An unofficial community dedicated to all things Tom Scott.
Rules
1. Professionalism
Tom holds a high standard for his content, and we should maintain that as his fans. There isn't a strict definition for this, but in general, just use common sense and be polite. Disagreements are fine, but be respectful and keep it strictly to the topic at hand -- no personal attacks, no "straw man"-ing or any other bad-faith agruing. Bigotry will be banned without hesitation.
2. Relevancy
This community is about all things Tom Scott. Of course, that's its name. But specifically, it's about Tom Scott the YouTube channel, and associates. That includes friends like the TechDif crew. Outside content featuring or about Tom is also welcome.
What is out of scope is Tom Scott the person. Anything digging into his personal life or history is strictly prohibited. That's a big part of why he wanted the subreddit taken down, so let's show that we can be better than that.
3. Moderator discretion
Without trying to list out every bad thing you can do, again, just use common sense and ask yourself if Tom would approve. If Tom isn't likely to approve, neither are the mods, even if the rules don't explicitly prohibit it. Even if nothing is going wrong yet, we may also preemptively stop conversations that look like they're going to a bad place. I'm not trying to micromanage y'all, I just want to keep every nice and tidy so Tom doesn't get upset with us.
Links
YouTube Channels
Lateral Podcast
Tom on other sites
Inactive/parked accounts:
- Twitter [Nitter] (new videos notifs only; inactive July 2023)
- Threads (parked for future use; inactive July 2023)
- Mastodon (parked for future use; inactive Jan 2017)
- BlueSky (parked for future use; inactive)
- TikTok (parked for future use; inactive)
TechDif Friends
This is an unofficial, fan-run community. !tomscott@lemmy.zip is not associated with or endorsed by Tom Scott, Pad 26 Limited, or any of their affiliates.
Tom, we are committed to preventing a repeat of the issues that you faced with your subreddit. However, if you still do not want this community to exist, just send a message to WeirdAlex03 and (after verifying you are you), this community will be closed, no questions asked.