I looked through the rules on https://mastodon.world/about which are supposed to be also valid for lemmy.world (I think?). There, there is a “server rule” against shitposting (rule 16). However, there is an entire community centered about shitposting on lemmy.world (https://lemmy.world/c/lemmyshitpost) and it is not small, so must be known by the admins.

So I wonder whether I misunderstood something? Are the listed rules not the rules for this instance? Below the rules there is “Moderated servers”, where the info is not displayed, so maybe lemmy.world is not affected by the rules at all and uses different rules? Or is shitposting an exception because the whole community is dedicated to it? Or is it technically against the rules but nobody cares as nobody is harmed by it?

  • AvaddonLFC ☄️ 🤘@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They do apply to us, but that will only be until we have our own written out. Also keep in mind that Mastodon is a very different platform compared to Lemmy. Shitposting will most often be allowed in their dedicated communities, and I think it’s definitely an exception here.