this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. Avoid politics
    1. NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
    2. Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
    3. Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct-----

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NEW RULE: added on an appropriate day (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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In the sidebar you will see that rule 3 is "Avoid politics", as of US election day.

Political posts represent the vast majority of the moderation burden. They tend not to be the fun/quirky/whimsical/goofy/nonsense kind of posts that people enjoy from c/showerthoughts.

Maybe we should make a c/drivewaythoughts or a c/doomscrollingthoughts to fill the void.

The rule will begin 0200 UTC Nov 6, 2024 to be exact, you have 2 minutes, go ham.

As always I'm open to feedback.

EDIT: While I'm editing the sidebar. I will remove the "Be good to others" rule because it's redundant to the opening paragraph of Lemmy's Code of Conduct.

EDIT 2: If you want to give anonymous feedback you can report this post and give your feedback in the report. It's anonymous to me at least.

EDIT 3: Here are some good counter points to the new rule:

  1. This arguably offers new perspective on an ordinary topic but it's pretty political: https://lemmy.world/post/21997198
  2. This post was very popular and remained civil: https://lemmy.world/post/21925102
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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

lol ... it would be just funny for the mods to instead delete posts to just move them onto a c/rejectedpoliticalpostsfromshowerthoughts

keep up the work guys, the community looks great and we have you guys to thank for it.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

That would be funny actually

I'm down

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm not sure that it's possible to move posts but that would be funny. Maybe c/powerthoughts

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

/c/ToiletThoughts since they're getting flushed away.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Interesting idea - move posts to an appropriate community. Or lol maybe just have one called DumpingGround so mods don't have to decide where they go. I like this idea.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you. Brilliant, wonderful.

So tired of politics, there are communities for that stuff.

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I'm considering setting up my own instance with an instance-wide ban on all political contents... It's annoying to deal with those political posts with super vague title so it bypasses the keyword filter.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I appreciate this rule 🙌

[–] Ballissle@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Keep the rule permanant

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Absolutely!

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago

Thank you for keeping the community booming!

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Damnit I missed my 2-minute window of opportunity!? /s :-P

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[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 week ago

Nice

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Thank you

[–] simple@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Thank you! There are definitely a lot of politics communities on Lemmy, so I'm a huge fan of not having them leak into casual communities like this.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you. This stuff really didn't fit this community.