No, I'm really asking. if you would be willing to moderate contents in this exact community. I mean, we need to know the means at our disposal to debate the request.
Well, are you ready to moderate non-English post?
Adding some languages arbitrary without a clear guideline might open up discussions for other languages. For example: if we accept as a guideline that (Mandarin :-), English and Spanish are the most spoken languages in the wolrld and we accept that, we might unsettle French people. If we go with western/southern languages only we might loose the other people who turn for local serivces.
It is no easy debate to have.
Well. The point is, that this approach could be a disfavor for all the eastern European countries, which users may also discuss in their native languages.
Also the server rules state, that they are in for German/English communities.
In another context I thought about the possibility for links in foreign languages as long as they are marked, and maybe summarized by a sentence to help people get the context. I think in todays time with browser being able to translate, that should be a feasible approach. I didn't find time to debate that with the other mods, yet.
To me, coming from a moderation perspective, the idea of whole discussions in a plentitude of languages is problematic. In my opinion, we would need to have more mods being able to at least police content if need be.
Ich hatte letztens auch @BuyFromEU@feddit.org abonniert und habe alles in die Mastodontimeline reingespült bekommen. War technisch cool und inhaltlich verwirrend.
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Soll ich den Post lieber locken?
Well, I you think about the question with the foundations the other day, it is not so easy any more. There are non-European products (like open-source products and services) that in the long run help to get rid of non-European products 😅 At this point we are discussing a lock in. E.g. if you use cloud and office products that force you to store data on foreign servers.
Another example could be Threema, a swiss messenger, where you only need a small ID instead of a phone number. It is well known for their encryption and that their software was audited. So, they are working as transparent as a company could. In my personal and business life, I would still recommend them (as well as Signal) for everyday Joe.
Hi chmod, content-wise they are quite narrow and hopefully the possibility to crosspost will benefit both.
The text what to expect says, that we are focusing on the EU, but if other befriended countries slip through we are not enforcing rules. We called it a soft limit, so pepole tend to limit themselves, rather than mods jumping each post.
Due to the name being lend from one of the bigger reddit movements (buyFromEU) English should be the first language. But since you asked, I could imagine that articles in different languages could be marked (DE/GER/ES/..) and maybe given some context in EN. Just like a brieve sentence, why this news/article is awesome and related. I'll need to discuss if we'd like encourage that with the other mods.
The community is about a week old. As I just onboarded petl we had the first discussion and thought about, what would be appealing to the members.
Sorry, if this does not appeal to you. I hope the idea resonates with the other members, otherwise this post has plenty of room to discuss that.
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Yes, the topic dropped on or two times.
I commenced a vote if people want to stick around after I received mod status, then made a post about what to expect to discuss/find here. After the vote I commited on finding mods and setting up this place. Lets see where this leads.