News
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
view the rest of the comments
I may start using that word again, only in the context of MAGA.
I will say that although obviously my opinion doesn't matter (I'm just some guy on the internet, right), I think that it is deeply counter productive to ban the use of a word a) so completely innocuous and b) in all circumstances regardless of context. We must try not to be dogmatists, after all. The useage of the word is very important is it not. One would not ban a person for saying the word 'nazi', for example, (and here is the really important bit) in most contexts. If the person were to make a statement that suggests beyond reasonable doubt that they support nazi actions, then we could probably reasonably suggest that they receive a ban. In such a case they have demonstrated opinions that fall beyond the contract in which we engage by using a forum like this one.
Similarly: consider my useage of the banned word above. Ask yourself not if it was offensive, because offense unless deeply intentional is subjective. Ask yourself instead if the useage was malicious. Ask yourself if it demonstrated an intent to breach the social contract. Consider this. And consider the value of enforcing arbitrary rules in a dogmatic sense, which is to say in a thoughtless sense, without consideration beyond the plain text. Ask yourself how best you can serve your community, and how you can serve those who try to make use of it. Remember that we are all of us here united in our interest in free and authentic (social) media, away from the propaganda and talking points that have become commonplace elsewhere. We make genuine attempts to communicate, and banning any useage of a single word regardless of content is extremely silly.