I want to preface this by saying I know food coms can be a source of strife within a community due to differing opinions on diet and ethics. If we decide it too much of a pain to try something like this then so be it. I have hope we could work things out to reasonably accommodate everyone.

Firstly want to know how many ppl would be interested in that sort of thing? I feel it should be VERY broad in what it covers. Cooking, diet, food pics, news and other information, fermentations, brewing, canning, preserving, etc etc. If it concerns food in some way, then it’s valid.

Next thing would be moderation. I like the idea of having the com but I personally don’t have a lot of ability to own it. I could maybe help moderate it but I’ve never modersted stuff before and don’t have the confidence to go at it alone. I’m also limited to mobile most of the time. As I am bringing up the idea though I won’t shy away from helping and taking some responsibility.

Next would be ground rules. I think any kind of food should be welcome. I mean this as, I think it should be both vegan and non-vegan friendly. I think a few simple ground rules would be:

  1. If it contains meat then it should be blurred with the NSFW filter. Our vegan and vegetarian comrades that have an ethical reason for not consuming animal products should not be subjected to those images that may be an offense to them. Idk if this should be extended to “non meat but not vegan friendly” items as well? Like dairy and stuff?

  2. Attacking people for what they eat is not acceptable. Non-vegans will not berate vegans, vegans will not berate non-vegans. Diet discussion, counter points to articles, studies, etc, are general constructive and should be allowed but if you disagree with someone being vegan, vegetarian, or a meat consumer, then leave it as a disagreement.

These are honestly the 2 biggest ones I have seen that can cause issues. Perhaps the only other rule I think we could do is maybe a rule banning gore and to define what entails gore? I don’t think many would have issue with saying we shouldn’t be having disturbing/graphic content of animals.

Also a though about any recipes being required to list potential allergens up front? Not like, a hard “we will remove the post if” thing but as a general guideline to please try and if you repeatedly don’t then maybe posts start getting pulled?

I’d like some community feedback on this stuff. I think it’s been discussed before just never gone anywhere? Maybe if we can get stuff squared away we could get a com up and running in due time?