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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. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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[–] adhd_traco@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

By noticing people complaining about it :) Also being aware of certain biases and such, and looking for the existence of posts that would be deleted if the bias was heavy, etc.

Sure, some stuff might fall under the radar or stay for a long time, definitely a thing.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nah, the complaints get deleted faster than the wrong-think. The point is you aren't given enough to 'notice' when the hammer comes down as it does in many communities here.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's also why there are mod abuse report comms. There's more than one, too, since some of the originals are on an instance with an abusive admin.

[–] ttyybb@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So then why is this still here?

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago

Because this is hardly a contentious discussion or topic, and something doesn't have to be a guarantee to never the less be a trend..?