If you have thoughts on what you would prefer to see in content or NOT to see, add a comment here (make an anonymous account if you want) and let me (the mod team) know.
Ideally, I would prefer users to talk about local issues to them rather than me adding mostly boring news content.
If you have local blogs, independent news, landcare or catchment groups, etc., post it so we can see. You can also add content to the list so we dont lose track of it.
I just subscribed a day or so ago. I think the content in general is interesting, but it feels like too much and it takes over the rest of my feed.
Perhaps that’s the reason you are making this post to begin with, sorry I can’t be more specific. My two cents is, less is more.
Are you willing to read stale news articles? Or are you saying that you don’t want actual breaking news?
Until other people pick up some slack, I tend to do the posting in short bursts when I get half an hour to an hour to myself. I am not sure how to limit in that regard because I try and be efficient and just smash all of it and get back to my life.
Is that the problem, you get a mad rush of articles at once? I’m only subscribed to environmental/science communities and even with my content, searching in new only has 30-50ish posts per day. I obviously don’t read them all, just scroll on by…
Just to clarify, I’m not even sure I’d say it’s truly a problem and I don’t recall ever downvoting any of your posts- I appreciate that you are putting in new content.
All I’m saying is that it’s more than I can read or process, and I find myself scrolling past to get onto things that aren’t news. I don’t have a problem with breaking news for being breaking news and I don’t have a preference for stale news, that’s not my point.
You can keep doing things the same, it’s fine with me. I have no idea how time consuming this is for you, I’m just giving you my personal perspective, which may or may not match that of others.
The problem with downvoting is that it’s a blunt tool with no nuance. It’s lazy, unhelpful, and doesn’t foster discussion.
I don’t assume that anyone that comments would actually downvote, I’m just looking for some feedback. Usually the only way one can get feedback is if they say or do the wrong thing.
You’ve made me think about some things, in another comment I wondered if a bi-weekly news thread roundup could be an option to reduce that load of posts. Without someone suggesting things like yourself, I may not have even considered it.
It’s a full time job, in amongst my other full time job and hobbies, so yeah, the community devoted to sustainability isn’t sustainable. There has been a smattering of posts from others and that’s a start.
I think with all the news about the state of the climate the world over, if a community like this (and others) doesn’t work to raise awareness and help foster some change in behaviours or voting patterns, the world is fucked.