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Extra Mod
As we discussed elsewhere. I figured it would be good to bring one more mod into the community, preferably somewhere in the American time zones. I'm usually pretty active but if there's one thing I learned it's that you should never make yourself indispensable. The other mods in the list haven't been active here for some time, though M0oP0o indicated he'll be back in a month or so.
Basically what I'm looking for is someone who is active in this community, likes to help along with the challenges when necessary, and can react to the occasional report. Experience is not a requirement, this is a relaxed community and it doesn't require a lot of your time.
So, let me know if you're interested below. I'll consider anyone who has a solid history of posting in this community.
On scoring the weekly challenges
I wanted to ask what you think of a possible change to the scoring of the weekly challenges. Right now most of the scoring is based on who gets the most upvotes. It works well for keeping things impartial, but those who post early will get more views and more chances at being upvoted than those who post later. We already try to make things fairer by awarding bonus points to the last two images and a penalty for posting within the first 24 hours. That last one got some feedback with some valid points, so I would like to suggest something different.
I want to see if having a separate submission and scoring post might work for the next challenge. Everyone can submit their images for at least 7 days and then I put them all together in a new post with separate replies to let people vote for at least 24 hours. Maybe even wait with posting until the weekend to get the most out of it? I'd be happy to hear your input on this. It's a bit more work, but I don't mind doing it if it makes things more fair. And I hope I can automate the tedious stuff.
Nothing much changes on your end, but it might make the whole experience more fun and less of a race :)
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Thank you so much for your input and appreciation. I've heard some great arguments and will keep these in mind. I'm going to give this a try for the coming challenge. But to whoever wins next, feel free to ignore all of this and try something different for the challenge after this. Just know I'm always happy to help out in whatever way possible.
Seethe and Cope! A physical representation of Lemmy?
This is a follow-up to a post I made from the other day but I can't get the images uploaded to it.
Update: after thinking about everyone's ideas an old mall came to mind so I ran it through an image generator. I didn't realize the generator turned on it's own "prompt enhance", both its prompt and images are interesting.
Original prompt: Central court of 80s mall converted into a physical representation of the federated social network lemmy, shops representing the Lemmy communities, include reference to popular Lemmy memes
AI enhanced prompt:
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A vibrant and bustling central court of a retro 80s mall, transformed into a physical manifestation of the federated social network Lemmy, with various shops and kiosks representing distinct Lemmy communities, each adorned with colorful neon signs and futuristic accents, surrounded by plush greenery and sleek, modern seating areas. The shops' facades are adorned with humorous references to popular Lemmy memes, such as copious amounts of "Cope" and "Seethe" signage, and tongue-in-cheek nods to internet subcultures. The lighting is warm and inviting, with a mix of soft pastel hues and bold, electric colors, evoking a sense of nostalgia and playfulness. Throughout the space, users of the platform are depicted as diverse, smiling individuals, engaged in lively discussions and enthusiastic debates, showcasing the inclusive and lively spirit of the Lemmy community.
Let's create a banner for sh.itjust.works!
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1022097
Don't mean to get in the middle of the Dieselpunk challenge but I figured the people here might want to take a shot at creating a banner as well. I'm going to leave that thread open for at least a week so you guys should have time.
Please post your best submissions to the Agora thread linked above
I will try to scan both threads to get all of the candidates before we vote, but the Agora thread is the official discussion, this was just cross-posted for awareness.
> The two obvious themes in my mind are gears/some sort of complex machine, or computer hardware/circuits. > > As an avid Lain Iwakura enjoyer, I added that screenshot because it's awesome and I think it'd be an extremely cool banner, but there are probably much cleaner designs out there that would be more welcoming to new users. I'm sure you guys will be able to come up with some in short order. > > You can look on lemmyverse.net to get a quick overview of some other instance banners. > > I really don’t know how the formatting and proportions are supposed to work but I will edit that in as soon as someone clarifies. > > Lemmy.world looks like this > > ! > > This discussion run for at least a week, and then we can take the most upvoted submissions in this thread and put them up for an official vote.
