So over the past couple of days I've asked about adding a Rocket Lab community. It seems there are those against adding a community for a corporate entity, those keen to get such a community, and those that don't care either way.

What's our decision making process? Do we do a poll? Do we add communities if there is enough interest, or side on not adding them unless there is widespread support?

Do we want to keep communities here focused on locals, or are general interest communities suited to lemmy.nz if they have a tie to NZ?

Anyone have thoughts?

[–] thevoyagekayaking 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

A more generic aerospace and technology community would be better, in my view. I'd like to discuss the benefits companies like SpaceX can bring to NZ as well, for example.

[–] deadbeef79000 7 points 9 months ago

A Kiwi focussed aerospace community would suit I think.

It's not specific to one corporate entity.
The community itself would decide what's on/off topic.
When rocketlab inevitably gets rebranded iysnot right there in the community name.

[–] absGeekNZ 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Rocketlab and dawn aerospace are the only two I know of

[–] thevoyagekayaking 4 points 9 months ago

It doesn't necessarily have to be NZ companies, they just need to have an effect on NZ.

[–] Dave 3 points 9 months ago

I feel this is a quite different audience, which is something we sorta need to work out.

Currently, every local community we have is specifically for NZ people. Whether they have their account on this instance or not, the content is not really that targeted (or interesting) to someone with no ties to NZ.

Adding a community about NZ space companies would again mean that the community is focused for NZers.

On the other hand, a Rocket Lab community would be a more general interest community. People with no ties to NZ at all would join and participate, and the fact it's hosted on lemmy.nz would be incidental.

So the question is whether we want these sorts of general interest communities on Lemmy.nz, or if we want all our communities targeted at NZers and NZ adjacent users only.

I don't really have a preference either way myself. Ultimately whether it's here or on another instance we can still access it.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It’s nice to have NZ based communities on here, but I don’t see why we can’t have more generic ones either. Unless of course it’s putting to much load on the server or something?

[–] Dave 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's no server load issue, just more a question of what kind of stuff should be in our Local feed.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 4 points 9 months ago

In that case I’m open to general interest communities here

[–] Dave 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Anyone have a suggestion on where to get nice, strong fridge magnets (for hanging up kids' art and that sort of thing)?

[–] thevoyagekayaking 3 points 9 months ago

Go to Pick a Part and get yourself some speaker magnets. They'll hold good.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Take apart some old hard drives? Or just buy some of those cheap strong magnet sets from Ali/Temu etc. (no idea if they’re any good)

Edit: Just googling there seems to be a shop in Auckland that specialises in magnets: www.magnets.co.nz

Seems like they have a variety of types

[–] Dave 4 points 9 months ago

Oh nice! I think this is the kind of thing I want: https://www.magnets.co.nz/shop/ceramic-ferrite/pot-and-holding-magnets-ferrite-magnets/plastic-encased-ceramics/large-blue-magnetic-buttons-sold-in-cards-of-5/

Interesting it's sold under whiteboard accessories, I've been searching for the wrong thing this whole time! Thanks 🙂

[–] liv 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jaycar always used to be good for magnets.

[–] Dave 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, a quick browse of their site shows they do have magnets, but I was thinking platic things with a magnet on thback rather than just the magnet. In particular, something big enough to not be swallowed would be good.

[–] liv 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I used to like making fridge magnets out of magnet + something else (plastic toy, laminated picture etc). Would hot glue be strong enough to keep your kids from swallowing it?

[–] Dave 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah hot glue should be fine. That could be a neat project with the (older) kids!

[–] d3Xt3r 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What you want are neodymium magnets - even a tiny button sized one would be a lot more powerful than your average fridge magnet. I ordered mine from https://dangerousmagnets.co.nz/

[–] Dave 1 points 9 months ago

So, one thing I want is a magnet strong enough to hold up art. But the other thing I want is to not have a kid having their intestines ripped apart (nothing gruesome in that link) if they swallow them. So I've specifically tried to avoid the rare-earth magnets, and instead want a magnet that is strong because it is big and unswallowable. Or at the very least, well attached to some larger structure.

[–] sortofblue 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Where do you live? Presumably any local gift shop will be selling magnets showing off the local attractions.

[–] Dave 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather plain. I find it a bit weird to have a fridge full of local trinkets. Well, not really a souvenir trinket fan at all.

[–] sortofblue 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's a good point. I have a set of random smiley-faced magnets that came from somewhere like Para Rubber or an Asian import shop. The only problem with those is they're usually packaged so you can't test them on the shelving to see how strong they are.

You could always buy the touristy ones and get the kidlets to paint over them 😉

[–] Dave 1 points 9 months ago

Haha yeah, that's a point, turn them into an art project! Nice idea!