I can’t believe how quickly this group is growing, it’s only been a little over 2 weeks since this community was created so we could share awe-inspiring photos of the cosmos and we are already well over one thousand subscribers.

To continue to attract new people so that this community will really take off, we need to continue to have user engagement. So, if there are any ideas that you would like to see implemented here, or new ideas for the community, please let me know. Perhaps you would like to see more general space discussions, instead of solely sharing of images (there are not many space communities, so that could be a possibility)? Or maybe you hate the name and want to see it changed to something different from it’s Reddit counterpart and have a great suggestion?

Don’t be afraid to share your suggestions, I want this community to be active and reflect what the user’s want it to be.

  • Nugget@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I really think the “porn” name should be changed. I never feel comfortable recommending communities that have “porn” in the name - it’s pretty embarrassing. Maybe something like “spacepics” could work?

    • Venutian Spring@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Sure, that’s been brought up a few times. My initial reason for that name was just to help users coming from Reddit to find familiar communities. I’ll happily change it something else though. I won’t be able to change the actual community link, but the display name can be easily changed. I like SpacePics, unless anyone else has a suggestion that’d like to be considered.

      • DangerDubhain@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I’d just like to point out that, at least on Liftoff, searching for ‘space porn’ in communities still brought me here, best of both worlds.

        • Venutian Spring@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPMEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah the community name will always be spaceporn, since I can’t change that, just the display name that’s been changed. It’s like anything else, once there’s porn or never goes away lol

    • Venutian Spring@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Ok perfect, that’s a great idea. We can do a stickied post for upcoming celestial events for the month. It’ll be less cluttered that way, instead of posts for each event. Though, if there’s something very rare or special (comt, eclipse, etc) we can dedicate a post just to that

  • Zdvarko@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ll never forget the early James Webb images of how large the galaxy is, a frightening and humbling experience

    • Venutian Spring@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Webb has certainly taken some stunning images and I can’t wait to see what else it will allow.

      I used to drool over the images from Hubble’s ultra-deep field. Seeing an image with countless small specs knowing each one is a different galaxy and knowing that the entire image is contained in an area of the sky the size of a dime held at arm’s length really puts into perspective how tiny we all are.