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Welcome to /c/UpliftingNews (rules), a dedicated space where optimism and positivity converge to bring you the most heartening and inspiring stories from around the world. We strive to curate and share content that lights up your day, invigorates your spirit, and inspires you to spread positivity in your own way. This is a sanctuary for those seeking a break from the incessant negativity and rage (e.g. schadenfreude) often found in today's news cycle. From acts of everyday kindness to large-scale philanthropic efforts, from individual achievements to community triumphs, we bring you news—in text form or otherwise—that gives hope, fosters empathy, and strengthens the belief in humanity's capacity for good, from a quality outlet that does not publish bad copies of copies of copies.

Here in /c/UpliftingNews, we uphold the values of respect, empathy, and inclusivity, fostering a supportive and vibrant community. We encourage you to share your positive news, comment, engage in uplifting conversations, and find solace in the goodness that exists around us. We are more than a news-sharing platform; we are a community built on the power of positivity and the collective desire for a more hopeful world. Remember, your small acts of kindness can be someone else's big ray of hope. Be part of the positivity revolution; share, uplift, inspire!

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[Meta] Enumerated list of rules (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Aatube@lemmy.world to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world

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Since it's slightly less than easy to glean the rules from the sidebar, here's an itemized collection of rules. For example, the schadenfreude rule can be referred to as a)1.

a) Posts must be uplifting.

This excludes schadenfreude.^[1]^

b) Posts must not overtly deal with toxic politics.^[1]^

c) Links must not be low-effort.^[1]^

Links must not go to a copy of a copy of a copy.
(Try finding the original source instead! Links do not have to be textual, so there's no need to find a content farm to post a video.)
Posts must not be fake news.

[1] https://lemmy.world/post/30918729

If there's something you think that should be on here but isn't, feel free to say so!

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[–] Aatube@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't think it's possible to summarize the rules any further (besides dropping the parenthetical) without causing more people to just read the summarized summarized version and think they've understood all the rules and go on to break some rules. and there's a certain charm to the persuasion-style sidebar we have i wanna preserve lol

On the formatting: I'm very keen on preserving the semantic formatting of HTML. HTML without the style attribute is really only supposed to tell you the relation between the elements instead of styling things. It lays out how the page is organized so any client/user may decide how to customize that layout themselves if they want to. Replacing semantics with styling removes that semantic meaning and in certain cases can make it harder for screenreaders. Here, the semantics have to be inferred from the decoration.

But thanks for your time!