The community has grown steadily and now has more than 1000 subscribers. My approach so far was very laid back and I did not remove posts or ban many people, unless some very clear cases of spam and trolling.

In recent times, more user reports have reached me, which I did not act upon. This is also due to a lack of rules.

My original intention was to have a space for discussion, also with non-vegans. I see that the community is mostly passive with posts being links to external sites with few comments, also to sites of the posters. I personally don’t mind and the upvotes tend to be >80%, which is a sign that a large majority likes this kind of posts.

This is why I want to ask you:

  • Would you like to see more regulation on this community?
  • What rules should be applied?
  • What would you specifically not like to see?

I’m also open to have more moderators than just me for this community and general ideas for improving this community.

Thank you for your input! 🌱

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Honestly I feel many groups could use two communities. An internal group and an outreach group. If the name and sidebar rules make it plain then I think that should be all that is needed. Like if there was a vegans-only or vegans-talking vegans and the bar said hey this is for folks who are vegan to discuss the lifestyle. If your not vegan you are free to hang if your respectful to the lifestyle. Then like another community like vegan-curious or path2vegan or something and that can say hey this is to spread the word on veganism. If you want to debate cool but if you are 100% closed to becoming vegan then please find somewhere else to hand. If I saw that I would block the internal one as im not part of the crowd and don’t want to intrude (people get wierd about blocking because of the negative terminology but its just a thing. Since I don’t think groups can be locked it makes totaly sense to block something your not apart of if its made clear its an internal group thing). Anyway just some musing on my part about group structures. I often think of them like in person things. The vegan group that meets at the library also participating in outreach programs or such.