Degrowth as a community topic has somewhat of a problem, in that it is rather limited. Posting about the need to shrink the economy smartly becomes repetitive over time. So I tried to increase the scope of the community a bit by allowing other related topics like UBI, housing cooperatives, worker owned companies and so forth. However I do understand that this might be controversial. So I have a few question to the people intressted in this commuity:
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Is increasing the scope of the community a good idea?
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What topics should be offtopic in this community? As in do we allow say discussions about renewable energy, carbon markets and maybe even green stocks. Right now I see a bunch of China economy posts. Are those reasonable?
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Should I rename the community to reflect a wider scope of discussion? If so what name would be good?
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How can we make the community more intressting in general? Say topic of the week, more memes or whatever.
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Where should the moderation line be? No swearing or going for even implied insults.
I would love to get some good feedback and suggestions. Thanks for them in advance.
Okay, so here’s my thoughts. Degrowth is bigger then just shrinking the economy. It’s also about lifestyle and outlook changes. Yes, the core of it is economy reduction, but to do that you need to explore alternatives that facilitate that. A nation can reduce spend on energy by investing in renewables and becoming energy independent. So articles that talk about renewables on a macro level should be welcome.
As for the rest, it’s a case of if you build it, they will come. If you post articles, I’ll be sure to reply. Worry about the rest later.