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Not Just Bikes — The Laziest Excuse for Bad Cities (nebula.tv)
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[–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (14 children)

We're in the Not Just Bikes community. It's reasonable to assume people here are familiar with Not Just Bikes, or are at least willing to get themselves caught up.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well, I tried my best. Read the community info and all.

    It contains strict policies against spamming and also low-effort posts.

    And a post only consisting of just a link to a paid website would be considered both, meaning low-effort spam, by most people.
    So please excuse my confusion. I think it should be understandable.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    It's reasonable to assume people here are familiar with Not Just Bikes

    You know, there are feeds which just show popular posts. Most of the communities in this feed people would be unfamiliar with if they browsed all/popular.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Sure, but most people don't come into a community they're unfamiliar with and start whinging about posts that are direct links to something created by the subject the community is dedicated to.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    subject the community is dedicated to

    Following the title of the community and its description, I (and apparently other people as well) got the distinct impression this subject to be "alternative urban mobility".

    I now understand that it is a fan-community for some bike-influencer instead?
    This came as somewhat of a surprise, as there are no obvious indications for it.

    And, btw, the gatekeeping didn't help.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What gatekeeping? All I'm saying is people shouldn't come to a Not Just Bikes community and complain about links to a platform co-owned by Not Just Bikes. That's the equivalent of going to !politics and complaining about a link to political news.

    Not Just Bikes is the name of a YouTube channel run by Jason Slaughter, focused on good urbanism. It takes its name from the thesis: "what makes cities in the Netherlands so much better than most of the rest of the developed world (but especially Canada and America)? It's not just bikes." In essence, it's about urbanism in all forms. Bikes, yes, but also public transport, density, land use, etc.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Thanks.

    The second part is finally a very good example for a reply that is not gatekeeping but actually helpful.
    Would perhaps be a good idea to have that exact paragraph be put at the top of the community description.

    And regarding the first part:
    If stumbling across a post linking to inaccessible content in any community:
    Instant reaction will always be leaving a "Paywalled" or similar comment.
    That's just basic netiquette to inform other users and give the OP a hint that he might want to do something about it.

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