I am in support of this. No need to go back and alter the old content in the sub, unless you're bored or something. But moving forward this would be helpful.
this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
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The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.
1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.
A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.
B. No illegal content.
C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.
D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.
E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.
2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't
You should also include either:
or instance.com/c/community
FAQ:
Q: Why do I get a 404?
A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.
Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?
A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.
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It would make the community a lot more useful. I'm not interested in visiting every new community but it would be nice to know they exist. Meanwhile having to open every post is very inconvenient compared to simply reading it in the title and know it exists if I want to check it out.
Yep. Title could just be a link to the forum itself. Would include the name and the Instance, giving people that basic info right off the bat.
If we're talking about posts in !newcommunities@lemmy.world, then I'm 100% on board! I think that would be really helpful.
If we're talking about lemmy.world-wide across all communities, then I respectfully oppose this suggestion. I can easily see the community name underneath the title of a post. Adding the community name will cause communities to have pages and pages of posts that all start with the community name. Furthermore, if we even get post tags, they will take up even more space and overwhelm the reader.
I'm talking about this specific community yes. Since >90% of posts here are done by @Akhuyan this is barely a meta post lol
I would go a step further: Make it required for posts in newcommunities@lemmy.world
My personal favorite would be: Titles must include the community identifier (community@instance.com), and the name or a description if the identifier does not speak for itself.
The goal would be: People can tell from the title ...
- do I already know the community, do I remember it?
- what is it about, am I interested?
It looks like Lemmy doesn't do that, but I see them after every post (in a smaller font) over here on kbin.social. Here's a quick link to your own post over here - you might need to open it in a browser where you aren't logged in, I'm not sure: https://kbin.social/m/newcommunities@lemmy.world/t/103987/meta-Can-We-Please-Include-The-Community-Name-In-The.
I just meant for this community. The only reason I didn't message @Akhuyan directly is because they obviously chose not to include the community name and creating a post would indicate it's popularity in order to validate my request/opinion.
Hello, I never really thought of it that way. I thought it would be more useful for a description since some community names don't make sense by themself, but I think including both the name and a description in the title would be more useful.
Saw this post earlier and wanted to respond before continuing to post with the community name added this time but got sidetracked into an internet rabbit hole accidentally, so sorry for the delay in response to this post
For clarification, a post title would be like this? Just to make sure I'm understanding correctly:
New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
It just says "kbin.social" in small after the title on Kbin, which is neither the community name nor the server on which the community exists. Am I missing something?
I'd also welcome some basic descriptions. Some titles are pretty obscure to people who don't know what it is, but still might be interested. Especially the abbreviations like crcg or whatever.
[META] Can We Please Include The Community Name In The Title?
New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won’t
You should also include either:
or instance.com/c/community