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

Edit 2: Slight language update option:

Posts here are to be centered around self-hosting. Please ensure it is clear in your post how it relates to self-hosting.

  • pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    8 hours ago

    My personal thought as a lurker trying to learn enough through osmosis to start her own set-up is that hardware concerns are fine as long as they still relate to self-hosting in some fashion. “What hardware setup would be good for beginners looking to self-host a Google Drive alternative on a budget?” is self-hosting, fine, and the type of thing I would bookmark for my own reference. “Anyone have advice on cannibalizing an old laptop to DIY a mini PC?” would really not be self-hosting, even if your plan is to use the resulting mini PC to self-host a server.

    I’d also be inclined to treat posts that are off-topic but have a selection of informative high-effort comments by locking them and sharing them to the appropriate community for further discussion there vs. removing them entirely.

    Which is to say, yes, I like your proposed revision.

    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusOPMEnglish
      11·
      7 hours ago

      Agreed, and in specific:

      I’d also be inclined to treat posts that are off-topic but have a selection of informative high-effort comments by locking them and sharing them to the appropriate community for further discussion there vs. removing them entirely.

      I agree entirely on locking and redirecting. One thing to note is I would encourage users who know of a better home for that post to also recommend it. I have no intention of locking a thread thats tangentially related without a realistic/reasonable place to redirect them to, or I think the effort overall would be counterproductive.

      I’d also like to note some good communities in the sidebar that may be helpful, but for example on the hardware side I’m drawing a blank. !hardware@programming.dev is mostly news/kit posts, same with !hardware@lemmy.world. So I’d welcome ideas here as well.