Greetings World News! A couple of us mods from /c/politics have volunteered for tribute and will be helping out on mod duties from here on out! Nice to meet you!

I’ll keep this short because you didn’t come here to hear me talk (“You’re right!”)

Job 1 is making the sidebar a little cleaner and easier to follow. I don’t want anyone to have any illusion as to why content got removed. It should always be clear and concise and not up for debate.

When it comes to copyrighted material, my opinion is super simple:

  1. Don’t repost the whole article. Boil it down to the 1 or 2 paragraphs that make the point. That falls under fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/

  1. If you can’t find the 1 or 2 paragraphs that makes the point, MAYBE that’s not the best article to use. 😉 “Brevity is the soul of wit” and all that.

  2. None of which matters if you use articles that aren’t paygated. If the whole thing is readily available, there’s no reason to copy/paste anything. See if you can find an alternate source.

  3. If you aren’t sure if something falls under fair use or not, assume it doesn’t. Err on the side of personal liability. “Could someone catch grief over this?” If yes, don’t paste it.

That’s it! Happy World Newsing! Verbing weirds language!

Edit OK, I lied. When posting from the web UI, it will helpfully offer to create an archive link of your choice. Archive links ARE allowed. I have cleared this personally with multiple admins now. If it proves to be a copyright issue, we can simply remove the link.

For some reason, my preferred apps, Boost and Voyager, don’t have that option. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    171·
    1 year ago

    I tend to lean towards transparency in all things, so I’ll just say I have no direct knowledge of what drama may have led to the mod turnover. I just raised my hand when someone asked for volunteers. :)

    So I’m here now and I bear no one ill will. Consider this a blank slate from here forward.

    I’m a native Oregonian and one of my heroes was Tom McCall who was our governor from 1967 to 1974. While he’s best known for saying “We want you to visit our State of Excitement often. Come again and again. But for heaven’s sake, don’t move here to live. Or if you do have to move in to live, don’t tell any of your neighbors where you are going.”

    But he ALSO said "Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky, they are people who say “This is my community and it’s my responsibility to make it better.'”

    • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldMEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      would you be willing to add me back to the team? I did nothing wrong and care about the world news community?

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        181·
        1 year ago

        I can’t UNILATERALLY make that decision. Well, I mean, technically I COULD, but it wouldn’t be RESPONSIBLE moderation to do that on my own. Let me just say that I’ll raise the issue and see what turns up. Fair?