You’re not wrong but that’s kind of been my pet peeve with the reddit exodus. Hundreds of communities borrowing subreddit names but not including the actual themes that made the sub unique - this community is so generic without posting guidelines that might as well be asklemmy2.
The original intent of the subreddit was to be a space for asking “common knowledge” questions that you feel you should know but don’t like how often you should wash a hoodie. Politics were explicitly banned for being too complex and too open to bait.
Is there a directory of comunities compiled somewhere? I’m not sure how I would go about figuring out the best place to post something if I wasn’t already familiar with a relevant community.
I think there’s a few separate efforts to catalog the communities but I unfortunately don’t have the links.
The difficulty in finding the right community is a big part of why I think posting guidelines are so important. The lack of it leads to homogeny which means communities don’t really have a community.
glimse@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You’re not wrong but that’s kind of been my pet peeve with the reddit exodus. Hundreds of communities borrowing subreddit names but not including the actual themes that made the sub unique - this community is so generic without posting guidelines that might as well be asklemmy2.
The original intent of the subreddit was to be a space for asking “common knowledge” questions that you feel you should know but don’t like how often you should wash a hoodie. Politics were explicitly banned for being too complex and too open to bait.
Fermion@feddit.nl 1 month ago
Is there a directory of comunities compiled somewhere? I’m not sure how I would go about figuring out the best place to post something if I wasn’t already familiar with a relevant community.
glimse@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think there’s a few separate efforts to catalog the communities but I unfortunately don’t have the links.
The difficulty in finding the right community is a big part of why I think posting guidelines are so important. The lack of it leads to homogeny which means communities don’t really have a community.