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Witty University
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Welcome to Witty University. Think of this as your favorite lecture hall, but without the overpriced textbooks and with significantly better banter. We are a community dedicated to the intersection of Open Source Technology, Marketing Strategy, and Artificial Intelligence.
To keep the campus running smoothly, please adhere to the following Syllabus.
🎓 The Syllabus (Community Guidelines)
- Stay on Subject We’re here to learn and share. Posts should fall within our three pillars:
Open Source: FOSS news, project showcases, and licensing debates.
Marketing: Growth hacking, brand psychology, and data-driven strategy.
AI: LLM breakthroughs, ethical implications, and practical workflows.
If it doesn’t help us build it, sell it, or automate it, it probably belongs in another community.
- Master the "Witty" Mandate We value high-signal content.
No Low-Effort Spam: "Look at this cool AI" with a link and no context will be sent to detention (deleted).
Explain Your Work: If you’re sharing a marketing tactic or a repo, tell us why it matters.
- The Open Source Ethos We are a Lemmy community; we breathe open source.
Respect licenses.
Give credit where it’s due.
Whenever possible, prioritize tools that respect user freedom.
- Marketing Ethics (No Snake Oil) We love clever marketing, but we hate "get rich quick" schemes and "hustle culture" brain rot.
Self-Promotion: If you built something cool, share it! But don't just drop links and vanish. Engage with the feedback.
Transparency: If a post is a sponsored case study or contains affiliate links, disclose it clearly.
- AI Transparency & Ethics Since we discuss AI, we lead by example:
Label AI Content: If a significant portion of your post was generated by an AI, let us know.
No Hallucinations: Fact-check your technical claims. If your "code snippet" doesn't actually compile, you're failing the lab.
- Be a Good Lab Partner Intellectual friction is encouraged; personal attacks are not.
Attack the idea, not the person.
Bigotry, harassment, and "trolling for the sake of it" will result in an immediate expulsion.
🏛️ Governance This community is moderated by the "Faculty." Decisions are made to preserve the quality of the signal. If you feel a post was removed unfairly, please reach out via Modmail with a logical argument (we like those).
Ready to enroll? Drop an introductory post about what you're currently building or learning!
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