I can’t seem to find anything in a sidebar or sticky thread that talks about the moderation / rules of the news community. I’m very interested in coming to this community to learn about news, but right now it seems whats being posted tends to be relatively low (lower?) quality.
Examples of common rules
- Use the same titles as the article itself
- No blog spam, link to the source
- Political news, should go to the political community
- No dupes of same topic
As an example, take a look at other news aggregators that focus on news.
My goal here isn’t tell people what to do but its start a conversation on the topic.
Rules make for great starting points, but consider that people are at different levels when it comes to their understanding of what news is.
Good rule unless the hed is useless or sensationalized. This likely means you have the wrong source, but now we’re in the realm of editorial discretion, which is not historically the strongest skill the public at large has developed.
Subjective. Doctorow’s piece on enshittification was a blog post.
Again, expecting people to know the difference is a big ask outside of a newsroom.
Same URL, sure. But tick-tocks are not the same as analysis and generally garner a different sort of discussion.