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[META] Can we please gave a pinned rules post? (lemmy.helios42.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Can we please get a post that explains what this community is for? Seems like nobody reads the sidebar (which is hard to access on most mobile clients) so we constantly get flooded with questions that would rather fit in [email protected] or [email protected]

I understand that many people are still confused by how lemmy works but we should make clear that this is for general questions and discussions similar to what /r/askreddit was and not a place to ask technical questions about lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That would be useful. Rules are currently on the sidebar, but most mobile users don't see them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay, I just noticed that such a post already exists but for some reasons, the pinned state doesn't federate correctly. On lemmy.ml it's pinned to the top, on my personal instance the post has a pin icon but appears way down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Same on mine, pinned posts tend to be tricky for federation it seems. Hopefully fixed in a future Lemmy version

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Moderation removal also isn't federating correctly, there are two open issues on GitHub:

Removal not federating: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3535
Pinning not federating: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3544

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't it considered polite to read the rules/sidebar before posting in a new community or forum?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It is to me, but I guess that's not the case for everyone