Lucretius is an intellectually curious community centered around link aggregation and discussion. The administrator is Tony Grahn
Lucretius is closer to a dinner conversation than a debate tournament. The goal is to discover things worth knowing and share what you've been working on. Disagreements happen - that's fine - but hostility isn't. Abuse and bigotry have no place here.
Don't use Lucretius to rally people against a target. It always feels justified and reliably turns into a harassment tool. For charged topics, link to an overview rather than a call to action. The line between that and legitimate advocacy is blurry, so expect imperfect moderation calls.
Authors are welcome here, but Lucretius isn't a distribution channel. A good rule of thumb: self-promotion shouldn't make up more than a quarter of your submissions and comments.
Submit content that satisfies intellectual curiosity.
Avoid politics, crime, sports, or celebrity stories unless they reveal a genuinely novel phenomenon. If it would air on TV news, it probably doesn't belong here.
Don't use all-caps, exclamation points, or editorial praise to make titles stand out. Use the original title unless it's misleading or clickbait - don't editorialize. Remove the site name from the title since it's already displayed next to the link. Always link to the original source, not a secondary report.
Don't delete and repost. Deletion is for content that shouldn't have been submitted at all.
Don't solicit upvotes, comments, or submissions. People should engage because they genuinely find something interesting, not because they were asked to.
Be kind. Don't be snarky. Engage with curiosity rather than interrogation. Cut the swipes. Don't be reflexively or generically negative - thoughtful criticism is welcome, but curmudgeonliness isn't. Don't post AI-generated or AI-edited comments; this is a space for human conversation. Don't fulminate, sneer, or flame. Don't drag threads into political or ideological battles.
Reply to the argument, not the person. "That's idiotic" adds nothing - just make your point. Respond to the strongest reasonable interpretation of what someone said, not a weaker strawman. Assume good faith. As topics get more divisive, comments should get more substantive, not less.
Don't post shallow dismissals of others' work - a good critical comment teaches something. Don't fixate on the most provocative part of a post. Don't note whether someone read the article - just cite the relevant part. Don't comment about voting. Don't use uppercase for emphasis. Avoid internet tropes and generic tangents.
Flag spam and off-topic posts. Don't engage with egregious comments - flag them. Don't announce that you flagged something.