We’ve had to create a new sidebar rule, we won’t be enacting it retroactively because that just doesn’t seem fair, but going forward:

  • Rule 7: We didn’t USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you’re posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
  • KinNectar@kbin.run
    519·
    6 months ago

    IDK, if this community has any hope of being anywhere near as comprehensive in coverage as the News Subreddits were its going to take some superusers.

      • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
        63·
        6 months ago

        If you think that 19 is a lot of news articles for the whole planet in a single day, enough that it counts as spam, then my friend have I got news for you :-(

        • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          113·
          6 months ago

          19 isn’t a lot for the planet, but it is a lot for a single user.

          We’d rather the front page be representative of what MULTIPLE people think is important, not just one person, otherwise we might as well just turn it over to a bot pulling from the Google News algorithm.

    • ono@lemmy.caEnglish
      192·
      6 months ago

      if this community has any hope of being anywhere near as comprehensive in coverage as the News Subreddits

      I left Reddit on purpose.

      I would rather have quality than volume.

      I would rather my news feed be diverse than dominated by one or two self-appointed influencers of discourse. (Even if they have good intentions.)

      I approve of this rule. Ten articles per person each day is more than enough at this stage, and the threshold for “too much” can always be adjusted as the community grows.

    • Goferking0@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      128·
      6 months ago

      I get why these mods didn’t like that users posts but this is such a dumb way to to put in a prevention rule. Especially when they even admit it wasn’t spam.

      Why artificially limit how much people can interact to get traffic to a community?

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        162·
        6 months ago

        Just like if you saw the front page filled only with articles from the same source, seeing the front page filled with posts by the same username gives the impression that someone is pushing an agenda.

        I mentioned this myself in a post I made regarding Myanmar, I have a personal angle on that and if it seems like I yammer on too much about Myanmar, feel free to tell me to shut up. :)

        • Goferking0@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          10·
          6 months ago

          I saw different sources but feels more like a lack of others posting issue rather than just someone pushing an agenda

    • nekandro@lemmy.mlEnglish
      01·
      6 months ago

      This community censors Al Jazeera posts by calling them “duplicates” and leaves up the least anti-Israel post.

      I highly doubt it cares about being comprehensive in coverage