No one in the community asked for this. It just seems like a couple admins wanted to do this and we’re all forced into this terrible decision.
Quite annoying and makes me want to use the site less if this is the direction we’re going.
No one in the community asked for this. It just seems like a couple admins wanted to do this and we’re all forced into this terrible decision.
Quite annoying and makes me want to use the site less if this is the direction we’re going.
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Why do it all? There’s no motivation to change the name of the most used sub.
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It sounds lame. Main was descriptive. Traphouse is obtuse and makes people think you’re talking about the podcast. I thought this was a citations needed site?
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This is the meme I claimed on day one of this website and I deserve royalties from this post. Upbear me.
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<3
Edit: this was supposed to read humorously just in case it needs to be said
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y-y-yeah... p-platonic haha 😥
If emulating the old subreddit was the goal, then splintering into different communities was the wrong step, because the subreddit didn't have that. But obviously we're past that point and this website needs that kind of partitioning for when/if it gets larger.
But now that we've got our content spread into multiple communities, the idea that any one community is going to emulate the old subreddit is silly, because the old subreddit consisted of exactly the content that's being scattered to the other communities (which is fine). The only way for c/TH to capture that is if everything is double posted here. Which is obviously bad and dumb, folks who want that experience should just browse all (which fwiw I do).
I don't care about main, but repurposing this place for the purpose that you described doesn't seem useful.
Plus, I actually did want to kick up a convo about the podcast and lo and behold the subreddit that was specifically for that got turned into a junkyard.
(the "what podcast" bit is funny enough but if that joke is influencing how y'all run this site, I'd strongly urge you to reconsider.)
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What was wrong with the name main?
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Not to newcomers.
Trying to force people to use comms. Which breaks up the site so admins can control conversion easier.
you're right, this is all part of the secret anarchoauthoritarian mod agenda to gain full control of the posts! it's so evil!
Not really evil. Just more control.
you really overestimate how much the admins care about you lol
Me: This gives admins more control over the community. That’s a bad thing.
You: the mods don’t care about you.
this is the thing, how does renaming a comm amount to "[controlling] the conversion [sic]?" the admins literally don't care what you post, there's no committee looking for "control over the posts"
They’re doing it to try to get people to use comms more. When you use comms you’re breaking up the conversation to what the admins have decided is in the realm of topics they agree upon.
eh you have my word traphouse is never gonna go away. its our default community forever. post whatever the hell you want there. (im not an admin/mod im just a dev)
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it should always be possible to delete/remove a particular community, but it would be highly inconvenient to close the default community. it would also be very irritating, if not impossible to rename.
That’s good news. Thank you for all your hard work on the site.
you forget that there is still a community for postinf that doesn't fit into other comms: !traphouse
The reason they’re changing the name is so that people post there less because it’s a more obtuse name.
leaving me on read? u make me sad billy :'c
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More belittling replies. Expect nothing less from you.
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I’m not trying to argue with you. I never was. I find your conversation style belittling and rude. I know you find it cute and funny and you’re trying to be like the mods on the old site for the lolz, but it’s off putting. Please stop.
so is the problem that they're silencing people who can't post in other comms, or that people are posting more in other comms because... their content fits there?
I’ve explained my problem with it and you’re reframing to your own argument. Honestly, if we come up with a new agreed upon name for main, I’m fine with the decision.
reframing it to my own argument? you're moving the goalposts. my comment above yours is asking you to explain; is it when you said this:
or when you said this:
is it that they're silencing off topic, or are there not many off topic posts?
They want less people to post in main so that they in turn post in the comms because they want more activity in the comms. By having more people posting in comms it gives the admins more control over the topics talked about.
how does it give the admins more control if people are making an individual decision about posting in !traphouse vs. other comms? in what way does that control topics?
i've only seen an increase in the diversity of posts as more communities pop up. !gardening posts were nonexistent before the comm.
what topics do you even think the admins are trying to limit???
Those posted in main
okay, so you don't have any actual complaints. cry more lib
Sick burn yo
thanks
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Except for the time we shut down a comm to wait for mods from a sub to take it over.
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If you want to change it from the name main, fine. Can we at least choose a better name than trap house? I want to move away from our affiliation with that podcast not closer to it.
i think holding a vote on the default community name is a pretty good idea.
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eh maybe. both need to be done before federation though
Agreed! Awesome! Thank you for being reasonable :)
What's important to remember is that this is a federated platform. If the admins start doing actually over-controlling shit (which this isn't), then the chapo will split and probably re-federate with the original.
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Why do you laugh at people and then tell them to go outside when you receive pushback? Bad faith communication style and childish.
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I wasn’t talking to you in this thread.
All the other admins communicate respectfully. Why do you act disrespectfully?
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