UFOs @lemmy.world DaughterOfMars @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

Community Growth

Hey folks, I thought I should pop in and make a quick post given the surge in signups at lemmy and the rapidly growing subscriber number of this community.

First of all, when I created it I didn't really put any thought into the future, I just wanted to hear and talk about disclosure news. For that reason, I did not attempt to define any rules or guidelines. As it stands, with about 700 subscribers, we still don't have enough engagement to really be concerned about moderation. It also helps that most people seem to be fairly well-behaved on lemmy so far, but that may change soon as reddit refugees continue to flood in. If it becomes an issue I will define rules and gather moderators as needed.

Secondly, if you see posts in other UFO/UAP communities that are missing here, perhaps you would consider cross-posting them. I certainly miss plenty of things.

Finally, thank you to everyone who has been posting valuable content here! We are currently the top UFO community on the lemmyverse as far as I can tell, and I hope that we can continue to spread knowledge about what is ostensibly the most ridiculed topic in recent history in a sane and reasonable way.

~🛸 Cheers,
Daughter of Mars

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I'd like to suggest that the strictly non-partisan rules of the UFOs subreddit was a good thing that helped keep people focused and avoided tribalist bickering. In that vein, it might be a good idea to remove the reference to 45 in the community header image, and replace it with "Congress" as Congress are the ones leading a current bipartisan push to determine whether they've been lied to or not.
- Nah, it's funny
  
  The lack of serious reply to discuss it isn't encouraging. To be clear, I also find it funny and don't like 45 at all, but that's not the point. What made that sub successful was that it was a serious place that was well moderated. Branding is important if you want something taken seriously.
Keen to see this community grow. I don't wanna skulk back to reddit for my UFO news.
- If we could take the UFOs sub and get them to migrate here that would be perfect. Given time I think it will.
  
  Yeah! Maybe not...everyone from that sub though...
Never really visited the sub much on Reddit until Grusch popped up but this disclosure thing drew me in as a lurker. Now that I’m on lemmy, I decided what the heck and subscribed. Looking forward to many interesting conversations and a rational exchange of crazy ideas!
I’m excited to see your community grow, keep it up!
I'm here for some fun, let's make this community awesome.
Thanks for kicking off the forum for us. I’m looking forward to being a part of it.
Hi everyone ! Today the day !! I alway have believed that we are not alone, only waiting for a material proof. Over the years I have learn to hold my expectations to a minimum. So today from the earing I am expecting anything from nothing to the Federation/Empire is taking over. 🤣🤣🤣

The most realistic is probably that the earing will lay the path for a more transparent framework for collection, analysis and communication of proofs for the government, scientifics and the general public.

At least it should open the door for more cooperation between government and scientific community.
For all that don't want to open Reddit, there's an instance archiving posts to lemmy (lemmit.online) you can follow and crosspost to other communities !ufos@lemmit.online
It looks like other subs have bots that automatically cross post to Lemmy. Would be nice for this sub.
- Cross post from where?

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