Hi Everyone,

This is the first real meta post here on !formula1@lemmy.world, the community has grown very quickly and there is great engagement on race weekends. We are the biggest F1 sub on Lemmy and it’s time to start thinking about how we want this community to run.

First up, to introduce the mod team, alongside myself we now have @wes@lemmy.world and @bwoah@lemmy.world. Wes has been responsible for posting all of the discussion threads for practice sessions, quali and races, and Bwoah is active everyday posting new interesting new content and analysis, big thanks to both of them they have really helped to grow the sub.

Moving forwards; we need some basic rules to keep the sub running smoothly, as a mod team we have 3 that are important to us;

- Be respectful to everyone; drivers, lemmings, redditors etc
This is a welcoming community, and that means being respectful to everyone inside and outside of it. While we understand there are tense moments, it doesn’t mean anyone needs to resort to name calling or being derogatory. No hate speech of any kind. That doesn’t mean you can’t call out a driver or a team for mistakes, but do it in a constructive and friendly way.

- No gambling, crypto or NFTs
There is a wealth of evidence that shows the impact of gambling advertising on everyone, in particular children and those who have suffered from gambling disorder, including increasing intent to gamble. Members of this community should not be exposed to or encouraged to gamble, or partake in risky behaviours that could result in financial loss.

- Spoilers are allowed
Spoilers are a contentious issue, but the majority of fans are watching the race live and are excited about results. For those of use that can’t follow every practice and qualifying session, having access to results immediately is better than trawling the web to see what happened. While sometimes it isn’t possible to watch a race live, avoiding social media and news sites until you are caught up is something a lot of us are used to, and is the only guaranteed way to avoid spoilers which would be very hard to moderate.

Now, we want some community feedback and suggestions on the following;

- websites that force login or have a paywall When users post content from a website that isn’t openly accessible, how should that be handled? A non-editorialised summary or copy of the article in the comments?

- Non English articles
How should the community handle non English articles? Google translate? Fan translations? No translations?

- Social Media Content
Should social media content be linked to, or screenshotted, or both? Many people don’t have accounts on instagram, twitter, facebook, and don’t want to sign up to read a single comment. Should users credit the original poster in the title eg [Photographer - Lemmy.world]

  • DV8@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Thanks for the work you guys are putting in!

    I don’t care about spoilers and think that spending effort policing that is wasted. People who don’t want spoilers simply need to avoid social media. I dislike titles such as “Spa winner says it was harder than it looks” Just say it’s Verstappen in the title, it’s more interesting and easier to determine if you want to actually read the post or participate in its’ discussion.

    Concerning your questions:

    • I personally dislike paywalled articled but there is good content behind those articles and it’s only fair to also give attention to those sites because otherwise only clickbait will be left. Posting the full content sounds like a long term problem with copyright. A short summary to get a discussion going sounds plenty good.

    • I’m fine with non English links, provide a title tranlsation and I’ll see if want to read it and find a translation if it’s a language I don’t speak. (Speaking Dutch in the Verstappen era is rather fun ofcourse)

    • Personally I would prefer an image of the social meda post as the main thing, with perhaps a link to the source below it. Not the other way around. But as long as an image is supplied so I don’t need to go to that social media thing I’m happy.