Sometimes I feel like we should change the rules in the sidebar to just that.

OP has received their answer, and I don’t think it would be productive to continue this discussion here, so I am locking the post.

Unfortunately I will have to lock this post. There have been multiple reports about comments, and it has nothing to do with the OP. We have plenty of new content to monitor today and I assume new posts will be coming in about the updates to r/place today. I hope OP will start a new post with updated pictures. I wish we had the ability to lock just one thread, but we do not.

If we are advertising Lemmy or the Fediverse, we want to do it in a way that shows we are (on the whole) less toxic than the Reddit spaces we left behind. Some Reddit users may see the “fuck Spez” as a glowing endorsement of Lemmy but others who are looking for a place to discuss things in a more civilized way may not. Those who are likely to both seek out and remain on Lemmy.world once they find us are also likely to fall in the second group, so it’s best to be careful.

Thank you for having a respectful conversation with me even though you don’t agree with the rules. I will think about rewording that one to be more specific. Today has been very busy for me because of the r/place threads.

As I’ve explained elsewhere today, I don’t mind if you’re using this community to plan a brigade at r/place today that says something like “Join Lemmy” but if you’re planning to do something like make a large penis and put “Lemmy” next to it I’d rather you plan that somewhere else. Lemmy.world admins do not want us doing something that makes the Fediverse look bad on Reddit, much less planning it on the site.

I didn’t make the rules. I took over as top moderator yesterday. In general, we don’t want you to use this community to plan a brigade in a way that would make the Fediverse look bad. I could reword the rule to include that. It hasn’t even been an issue until today. It’s the first time I’ve seen it happening in the comments.

/c/lostlemmys@lemmy.world

In my opinion, something like “Join Lemmy” is fine, but a giant penis with LEMMY next to it is not as good a look and I’d rather you not coordinate that plan here.

Understood. I’m just requesting we don’t make the Fediverse look bad.

Mod reminder: We do have a rule against brigading. I know this is a special case - but please keep it respectful if you are planning to represent the Fediverse on r/place.

https://browse.feddit.de/ This will show you every community there is on Lemmy. It won’t help with the old discussions, but may help you find some new communities you didn’t know about. I find it best to either just scroll through the list as is, or if using the search bar, to type maybe half the word I’m looking for and give it a few seconds to search.

Me, too. I started my online experience using Prodigy chat rooms in the mid 90’s, and I’ve wandered all over the internet from group to group since then. I hope this place stays a little haven free from money hoarding dragons for a while.

I agree with you and I feel like I should have taken the time to discuss the post before I removed it. Misinformation is against the sitewide rules so I jumped on it, but you’re right. It was a lost opportunity to educate someone.

Can we cool down the arguing in this thread please? Everyone has had their say and it’s time to move on. Thanks!

Try https://lemmy.world/c/smol_dogs and https://lemmy.world/c/illegallysmolcats

Click on the “Communities” link at the top of the page, and search for the word “cat” or “dog”. You’ll see all sorts of communities to follow. Some are newer and still getting their bearings and some are quite active already.

https://lemmy.world/post/853004

I hope this helps you understand a bit better. https://mastodon.online/@binoctdechex/110538120775065728

I use Friendly social Browser on Android. It’s basically a wrapper for the mobile website and allows me to sort posts the way I want them, which is important to me. I don’t want the algorithm. I’ve used it for years. It works with quite a few different social media sites and doesn’t allow all the tracking. I have the Plus version and I’m allowed to turn off ads on both the app and Facebook and block “stories” and other silliness I don’t care for. I don’t know if the free version does all of that.