Hey everyone, new mod here. I’d like to hear you on a few things, in order to make this community grow:

1. Who should be the primary target audience of this community?

We could tailor it primarily for layperson or for people with deeper Linguistics knowledge. Or we could simply let it roll.

2. Which type of moderation do you guys like? Stricter or laxer?

A stricter moderation would include rules like “quote your sources”, “no crack theories” (proto- or pseudo-scientific hypotheses lacking methodological rigour), stuff like this; it would also mean that I’d discourage off-topic a bit further.

3. “Almost no crown or cross” rule: yes, no, indifferent?

By “almost no cross or cross” I mean that posters would only be able to talk about politics and religion as much as necessary for the subject of Linguistics. For example you’d be still fine posting something like this, but you wouldn’t be able to discuss here the Marxist side of the matter, only the Linguistic one. Just an example, mind you.

4. How much do you know about Linguistics?

Are you a grad, undergrad, informed layperson, or just curious? Are there areas that you feel confident on, like Sociolinguistics or Phonetics or something like this?

5. Which type of content do you want to see here?

Papers? Videos? Discussions? Historical Linguistics? Sociolinguistics? Phonetics and Phonology? Since mods are IMO responsible to nurture a community, I don’t mind looking for stuff to post here, but I’d like to know which one.

Thank you!

EDIT: I’m reading all your comments, even the ones that I didn’t reply to, OK?

  • library_patron
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    1 year ago
    1. A mix would be nice.
    2. I’d certainly prefer stricter moderation; “quote your sources” and “no crack theories” seems like a bare minimum to making this community valuable.
    3. Yes, it would be nice to keep the focus on the linguistics, which is how I understand the “almost”.
    4. I have decent familiarity with computational linguistics, but linguistics is not my main area.
    5. I’d be most interested in keeping up with and seeing discussion on the latest publications, but I’d have no problem with other content.
  • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Nobody commented yet, might as well:

    1. Let it roll for now, see who appears
    2. and 3. Less rules for now to not discourage activity, maybe check again when more users are commenting in here
    3. I’m a trilingual translator but not a studied linguist - so mostly curious layperson.
    4. I’ve been through what you’ve posted so far - it’s all interesting. I do appreciate if not only videos are posted in a group, but that’s just my personal preference.

    It’s a bit empty in here, but I hope you don’t give up, I’m sure people will appear eventually.