this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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SpacePics

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A community dedicated to sharing high quality images of space and the cosmos

Rules:

  1. Include some context in the title (such as the name of the astronomical object or location where it was photographed)

  2. Only images, pictures, collages, albums, and gifs are allowed. Please link images from high quality sources (Imgur, NASA, ESA, Flickr, 500px , etc.) Videos, interactive images/websites, memes, and articles are not allowed

  3. Only submit images related to space. This may include pictures of space, artwork of space, photoshopped images of space, simulations, artist's depictions, satellite images of Earth, or other related images

  4. Be civil to one another

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I can't believe how quickly this group is growing, it's only been a little over 2 weeks since this community was created so we could share awe-inspiring photos of the cosmos and we are already well over one thousand subscribers.

To continue to attract new people so that this community will really take off, we need to continue to have user engagement. So, if there are any ideas that you would like to see implemented here, or new ideas for the community, please let me know. Perhaps you would like to see more general space discussions, instead of solely sharing of images (there are not many space communities, so that could be a possibility)? Or maybe you hate the name and want to see it changed to something different from it's Reddit counterpart and have a great suggestion?

Don't be afraid to share your suggestions, I want this community to be active and reflect what the user's want it to be.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I really think the "porn" name should be changed. I never feel comfortable recommending communities that have "porn" in the name - it's pretty embarrassing. Maybe something like "spacepics" could work?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Changed the community name to "SpacePics". Thank you for the suggestion and I think it is a good change.

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

Does that mean I need to search and resubscribe? Still showing subscription under the previous name from my instance...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No nothing's changed with the community, it's just the subs display name that's changed. The address and the embedded sub name is still spaceporn.

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

Oh. Nicely done. Thanks

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

Thank you very much!

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

I’m still seeing SpacePorn

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

I had to close my app and reopen it for the name to change for me, but it did change to SpacePics. The link address will stay the same though

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

Sure, that's been brought up a few times. My initial reason for that name was just to help users coming from Reddit to find familiar communities. I'll happily change it something else though. I won't be able to change the actual community link, but the display name can be easily changed. I like SpacePics, unless anyone else has a suggestion that'd like to be considered.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The title could be something descriptive like "The Beauty of Space", "Space is Beautiful", "Breathtaking Space Imagery", or just simply "Space".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Those are all really good suggestions. I'll make a poll tomorrow once we see everyone's suggestions and like the community decide what the name should be.

[–] DangerDubhain 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd just like to point out that, at least on Liftoff, searching for 'space porn' in communities still brought me here, best of both worlds.

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

Yeah the community name will always be spaceporn, since I can't change that, just the display name that's been changed. It's like anything else, once there's porn or never goes away lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

But this really is space porn

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

I dont see tities, disapointed :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Too hot for Instagram!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my favorite communities here glad to see it grow

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much, I love all things space and seeing other people that like it as much as I do makes me really happy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I always love these groups for desktop backgrounds, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

cool I gave you a sub as well

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Same, I love how a lot of my favorite reddit subs are growing on lemmy now!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Awesome, glad to have you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Subbed, and looking forward to hopefully help grow the community.

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

Awesome to have you!

[–] nLuLukna 2 points 1 year ago

Just found this community, been looking for something like this for a while

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

I'll never forget the early James Webb images of how large the galaxy is, a frightening and humbling experience

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

Webb has certainly taken some stunning images and I can't wait to see what else it will allow.

I used to drool over the images from Hubble's ultra-deep field. Seeing an image with countless small specs knowing each one is a different galaxy and knowing that the entire image is contained in an area of the sky the size of a dime held at arm's length really puts into perspective how tiny we all are.

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

just found it! subbed :D

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