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.
It sounds like an area that really deserves it's own community, hopefully a decent one will develop in time.
In the meantime I'm thinking about trying to use a system with either a pinned meta-thread or links in the sidebar to direct people to specific interest posts, which can then work as sub-groups for ongoing discussions. The way the Reddit sub worked meant that trending and new content was always prioritised and ongoing discussions struggled to get a foothold, but I think if we can keep specific posts linked from the top then there is no reason why a post on something like ADHD discussions could not stay active working like a sub-group for years.
That would be awesome :) Thank you