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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I browse and occasionally contribute as you know but I really think the community would benefit from some organisation in the form of post title rules over there.

Having a standardised "artist - track title" format or even "artist - track title (genre)" seen as it is such a varied selection over there would really make the browsing experience a lot better than a massive list of just song names in my opinion.

I was going to make a post on the community about this but seen as I see you here I thought I'd just make the suggestion directly to you. I think it would be a positive thing for the community going forward :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's definitely merit in what you're saying but I'm also fine with it staying how it is.

The idea is that it should be easy to share what you have on, but we're all using different services. IMO the easiest thing is using Lemmy's title filling feature which is the song name by default with Spotify links. I believe the other services like YouTube and tidal work similarly.

Many of the posts in that community are made by members while they are working, which also makes me hesitant to enforce title rules on them. Quick and easy posts are easy to blast out when all you have is a second or two. Maybe in time as it becomes more than just a handful of people posting it should be revisited.

FWIW I'm ok with the communities I create never becoming popular on Lemmy. Most are created for a small group of friends to mess around on where other services don't fit the bill. I'd much rather have fun posting when the mood strikes than worry about fitting a particular posting guideline. If like-minded people happen to join in, awesome. If not, we were having fun before and we'll continue to have fun without them!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeh fair enough, just thought I'd give some feedback from my perspective, I appreciate not everyone uses it in the same way.

Either way I'll carry on posting occasionally :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Constructive criticism or meaningful suggestions should be welcomed imo, and when opinions differ reactions like yours are some of the best. I appreciate that you aren't hellbent on everyone fitting in the same box! Seriously, thank you for the civil interactions!

Footnote- I typed out a long-winded post about fediverse philosophy and decided this isn't the place for it. Maybe in another thread.