Hi all!
There are now almost 20,000 Lemmings on !games@lemmy.world. This makes us all the largest gaming community on Lemmy, yay! The last few weeks have seen a huge number of good discussions and interesting posts shared. Reports are minimal and the atmosphere in the community is good. We are proud of this and want to thank you all immensely for it!
As the community grows, we feel the need to explain the rules more clearly and add some new rules.We don’t want to add too many rules, but we hope this will be sufficient to keep the place running smoothly. Notes are in italics.
1. Submissions have to be related to games - Video games, tabletop, or otherwise. Posts not related to games will be deleted.
This community is focused on games, of all kinds. Any news item or discussion should be related to gaming in some way.
2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil - No bigotry, hardline stance. Try not to get too heated when entering into a discussion or debate.
We are here to talk and discuss about one of our passions, not fight or be exposed to hate. Posts or responses that are hateful will be deleted to keep the atmosphere good. If repeatedly violated, not only will the comment be deleted but a ban will be handed out as well. We judge each case individually.
3. No excessive self-promotion - Try to keep it to 10% self-promotion / 90% other stuff in your post history.
This is to prevent people from posting for the sole purpose of promoting their own website or social media account.
4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts - This community is mostly for discussion and news. Remember to search for the thing you're submitting before posting to see if it's already been posted.
We want to keep the quality of posts high. Therefore, memes, funny videos, low-effort posts and reposts are not allowed. We prohibit giveaways because we cannot be sure that the person holding the giveaway will actually do what they promise.
5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW - Make sure to mark your stuff or it may be removed.
No one wants to be spoiled. Therefore, always mark spoilers. Similarly mark NSFW, in case anyone is browsing in a public space or at work.
6. No linking to piracy - Don't share it here, there are other places to find it. Discussion of piracy is fine.
We don't want us moderators or the admins of lemmy.world to get in trouble for linking to piracy. Therefore, any link to piracy will be removed. Discussion of it is of course allowed.
We hope to have clarified the rules and why we apply them. If you have any questions or feedback, please let us know below!
We are following the rules of the LW instance which indictate not to share piracy links.
As for memes - there are many other general meme communities, and if your meme is about a specific game you should consider posting it to that game's community or making such a community - Lemmy overall needs all the help it can get in supporting niche communities.
My comment about piracy still stands but i understand both rules now. Thanks for your answer.
As for the instance overall, I think it depends on where it is hosted and that country's attitude toward piracy and enforcement of anti-piracy laws.
In any case, it's definitely not a moral judgement, just a practical decision on our part at least.