Formula 1 @lemmy.ml itsmikeyd @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Formula 1 Chat

Please use this thread for daily F1 discussion and to ask questions that don't warrant their own post.

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I noticed the c/Formula 1 on Lemmy.world is not on the list of partners.

Is there any communication or coordination between those two? While this one seems more active, the other one has more members (strangely).
- I posted early on in that sub about merging/coordinating with this one and the mod replied they weren't closing the sub and removed my post. Note there is (or at least was at the time) nothing in the community or instance rules prohibiting discussion of other communities. And also... like... 90% of Lemmy is new users finding new communities (including that mod, whose account was like 4d old at the time). Prohibiting discussion of other communities is just... wildly against the spirit of what's happening right now. Neither mod group seems to acknowledge the other in at-mentions either.
  
  Anyway, it's a small data point but my somewhat speculative take is the mod over there is power tripping and I've avoided it since.
  
  While this one seems more active, the other one has more members (strangely).
  
  The sub numbers can be confusing to read. I believe when viewing the sub count of a remote community, you see only subscribers from your instance... But when viewing a local community you see all subscribers. At any rate, if you look at each community on its home server you see:
  
  This sub has ~3k subscribers: https://lemmy.ml/c/formula1
  
  The other has like ~1.5k: https://lemmy.world/c/formula1
  
  To my knowledge we do not have any rules against talking about other communities. I will bring it up with the other mods. With the way Lemmy works there will be other subs of the same name with cross subs. I’m going to be subbed to any F1 sub I can find.
  
  Thanks for making the effort to coordinate this and post your experience. It makes me feel more confident sticking with this community
  
  Thanks! That clears up my confusion about the subscribers.
  
  Regarding the other instance, it did strike me as odd that it only had the one moderator, compared to this one. That might explain it indeed...
- It seems to have more people commenting though. At least a lot of different profiles.
  
  Yeah, racethread wasn't really active yet so it's unfortunate the communities are split on that front
What do we all think about Bridgestone coming back to F1 as a tyre manufacturer?
- I imagine that if they win the tender nothing much will change other than the logo.
  
  I wonder if it would be more interesting to dispose of the monopoly and grades and simply keep the requirements of having tyre changes - perhaps two changes required for some tracks?
  
  It would probably also require banning exclusive contracts with certain teams, like they had back in the day.
- Was this confirmed or is this still being decided?
- I dont think a tyre competition would work in this era.
  
  On a side note, thanks for making this mikeyd, it was much needed. Can it be pinned at the top?
  
  That would be awesome, but the tender is for a sole-supplier I believe, so if Bridgestone wins, Pirelli is completely out. No tyre competition like between Bridgestone and Michelin back in the days.
- Seems like Pirelli isn't able to deliver precisely what's asked and have been making "as close as they can" tires, so sure let's give Bridgestone a shot.
- Part of me would be excited for another tyre war. But then I fear that one tyre manufacturer gets an advantage, and if Red Bull were with that manufacturer they would win by even more. On the other hand, if Red Bull were on the worse tyre, that might bring them back to the field.
Where would be the right place to discuss the new rules that were just announced? The thread itself seems to be locked.....
- Yeah, I think so. We've had a lot of dedicated meta posts of late dedicated to the rules of this community. I don't feel the need for another one to announce they're up and have further discussion.
  
  If it turns out that this is needed, we can always make such a dedicated post.
Tried an account on a smaller instance since yesterday to avoid hammering the main ones.

Seems like the posts/comments I made on here weren't coming through to other instances though.

Back to lemmy.world
First day on Lemmy today - Are there the equivalent of Session Threads on here?
- Due to the size of the community and lack of bots, we currently run a race weekend thread which is pinned to the top currently.
  
  I would suggest at least a seperate race thread. A full weekend one was kinda bothersome towards the end of the race last time.
  
  I don't see it that thread. 🤷‍♂️ I've selected "English" and "Undetermined" for the posts I can see. Is the discussion thread set to another language?
How do you join this subreddit(?), it seems to be stuck on pending.
- This is a bug that's been going around. If you.try again a few times it may stick, otherwise leaving it in pending is safe.

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