this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. Avoid politics
    • 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
    • 3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
    • 3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

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NEW RULE: added on an appropriate day (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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In the sidebar you will see that rule 3 is "Avoid politics", as of US election day.

Political posts represent the vast majority of the moderation burden. They tend not to be the fun/quirky/whimsical/goofy/nonsense kind of posts that people enjoy from c/showerthoughts.

Maybe we should make a c/drivewaythoughts or a c/doomscrollingthoughts to fill the void.

The rule will begin 0200 UTC Nov 6, 2024 to be exact, you have 2 minutes, go ham.

As always I'm open to feedback.

EDIT: While I'm editing the sidebar. I will remove the "Be good to others" rule because it's redundant to the opening paragraph of Lemmy's Code of Conduct.

EDIT 2: If you want to give anonymous feedback you can report this post and give your feedback in the report. It's anonymous to me at least.

EDIT 3: Here are some good counter points to the new rule:

  1. This arguably offers new perspective on an ordinary topic but it's pretty political: https://lemmy.world/post/21997198
  2. This post was very popular and remained civil: https://lemmy.world/post/21925102
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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

lol ... it would be just funny for the mods to instead delete posts to just move them onto a c/rejectedpoliticalpostsfromshowerthoughts

keep up the work guys, the community looks great and we have you guys to thank for it.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

That would be funny actually

I'm down

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not sure that it's possible to move posts but that would be funny. Maybe c/powerthoughts

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

/c/ToiletThoughts since they're getting flushed away.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Interesting idea - move posts to an appropriate community. Or lol maybe just have one called DumpingGround so mods don't have to decide where they go. I like this idea.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you. Brilliant, wonderful.

So tired of politics, there are communities for that stuff.

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I'm considering setting up my own instance with an instance-wide ban on all political contents... It's annoying to deal with those political posts with super vague title so it bypasses the keyword filter.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I appreciate this rule 🙌

[–] Ballissle@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keep the rule permanant

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Absolutely!

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago

Thank you for keeping the community booming!

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 month ago

Nice

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Damnit I missed my 2-minute window of opportunity!? /s :-P

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you! There are definitely a lot of politics communities on Lemmy, so I'm a huge fan of not having them leak into casual communities like this.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Thank you. This stuff really didn't fit this community.

[–] laverabe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Community for political discussion: !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world , mods please feel free to post this anywhere if you'd like to avoid the political posts :)

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, is this actually going to be enforced? I'm seeing non stop political posts, and it's making me hate this community

[–] forkball@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Apologies for the slow enforcement. The reported posts deemed in violation of community rules have now been addressed.