Hey everyone, as I previously mentioned the rules here are up for debate, and I'd like to start with the problem that led us all here:
- Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it’s not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
Breaking it up:
Posts have to be centered around self-hosting
Kind of obvious for the community, but perfectly fine to note.
There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing.
Without listing anything here, I think this is pointless and unhelpful. I'd also note that hardware is intrinsic to hosting your own services, and we are talking about people hosting at home, which makes "home computing" here rather confusing. We host these things for our home computing typically. The intention I think was "This is not your generic linux help desk or buildapc", but that doesn't come through very well.
If it’s not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
I like this not from a moderation perspective, but more of a post clarity perspective. Whats obviously related to selfhosting to the OP may not be obvious to people visiting that post.
Here's what I propose as a revised rule 3:
Posts here are to be centered around self-hosting. Be prepared to explain to others why it's related to self-hosting if asked.
Please discuss! Happy to have any additional input on this.
In the meantime, I'm striking out the middle of rule 3 until there is some consensus on wording.
Edit: Its/it's typo
Edit 2: Slight language update option:
Posts here are to be centered around self-hosting. Please ensure it is clear in your post how it relates to self-hosting.
Disagree with the phrasing myself.
Yes "please ensure ..." is nominally more proactive but "be prepared to explain" should force a technical framing in the first place, because the poster in on notice they may be challenged. Don't write slop, read the room etc. It also explains why the rule exists / what the fail state is.
The first one just sounds like so much corpo HR double speak.
Be bold. Say what you mean - "We talk shop here. Be prepared to put up or shut up, else bonk".
If the user can justify their question (if/when queried), it doesn't matter whether the question is hardware, software or other - it will have a grain.
Additionally it might give people an foothold into OPs thinking process / whether they selected the right room in the first place.
My $0.02 and YMMV