New Communities@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Let's Talk Music - Lemmy.zip

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Let's Talk Music - Lemmy.zip

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New Communities@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

# Welcome to !letstalkmusic@lemmy.zip [/c/letstalkmusic@lemmy.zip] The premier Fediverse destination for long-form music discussion. Let’s Talk Music is a community dedicated to the in-depth discussion of music. We prioritize quality over quantity, focusing on the “why” and “how” behind the art. Whether it’s music theory, historical context, industry analysis, or deep-dive reviews, this is the place for listeners who want to go beyond the surface. _____________________________________ 📜 Community Guidelines ::: spoiler 1. Language This is an international community. To maintain a cohesive dialogue, all posts and comments must be in English. ::: ::: spoiler 2. Substance Over Links We are a discussion-first community. - Link-only posts are not permitted. * If you share a link, you must provide a thoughtful commentary or a series of discussion prompts in the body of the post. ::: ::: spoiler 3. Recommendation Policy To prevent feed clutter, “What should I listen to?” posts are only allowed if they provide specific criteria and aim to explore a genre or concept in depth. - Bad: “Give me some good rock bands.” - Good: “I’m looking for 70s Proto-Punk that influenced the New York scene; what am I missing?” ::: ::: spoiler 4. The Golden Rule Respect is mandatory. Debate the music, not the person. We have zero tolerance for hate speech, elitism, or harassment. ::: _____________________________________ 💡 How to Participate - Explain your “Why”: Don’t just say an album is “good.” Explain the production, the lyrics, or the cultural impact. - Format for Readability: Use bolding and headers for long essays. - Be Curious: Engaging with others’ theories is just as important as posting your own. _____________________________________ 📅 Weekly Threads - Monday: What Are You Listening To? (General check-in) - Wednesday: The Deep Dive (Album of the week) - Friday: Fresh Air (New release discussions) _____________________________________ 🔗 Related Communities - !music@lemmy.world [/c/music@lemmy.world] - !vinyl@lemmy.world [/c/vinyl@lemmy.world]

Hello!

I am a new user, and decided to open a new community, based on a popular Reddit communitìy: LetsTalkMusic. I am very passionate about music, and I would love to speak about it in the Fediverse!

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Imo at least, !music@lemmy.world is too generalist, so if an user wants to browse a specific niche, that wouldn’t be a good one as any such posts would have a tendency to be diluted in the feed.

Also, generalist communities are a hit or a miss for engagement from my experience, so a community whose purpose is explicitly for engagement should have a better chance to thrive.

New Communities@lemmy.world

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You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !newcommunities@lemmy.world

A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

Rules

The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World’s rules. You can click the link but we’ve reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn’t a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn’t rulebreaking and we can’t be supportive to them then we probably shouldn’t engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

Formatting

Please include this following format in your post:

[link text](/c/community@instance.com)

This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won’t

You should also include either:

!community@instance.com

or instance.com/c/community

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn’t get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn’t actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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