This is only a second time I’m making update to the community guidelines in 3 years which I count as a major success. There are 2 things I want to address this time. Titles and scope.

There are has been a lot more of title editorializing lately than I would like. And while most of it is fixing clickbait or adding context, I think the better approach is to encourage posting alternative sources that do provide informative titles by themselves. I’m also big proponent of people actually reading the article before making a comment, which overly editorialized titles discourages.

Another thing that has been more common as a result of new people posting are posts that I would consider outside the scope of this community. What is a proper fit was vagely defined in the community sidebar, so I only blame myself for this, but I would like to rectify this.

I replaced the section on which news fit here by moving it to the general community description and added a section to highlight what doesn’t fit here. And the updated post guidelines now bans most editorializing of titles. See updated sections below.

What doesn’t fit here?

The core of the story has to be technology focused.

  • If article mentions “AI” in a sentence and then talks about business economics that doesn’t make it tech news.
  • Gaming is too many layers removed from technology. There are many dedicated communities that are a better fit for it.
  • Transporation is too many layers removed from technology. EVs while use many cool technologies have many dedicated communities that are a better fit for it.
  • Entertainment is too many layers removed from technology. While sometimes it can fit here, business or cultural aspects of it are a better fit for dedicated communities.
  • Cybersecurity. While it heavily focuses on technology, most of the time it’s too technical for most people who are not already invested in it. Should be posted in a dedicated communities unless it has broader connection to other tech areas.

Updated post guidelines

  • Post title should mirror the news source title. If you don’t like the title of article, look for an alternative source instead of editorializing it.
  • Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
  • Opinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title. Opinion articles refer to articles that their publisher doesn’t explictly endorse.
  • Country prefix can be added to the title with a separator (|, :, etc.) if the news is from a local publisher who doesn’t clearly mention the country.

Thank you

I want to thank everyone who visits, votes, comments or posts in this community and if you have any suggesions on how it can be improved let me know either in the comments below or sending me a private message.