Hi there, Canigou from France. Space exploration enthusiast. I've been mostly lurking on the sub until now but I'd be happy to try out the moderator role !
Thanks for volunteering! Do you have a Matrix account? Compared to Lemmy comments and direct messages, it would make for easier communications, especially between multiple moderators.
I can make one. Do you have preferred instance ?
No strong preference! I'm on matrix.org, so as long as the instance you choose federates with that one (and it seems that most do), we shouldn't have any issues.
@[email protected], @[email protected], would either of you be interested?
Just sent you a message!
Thanks, just sent you a reply!
Until now I've been too lazy to look into what rules/guidelines exist for this community. Am I now right in thinking there aren't any? (If so, I'm not complaining!) Or am I just not finding them (as an inexperienced Lemmy user)?
The thing I was going to look into was any posting guidelines. How significant should something be to warrant its own post? For example, this tweet includes a video with an F9 barge landing perspective that I don't remember seeing before.
FWIW, my own feeling is that I'd like a quarterly "General Discussion Thread" (as with the equivalent Subreddit), to gather up all the minor stuff.
Are posts automatically 'published' or do they go through moderation first? (If this is something I should be able to determine myself, if I knew more about Lemmy, LMK and I'll go & do some reading!)
P.S. My thanks to you and all the team for all your efforts.
what rules/guidelines exist for this community. Am I now right in thinking there aren’t any?
None at the moment, other than removing obvious spam/off-topic posts.
Are posts automatically ‘published’ or do they go through moderation first?
Posts should be visible right away. If you posted something and it seems to be stuck in some sort of purgatory, it may have been flagged as a false positive by one of the sh.itjust.works automod bots. I don't know much about these, so I would recommend contacting an admin in that case.
a quarterly “General Discussion Thread” [...] to gather up all the minor stuff.
It's a good idea. In the early days of this community, I tried setting up monthly discussion threads, but they didn't garner much activity. I think the inconsistency with which pinned threads are federated between instances (and platforms) might be a factor here. We could try it again, though, if there is sufficient interest.
Personally, I think the examples you provided would be perfectly worthy of their own posts! :)
Another example of something that, to me, doesn't warrant its own post: Interview with Jim Cantrell
Another = A deal with the Italian space agency
I don't have the mental bandwidth to become a mod, so thank you for your efforts!
So wholesome, thanks for volunteering!
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