Hi there.

A short introduction: This is an alt account. I’m a moderator here who has been unhappy with the state of news/political discussions here for a long time. The admins have kindly given me the opportunity to see if we can make some improvement the community here.

We will be doing some major revision of the rules left by the previous moderators and will use discussions in this thread as feedback on the direction we should take our community.

This will be an open discussion on the state of our community, the rules and our moderation practices. Feel free to give your inputs.

My goal is to foster thoughtful discussion in our community, and not let this place be a replica of r/politics.

First order of business, immediate rule change.

On !politics@lemmy.world, effectively immediately, we will no longer restrict political discussion to the politics of the United States of America. Discussion regarding of the state of politics from around the world is now welcome.

I will leave this pinned for 1-2 weeks for our team to take feedback and make our proposals then.

  • Might Be@lemmy.worldOP
    9·
    10 months ago

    News should be news, I would like this community to focus on political discussions, editorials, and commentaries from a variety of viewpoints, if that makes sense.

    And to be frank, I don’t think topics like “Trump smells bad” is good political discussion, which is what I would aim to avoid.

    • treefrog@lemm.ee
      3·
      10 months ago

      What about discussion of his mental instability as it relates to fitness for office? Because I’ve heard, from people who worked with him, that his smell is caused by stimulant addiction related incontinence. Which would make it an issue of mental instability rather than hygiene.

      • Might Be@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        10 months ago

        Sorry, lemm.ee was not federating correct until now.

        I think it is OK to discuss in this context, however, given that the evidence is really circumstantial at best, it could be hard to keep it on this track of discussion without muchbsupporting evidence to back it up.

        • treefrog@lemm.ee
          2·
          10 months ago

          I hear you. I’ve seen a lot of this type of discussion around Trump go more into outright shaming and old man smell territory without addressing the actual causes, which, as you said, is all anecdotal evidence.