X Post-Race Discussion” would be more appropriate and inviting for conversation than “Max Verstappen Wins GP X”.
I know it’s a small thing, but this season especially I don’t have that much to say about Max winning another one and it would be clearer that the thread is supposed to be used for general post race talk if it had a more open general name.
Perhaps that’s just me.
It’s not just you! I would really appreciate naming the post-race thread in a way that doesn’t show the race winner up front.
Also makes it much easier to find past discussion posts if they all follow the same naming format.
Agreed on the “post race discussion” thread, it is a more fitting title, and is a step towards accommodating the no-spoiler club.
Things like Lando destroying the trophy of Max however should just be postable.