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Can we get a ∼enviro

Posted by Catt

To post things like zero waste, recycling, anticonsumption, and such. Just things we as individuals can do to improve our footprint.

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  1. cfabbro
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    This one is on our radar too for sure. But just like the other suggestions we don’t know if we have the traffic and user base to support it yet. Thanks for the suggestion though since that lets us...

    This one is on our radar too for sure. But just like the other suggestions we don’t know if we have the traffic and user base to support it yet. Thanks for the suggestion though since that lets us know the level of user interest in these particular subjects.

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    safari
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    Would it make sense to put that under the (previously suggested) ~lifestyle?

    Would it make sense to put that under the (previously suggested) ~lifestyle?

    1. Catt
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      Not opposed to that per se. It's just that when I think lifestyle, I more think of those magazines at checkouts and aesthetics than what I am hoping for.

      Not opposed to that per se. It's just that when I think lifestyle, I more think of those magazines at checkouts and aesthetics than what I am hoping for.

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      cfabbro
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      Lifestyle has the potential to have far too many subgroups to be useful IMO... from another reply I made earlier: As such ~enviro (and ~automotive... which I confused this post with ;) could...

      Lifestyle has the potential to have far too many subgroups to be useful IMO... from another reply I made earlier:

      Taxonomy is a difficult thing that also has to be balanced against usability when dealing with group hierarchies, IMO, otherwise you wind up with incredibly deep structures that lose a great deal of their usefulness for group discovery and navigation (which is their primary purpose on ~). Rigid taxonomy would dictate we have everything under ~tildes, e.g ~tildes.official, ~tildes.groups.science.computerscience, etc. But that is a PITA. ;)

      So instead we’re going with a less rigid top-level structure, in large part based on user demand in particular interests and usability, first and foremost. Hence ~sports being top-level despite that perhaps fitting best under ~recreation.sports, just as creative could fit under that as well. As the hierarchy develops it will most likely have to be restructured ever so often to maintain its usefulness since we don’t want the structure to be 20 levels deep like what happened to Usenet after enough time that all niche subjects were represented.

      So would ~writing fall under ~creative? Technically, some of it would, yes... although not all writing is creative, e.g. technical and non-fiction writing. But since we know writing as a subject is popular, especially on reddit, and hope it will be here as well, we think it potentially justifies its own top-level group for usability’s sake especially since it could potentially branch into a great many subgroups/niches.

      As such ~enviro (and ~automotive... which I confused this post with ;) could definitely be its own top-level if there was enough interest in the subject as well.

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        safari
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        Fair enough, I just read that comment actually. And I know it's hard to keep track with all these threads, but this one is about the possibility of ~enviro.

        Fair enough, I just read that comment actually.

        And I know it's hard to keep track with all these threads, but this one is about the possibility of ~enviro.

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        1. cfabbro
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          LOL.... sigh.... I blame lack of sleep on this one. Thanks for pointing that out. Yet funnily enough ~automotive could definitely be classified under lifestyle too which kind of illustrates my...

          LOL.... sigh.... I blame lack of sleep on this one. Thanks for pointing that out. Yet funnily enough ~automotive could definitely be classified under lifestyle too which kind of illustrates my point about how difficult it can be to organize this stuff.

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  3. OptimalBasis
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    There aren't any good environmental forums these days. Treehugger had some but deleted them a few years ago, including all past posts. Their site is too focused on design projects that never see...

    There aren't any good environmental forums these days. Treehugger had some but deleted them a few years ago, including all past posts. Their site is too focused on design projects that never see the light of day and less on things that actually help out the environment. Reddit's /r/enviroment isn't that great either. I can't blame them too much since the US environmental movement hasn't been getting a lot of press since the cerca 2008 push for climate change legislation. Since then it's mostly been in the news when funding and publications have been under attack.

    This site is Canadian-based, which might help to foster more non-Amerocentric views.