This is fine if the post is something insanely low effort.

But I do worry if this ends up being too aggressive.

One of the things that made reddit so awful is how over moderated it was.

I don't really take issue with dozens of posts by newbies asking the same basic question over and over. I used to be one and am occasionally back there again if I start a new hobby. Hopefully newcomers don't get pushed off by overly sensitive moderation.

It would be helpful if you could provide a hypothetical example of what is considered a "low effort" post.

Does this include Youtube videos? Or at least Youtube videos without a clear description and summary?

Those constant ad money farming posts really lower the quality of this sub.

I've seen slightly offtopic posts deleted here, even after some interesting conversation in the comments. I think Lemmy is small, and it could help the platform if conversations and posts are preserved even if they are not 100% on topic. But I respect the work of mods, it's their decision how they run a community, even if I don't agree with them all time.

But just as a backup, if things take an unexpected turn, here are some similar, but much less active communities:

• !selfhosted@sh.itjust.works
• !selfhosting@slrpnk.net
• !homelab@selfhosted.forum
• !selfhosting@eviltoast.org
• !SelfHosted@europe.pub

This is also to the "low effort" posters, if you disagree with your post's removal you can post it to other similar communities.

Fucking thank you!

Seems okay-ish if it removes all the AI slop and spam quickly. The mods already have the technical power to dictate things, so this rule change just make their actions tie more closely to their management reputation

I can understand the potential problems of trying to define "low-effort post". In contrast can guidelines be given for a "quality post". If no guidance on either end is given it may discourage some people from posting anything. Maybe people can contribute what they see as indications of a "quality post".

Wait, is this about the posts from melonhusk@sh.itjust.works? We don't need a new rule for that, they were spamming.

Self-hosting is inherently not low effort. This isn't memes or shitposts. This is people helping people that are trying to help themselves, a.k.a. people making an effort. Communities rely on the discretion of mods and rules specific to the community focus. If this community didn't have some kind of bar to meet for low effort posts it would drive away participants and contributors more interested in higher effort and more interesting topics. It gets real old seeing people ask and answer the same basic questions about Plex, Jellyfin, *arrs, and docker all the time. Worrying about if this rule will be abused seems premature. Besides (as others have pointed out) there are other communities with similar interests, if you're that concerned that your spammy no-context YouTube video got deleted, please go try your luck elsewhere.