I've been thinking about it, and one simple rule would make this sub 100% better: No schadenfreude.
this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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We need Freudenfreude!!!
Yes, please!
Linked to this community in another comment today, gonna do it once more: https://lemm.ee/c/goodnewseveryone@piefed.social you're all welcome to subscribe. No political stuff there (โแขโ)
i did a post in this community to ask if we should change rules, and got a pretty poor response. in the comments, people said political news can be uplifting, so we have not deleted political stuff. I can not single handedly change the rules
"Misery loves company." The most miserable among us tend to group together and complain together. You heard from the vocal minority that feeds on schadenfreude.
There is a valid point in these people deserving a community (I don't think it should be this one, but still).
I see now how I answered ambiguously, but we're in agreement. The miserable crowd that just wants less shitty news should have space of their own. This instance should be uplifting.
Now that I have a valid replacement time to say good bye to "uplifting" news. Hard agree on the political stuff being annoying. While it's important to acknowledge both negativity and politics, that's not what I come to lemmy for, esprcially on the "uplifting news" board.
Thanks, subscribed. Shame the name reminds of Futurama's Professor Farnsworth's "good news, everyone!" which was inevitably bad news.
Basically, if you disagree with the moderators about what is appropriate content for a community, it is difficult to find any path forward.
So the mods haven't been awake? I thought some cultural shift happened here lol
Up until two weeks ago every once in a while a post would be deleted, but haven't seen a comment being deleted for a while now.
i try to check twice a day, can not check while at work or i am asleep. there is a deleted post almost once in 2 days.
I likely don't notice always, most posts I don't comment on and then I don't check back either for example. But I glad you do your part. I think my only problem with the moderation is what post do and don't stay, I never saw a rude comment for example stay up for long. As op points out, a lot of political stuff do get their fair share of upvotes so it becomes hard to see if moderation is agreeing or not enforcing. But I think this poster saying 'I don't care if I break the communities rules, the upvotes prove the content is good' doesn't leave much room except for difficult choices.
Might be worth having another active mod or two, then.
I can help!
...if you decide to trust me...