Good News UK
Welcome to Good News UK! This community exists to try and offset some of the doom-and-gloom on Lemmy in a healthy way.
More information will be added soon.
What can be posted in Good News UK?
Currently we are still figuring out what classifies as "good news" in this community, so for now feel free to post whatever you think qualifies as good news so long as it doesn't break the instance/community rules.
Our only requirement at the moment is that posts are UK-specific.
What if I think a post isn't Good News?
Good News UK is intended to be a community of nuanced discussion and education moreso than a community for excessive unfounded optimism.
Most good news comes with some elements of bad news or things that can be done better. We request that you post mindful and detailed challenges on the post itself in these cases if it doesn't otherwise break the instance/community rules.
Low-effort, unproductive, and unhelpful comments which challenge whether or not something classifies as good news are discouraged and such comments may be removed.
Cross-Posting
Cross-posting is allowed. We encourage you to post content in communities such as !nature@feddit.uk and !energy@feddit.uk first and then cross-post here after a few days.
General Instance Rules:
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia.
- No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies.
- No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
- Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
- Do not spam or abuse network features.
Community Specific Rules:
- Keep posts UK-specific.
- Keep comments in English so that they can be appropriately moderated.
- Do not post low-effort, unproductive, and unhelpful pessimistic comments.
- Do not post doomer comments.
Here are some communities to post good news from elsewhere in the world:
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That's really good news. One of my best friends has a Jewish grandmother so I've sent them the link.
I have been getting him to enquire about a medical DNA test because of the cancer risk coming from his dad's side but it looks like there could also be issues on his mum's side (as his maternal grandmother was Jewish or of Jewish descent, I am unsure how observant she was - her family were more than a little unconventional). I'll also pass it on to my friend's sister who is far more proactive about such things.