WetShaving
This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.
New subscribers welcome!
Please visit our wiki, which is always and forever a work in progress.
Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:
https://gem.wetshaving.social - a nice modern interface
https://old.wetshaving.social - designed to look like old.reddit.com
Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social.
Community Rules
Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
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Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.
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Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.
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Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
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Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.
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Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.
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Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
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Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.
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Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.
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Disclose how the product being reviewed was acquired (e.g., PIF, loan, or purchase). If the product was provided to you directly by the maker or vendor free of charge or at a discount, you must disclose this fact even if the item will later be returned to the maker or vendor.
Rule 4 - Advertising
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Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.
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Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.
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Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
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All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.
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Non-shaving related NSFW/L content is not allowed.
Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion
- The rules may not apply perfectly to every situation. The mods have final discretion.
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Anybody think we’ll get more traffic here with the end of 3rd party Reddit apps?
I don't think so.
Edit: Let me elaborate a bit. There will be the Lather Games, which many people are very hyped about, and whatever had been their app, by the end of the month, they will have gotten used to the official app or the web page. There will be every incentive not to switch tomorrow.
Our admins of the Lemmy here are both judges for the LG, and lack the time to clean up the bot issues. And bot issues are getting worse every day. Frankly, for the moment, our Lemmy doesn't look that hot to newcomers (and even to the old hands). Events have conspired against this place 😭
So, even if there were any opportunity now with the shutdown of 3rd party apps (which I doubt), I don't think we're in a position to take advantage of it. At this point, I suspect that the Mastodon instance is in better shape than the lemmy.
It's also pretty dead here. Almost every post has no comments.
Well, I just arrived and have to confess that I’m still a bit disoriented in the fediverse. I was a longtime Apollo user and while the demise of that app isn’t the end of the world for me, I simply won’t use the official app. I still follow a few subs on RES, but who uses social media on a laptop anymore? In the long run, I’ll most probably pull out of Reddit. I just installed wefwef and appreciate the obvious effort to copy the (indeed very good) Apollo user interface - from what I hear, other apps are doing the same.
The bot here is indeed a major drawback and I think we would be better off without it until it works properly. Right now there’s too much structure for too little content. At least someone should weed out the superfluous copies.
Otherwise, we may as well start to contribute content.