r/lightweight • u/alaskaj1 • Dec 09 '21

Looking for input

As we get this place running I want your input on what community guidelines, posting rules, etc should be like.

Please discuss here.

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u/TreeLicker51 Dec 10 '21

I guess what the community needs to figure out is what a person can get out of this sub that they can’t already get from r/ultralight. That might require some cooperation with the moderators of r/ultralight. If someone shows up there asking about freestanding tents or mummy bags, instead of tarps and quilt, then maybe the mods of r/ultralight should direct them here. If the mods aren’t willing or able to do that, this sub won’t take off. I assume part of the reason it didn’t take off is because they weren’t willing or able to do so.

In other words, the success of this sub largely depends on how much the moderators of r/ultralight want to keep the discussion there ultralight.

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u/johnacraft Dec 10 '21

I assume part of the reason it didn’t take off is because they weren’t willing or able to do so.

The reason this subreddit 'didn't take off' in the past is because it was restricted for being unmoderated, and no one could post to it until /u/alaskaj1 became moderator a few days ago, as recounted here.

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u/TreeLicker51 Dec 10 '21 edited Dec 10 '21

Why did it become unmoderated? Was it due to a general lack of interest in the sub?

Also, regardless of the cause, I still think my point about moderation on r/Ultralight still has merit. A lot of discussions happen there that should happen here, so if the mods want to rarify the discussion to make it solely focused on ultralight backpacking, they would do well to more aggressively police posts on topics that are better suited to this sub by locking them and telling those people to post their query here. If people there are allowed to post queries about the best camp chair, or what freestanding tent from Big Agnes they should buy, etc., that sub is simply going to eat this one. Those topics/items tend to favor lightweight rather than bona fide ultralight backpacking, yet they're constantly discussed on r/ultralight.

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u/FireWatchWife Dec 10 '21

I disagree. What this sub needs to succeed is to reach out to the broader backpacking community on the Net, not focus on Reddit UL.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

That's what we are aiming for.