Asking folks so I can clarify the rules.

Rocks and minerals are pretty fascinating, quite a few discussions pop up in the comments about geology — We could all learn together with some science peppered in.

At the same time, I really like the vibe of mostly sharing rocks, encouraging people to go rock hounding for the hell of it. And I already have three news coms.

Alternatively, we could partner with or make a geology com for the science and news side of things, keeping this community focused on the rocks.

The questions:

  • Should we include articles, discourage them, or have a rule against them?

  • If we don’t want articles, should we partner with or create a partner community for articles and science?

edit: I’ll leave this up for about a day and amend the rules sometime over the weekend based on vibes and feelings, not going by votes or volume. I can always change things around again if we’re not happy with the rules.

edit: Thanks everyone. I changed the sidebar text to encourage cool rock posting, with facts and articles in the body.

Feel free to keep discussing the cool rocks community if you have ideas.

  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    30 days ago

    I enjoy seeing the photos of cool rocks. I think it’s fine if there’s also an article to go along with the rock, but the post should primarily be about the photo of the cool rock itself.

    Like, if there’s a cool looking rock that came out of a volcano, and if there’s an article specifically about how it came out of the volcano, that’s great! But the post needs to be about the cool looking rock itself.

    Maybe the post itself is just the picture of the rock, and OP should add the science stuff to a reply?

    • Wren@lemmy.todayOPMEnglish
      3·
      30 days ago

      I like this compromise. People who want facts get their facts and the cool rock feed purists keep their rocks.

  • toofpic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    30 days ago

    I think that if a place is called a Cool Rock place, then some news about cool rocks would be nice to have! Just not the icebergs please - they are really cool, but they are technically not rocks.

    • Wren@lemmy.todayOPMEnglish
      3·
      30 days ago

      Don’t worry, I’ll keep the icebergs away. They don’t belong here.

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    30 days ago

    I feel like we are not large enough yet to split cool rocks from cool rock news. Let’s see how the community grows

  • reallykindasorta@slrpnk.netEnglish
    5·
    30 days ago

    I think it’s okay with no rule unless it becomes a problem. Mostly cool rocks interspersed with occasional articles sounds nice. Cool rocks with accompanying articles when appropriate sounds nice too.