Nintendo - A community to keep up to date with Nintendo news. - Lemmy

Yes this isn’t the first Nintendo community on Lemmy but perhaps it is a unique one.

Allow me to explain.

The community is primarily for keeping up to date with news about Nintendo. But instead of simply posting a link to an article on another website (anyone can do that) all the news content posted by the mods will be entirely readable on Lemmy. Unless of course it’s a trailer or other type of video content. Then I’ll link to YouTube in the post.

Having a news centric community on Lemmy instead of a dedicated website has some major advantages.

Because there is no website to promote and drive traffic to there is no need for click bait headlines. Because there are no server fees there’s no reason to have ads or sponsored articles.

I’m not in it to make money. I’m here because I enjoy wring about the gaming industry and talking about it with other like minded people. Lemmy allows me to do that without worrying about hosting fees, domain name fees, SEO and all of that crap.

Obviously the community is more than welcome and encouraged to post about things they’ve accomplished in games or questions about Nintendo, ask for help and advice or just to talk.

So come and join the newest Nintendo community on Lemmy.

Links to the Nintendo community

!nintendo@lemmy.zip
Nintendo

I also have communities for PlayStation and Xbox (links below) that follow the same format.

PlayStation

!playstation@lemmy.zip
PlayStation

Xbox

!xbox@lemmy.zip
Xbox

I figured on separate communities for each platform so people can subscribe to the communities that interest them.

I hope to see you on one or more of the gaming communities. ✌️

Rules

The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World’s rules. You can click the link but we’ve reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn’t a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn’t rulebreaking and we can’t be supportive to them then we probably shouldn’t engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn’t get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn’t actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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