Comment on Revisiting Rule #3 Hey everyone, as I previously mentioned the rules here are
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
My personal thought as a lurker trying to learn enough through osmosis to start her own set-up is that hardware concerns are fine as long as they still relate to self-hosting in some fashion. “What hardware setup would be good for beginners looking to self-host a Google Drive alternative on a budget?” is self-hosting, fine, and the type of thing I would bookmark for my own reference. “Anyone have advice on cannibalizing an old laptop to DIY a mini PC?” would really not be self-hosting, even if your plan is to use the resulting mini PC to self-host a server.
I’d also be inclined to treat posts that are off-topic but have a selection of informative high-effort comments by locking them and sharing them to the appropriate community for further discussion there vs. removing them entirely.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
Agreed, and in specific:
I agree entirely on locking and redirecting. One thing to note is I would encourage users who know of a better home for that post to also recommend it. I have no intention of locking a thread thats tangentially related without a realistic/reasonable place to redirect them to, or I think the effort overall would be counterproductive.
I’d also like to note some good communities in the sidebar that may be helpful, but for example on the hardware side I’m drawing a blank. !hardware@programming.dev is mostly news/kit posts, same with !hardware@lemmy.world. So I’d welcome ideas here as well.
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
!askelectronics@tchns.de is a bit more low level than is most common, but may still be worth including on the list.