Welcome everyone to our new Melbourne-flavoured slice of the internet!
I am RustyRaven one of the moderators of this community (AKA BrightFadedDog). I am working to develop some community guidelines so we can make sure that the community stays a productive and welcoming place, and would like to hear what you want.
What would you like the group to focus on? Do you like to dip into the group for a quick update on the latest local news and carrot man sightings, or do you want to spend time with deeper ongoing discussions? Would you prefer to keep the posts strictly to things concerning Melbourne, or would you prefer to be able to be able to get a local perspective on wider issues?
Suggestions for the best way to arrange posts are also welcome – particularly if we should separate some areas of discussion into separate regular or ongoing posts. We could for example have a post for restaurant recommendations or activity suggestions.
I’d also like to know whether you would value having a wiki or other reference source connected to the community.
Feel free to add any ideas, suggestions or things to aim for.
I’d love no posts about Wordle scores or just emojis about food, but maybe that’s nitpicky of me.
I think the Wordle scores were really only an issue when they were new and flooded the DT. Having a few all contained in one comment is something you can skip over fairly easily. I think a few people have PTSD from the initial flood and get triggered by green boxes, but a few deep breaths and moving on should fix that.
As to food emojis, that is the DT love language! Removing food emojis would be like hacking off a limb.