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Poll closed: we are temporarily allowing Reddit reposts (lemmy.world)
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Hello! Previously on this community we held a poll in response to a user's question: should we allow or prohibit reposts from Reddit?

While we don't have the number of active users to make a poll with a lot of total votes, the choice was clear: with a majority of the votes, we should temporarily allow Reddit reposts on this Lemmy community.

How Reddit reposts will work:

It's important to note that the guiding principle for Relationship Advice on Lemmy will be - always - to help others have a reference point for their own relationships, to recognize what is okay or not okay within their own life and experiences, to seek help when dealing with abusive behavior, and to have the support of a non judgemental community when needed.

With that in mind, here are the rules effective immediately for reposting content found on Reddit:

  • The title must contain the tag: [Reddit]

  • Reddit reposts must contain a link directly to the original post or a cached/mirrored version of the page.

  • Reddit reposts must not include additional titles or paragraphs that are supposed to make fun of or otherwise attack the original poster.

  • A single user must not post more than two reposts in the span of 48 hours - that means no automatic reposting bots, post dumps, or other types of spammy behavior.

  • While reposts made at the moment will not be removed in the future, if our community becomes self sustaining the ability for making Reddit reposts might be revoked.

Important information that might help reposters:

  • Lemmy is got a 10000 character limit. This is often smaller than some popular Relationship Advice posts on Reddit, for that reason, pasting the contents into an external text platform such as Pastebin is allowed - but all the same rules apply.

  • Relationship Advice on Lemmy doesn't restrict updates, additional edits, extra paragraphs added in the future and so on. This means you are allowed to append the repost with more information provided by the original poster on Reddit, such as a session for popular comments.

Finally, I hope all users can understand that while there are potential downsides to this decision (like creating the idea that Lemmy depends on Reddit, and not directly helping OP) the popular vote was sufficient and, currently, we do not have enough original content to start to build the trust necessary for a community such as ours to receive new users truly seeking for advice. This decision will be discussed again in the future, with a new poll, once our numbers grow a bit.

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Welcome to the Relationship Advice community on Lemmy and Kbin!

The ideal place to ask for help with your relationships: romantic, friendships, we don't know what we are yet, co-workers or just human interactions in general.

Please make sure you read our rules before posting.

Rules:

Rules can be clicked on to be expanded.

1: Treat all users with respect. [!]

The goal of this community is helping OP and readers, not making fun of them. We are an inclusive community, any sort of disrespect towards ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, etc, will not be tolerated.

2: Mark sexual content as NSFW. [!]

Posts containing mentions or descriptions of sexual topics must be tagged as NSFW. This includes descriptions of sexual acts, requests for advice in the bedroom, explicit descriptions of your body and similar content.

3: All posts must be a request for advice.

All posts must be phrased as a request for advice or as a question. Sharing of stories, personal anecdotes, or past mistakes are only allowed if they're followed by a clear and relevant request for advice with the situation.

4: Provide sufficient and relevant information.

Your title and body need to contain enough information relevant to your situation, such as ages, genders, and the relationship between people mentioned. For privacy-related concerns, we recommend using fake names and broad general locations.

5: Comments must be on topic and relevant to OP.

Comments must be directly related to helping OP, asking for more information, providing relevant resources or otherwise relevant to the thread. Off-topic comments and remarks, suspicious attempts at gathering personal data from OP or other readers, or bullying will not be tolerated.

6: This is a community for requesting advice, not moral judgement.

Moral judgements, "AITA?" and other similar questions are better served by different communities.

Reddit reposts are allowed.

As a temporary measure and the result of a poll, Reddit reposts are allowed following an expanded set of rules: https://lemmy.world/post/317115

How are rules enforced and bans applied?

For the most part, this community operates under the assumption that users are acting in good faith and should be given second-chances for their mistakes. Posts and comments with very light rule violations, or otherwise undesired but mostly harmless content, can be removed by a moderator on a case by case basis without any further punitive actions.

For violations of our rules, we follow a “3 strike” system as follows:

  • 1st violation: 72 hours ban + moderator warning via PMs.

  • 2nd violation: 1 week ~ 1 month ban + final warning via PMs.

  • 3rd violation: 1 month ~ permanent ban.

The goal of this system is making sure users are made aware of their behavior before being permanently banned, but also protecting the community from any rule violations.

Exceptions:

While the “3 strike” system will be applied to the majority of situations, rules marked with a [!] in the sidebar signifies a rule that, if violated in an intentional, malicious or significant way, can warrant an immediate permanent ban regardless of the number of previous violations. This includes severe disrespect to users or groups, dangerous content, and similar.

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