The results from the 2023 c/formula1 poll are in

Responses

I’ve been blown away by the 129 responses we had to this poll. This community is growing rapidly and so we got much more feedback than I expected.

Thank you all for taking the time to have your say, it’s really appreciated!

Moderators

I’d like to start by thanking everyone who volunteered to be a moderator.

I’ve added several moderators to the team, all of which should have received a DM from me confirming moderator status, and an invite to the Discord mod chat.

If you can see you are a mod, but didn’t get the DM, please DM me. I know that at least one of you didn’t get the message! Maybe Lemmy wasn’t feeling well when I tried.

If you haven’t been selected to be a moderator, it’s entirely due to me not being able to find a post / comment made by you after a cursory search (if there’s a better way to add a mod, do let me know!). If you’re not currently a moderator and you’d still like to be, please feel free to let me know in here.

Results

I’m sure you’re all excited to see how the polls went, so here we go!

For transparency, a copy of all responses (user names removed) can be found here

Should c/formula1 allow posts with spoilers in the title?

Option Count
Yes 45
No 67
Unsure 17

This was a close one, with “No” winning out with just over 52% (rounded) of the votes. As Brits already know, 52% means Brexit, therefore we will not allow spoilers in post titles.

Please select the types of post you’d like to allow in c/formula1

Option Count
Live session discussion 121
Post-race discussion 127
Social media posts from teams 110
Image posts (photos / F1 art) 107
Meme posts 50
Posts relating to the F1 TV service 76
Posts relating to other motorsports (eg WEC, Indy Car, Formula E) 68
Posts linking to F1 news websites 114
Opinion / technical / statistics pieces by members of c/formula1 120
Other 6

It’s clear that whilst there is a demand for all F1 content, memes are the least favourable. There are some formuladank communities already available, so we will not allow memes in here.

We shall link to formuladank in the sidebar, along with any other appropriate communities.

6. Should c/formula1 allow posts covering the following illegal services?

Option Count
Live race streams 48
Post-race streams 32
F1 Torrents 30
IPTV Services 24
Other 76

The general opinion was that we should not offer pirate services in this community. The “Other” option was frequently used to express this, as well as the follow-up question #7.

We shall not allow pirate services to be posted in this community. Clarification of what this constitutes will be included in the rules when they are posted.

There were several arguments against this, and I feel that most of us who want to find streams / downloads will be resourceful enough to do so anyway.

8. Should we by and large use the rules from r/formula1 for our community, where possible?

This was the most clear result, with a great majority of you wanting those rules, or something very similar. I’m working on updating the rules and aim to post them after the Canadian GP.

9. Is there anything else you’d like to add?

This was by and large a lovely set of messages showing support for the community. Thank you!

Conclusion

So there you have it! We shall revisit the rules again next year. Please do feel free to message me or any of the other mods, or post in the community if you think there should be a change made somewhere.

Thanks!

  • itsmikeyd@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Heya,

    For me there are a few reasons to go down this route:

    • Disallowing piracy enhances the legitimacy of this community. I’d like to establish relationships with F1, teams, and other persons involved in the sport. This would be much harder to do if the first thing they see here is a link to stream or download a race.

    • Piracy is harder to moderate. We’re not going to be checking every link to ensure there are no viruses and that the content is what it claims to be. We don’t want our users having issues from content they find here.

    • The majority of the community didn’t want it here, for varying reasons.

    • You can 100% set up c/formula1withblackjackandhookers if you wanted (though I’d stick with the names of the respective subreddits to be easier found!) and have a place dedicated to F1 / motorsport piracy.

    • janoosh@szmer.infoEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Although I do not necessarily agree with some of these reasons, I understand. For clarity, I am a long time F1TV subscriber, but without pirate streams I would probably never even start watching F1, not to mention less popular motorsports, and I know how difficult it is to find a reliable one. That’s why I was concerned about this. I reckon, as you suggest, a separate community for sharing ways to watch F1 would be a good way to go about this.

      • itsmikeyd@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        F1 being behind a pay wall is a massive concern, I guess that’s what DTS was made to try circumvent. That’s a whole other thread though.