I can’t seem to find anything in a sidebar or sticky thread that talks about the moderation / rules of the news community. I’m very interested in coming to this community to learn about news, but right now it seems whats being posted tends to be relatively low (lower?) quality.
Examples of common rules
Use the same titles as the article itself
No blog spam, link to the source
Political news, should go to the political community
No dupes of same topic
As an example, take a look at other news aggregators that focus on news.
My goal here isn’t tell people what to do but its start a conversation on the topic.
[insert Twitter citation in all caps about the Big One hitting somewhere in Southern California]
But a story we’re going to have enough to discuss is going to need to wait a bit.
Also, I’ve seen a lot of tweets with links to relevant news where the reaction before the link is the news or the link requires the context provided by the tweet to make any sense.
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !news@beehaw.org
Breaking news from around the world.
News that is American but has an international facet may also be posted here.
Guidelines for submissions:
Where possible, post the original source of information.
If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.
These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.
I would also say that a Twitter post is not news, but unfortunately a lot of politicians have not gotten that notice yet.
It’s more nuanced than that. A tweet can be news:
[insert Twitter citation in all caps about the Big One hitting somewhere in Southern California]
But a story we’re going to have enough to discuss is going to need to wait a bit.
Also, I’ve seen a lot of tweets with links to relevant news where the reaction before the link is the news or the link requires the context provided by the tweet to make any sense.