michael 9 months ago • 100%
There was an issue with object storage. This was to test that it was working again!
Greetings - the Atlanta News Lemmy News Bot is temporarily offline, as the code that had been runnign the News Bot is apparenly incompatible with the latest version of 0.19.0. I'll try to get things back online as soon as feasible.
Hello, your friendly moderator here. Going forward, any Atlanta News article that is paywalled will be in [/c/nonfree_atlanta_news](https://yall.theatl.social/c/nonfree_atlanta_news) I've received quite a few kind and unfortunately some angry/nasty comments about articles from the (paywalled) Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) whose headlines are auto-published via bot to [/c/AtlantaNews](https://yall.theatl.social/c/AtlantaNews). I hope separating out AJC articles from "free" articles into separate communities will conclude this issue going forward. As FYI, this Lemmy instance and [theATL.social Mastodon instance](https://yall.theatl.social) are funded by subscribers, in a manner similar to how public radio works. If you enjoy the /c/AtlantaNews community, I would encourage you to consider a subscription via [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/theatlsocial). Second, for people in Atlanta, the AJC is the newspaper of record for the City. They have a paywall because that is how they make money. I don't know what else to say about that fact - it is what it is. Nearly all newspapers in the United States operate an a subscription model. Finally, there are currently some very intense world events occuring. As a reminder, for any posts to yall.theATL.social, any comments promoting or advocating violence wlil result in an immediate ban from this server. Toxic and trolling behavior will result in post deletion for minor incidents and an immediate ban for severe incidents. All moderator actions will be logged in the modlog for your review.
michael 12 months ago • 100%
The Atlanta Daily World is a local newspaper and the first Black daily newspaper in the US. Morgan State University is a historically black college/university (HBCU), and this community includes a newsbot that reads from the RSS feed of the newspaper.
michael 12 months ago • 50%
Howdy, this is michael@yall.theatl.social - I am utterly horrified about what happened in Jacksonville to Mr. Woods. It is my sincere hope that our justice system identifies and prosecutes those responsible for what happened.
There were comments in this thread advocating for violence against law enforcement in response to this terrible news. I have removed and will continue to remove users and comments that violate the server rules against the advocacy/promotion of violence against anyone, including government officials and employees, on yall.theatl.social. Reporting on violence, as with the article above, does not violate any rules. However, this server will not be the source of threats against others in response to news articles and comments.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
I think the archive.ph solution is probably the best. I am the keeper of the bots, 🤖 , so it's just a matter of adding more code to the script(s).
michael 1 year ago • 100%
Yep! That's probably the ideal solution.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
@NJSpradlin@lemmy.world - would making it more clear in the post title help? I added ($) in the title to indicate paywall, but I can just do (Paywall) which would be less ambiguous.
Some/many people in the Atlanta area have subscriptions to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, so having that news source is helpful for us. But of course adding more info to post title would prevent wasted clicks for those without a subscription.
This community is intended to serve as an information source and discussion board for those living or interested in Atlanta - and in particular for members of the yall.theatl.social Lemmy server. This board isn't intended to be an outlet for violence, threats of violence, user names implying violence, or toxic/troll-shitposting. I am honestly astonished at the level of anger and violence that I'm reading in the comments. There is a wide range of speech that is permitted on this server - there is absolutely no need to engage in toxic or violent language to get a point across. **Posts from non-yall.theatl.social users will be deleted immediately, without notice or appeal, for server rule violations. Users with user names that imply violence or violate server rules will be banned immediately.** If you don't like the rules, you don't have to participate on the server. It's as simple as that.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
Reminder: Any comments must follow server rules. Comments, screen names, or other content that does not follow server rules will be removed immediately.
michael 1 year ago • 50%
@michael here - comment was removed because of violation of server rules on threats/violence
michael 1 year ago • 100%
michael 1 year ago • 100%
Howdy, @jackoneill@lemmy.world - paywalled articles - which are from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, are indicated with "$" in the title. If you don't want to see the articles, you are free to exclude the community from your account.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
This shuts down the issue until the next scheduled session of the General Assembly. (Some) House Republicans wanted to hold a special session to move on the issue now; however, only the Governor can call a special session. And the Governor indicating his non-approval would likely make any efforts moot in the regular session in any case.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
All added, @DecaturNature - that and Saporta Report should be showing up with the news tomorrow.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
Perfect - thank you! I guess that URL was sort of obvious 🙃
The publisher pushed back on their effort to present a modern picture of life in one of the Blackest, queerest cities in the South, calling it ‘divisive.’ Now, half the staff has quit.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
@DecaturNature@yall.theatl.social - could copy/paste the URL feeds for Rough Draft? I tried to find them this morning, but wasn't able to do so on my first try.
Hi yall.theatl.social friends: I am cross-posting to /c/announce, but wanted to share here, since this is the most active community on this Lemmy instance. As the admin of this instance (and theATL.social Mastodon site), I take pride in establishing an online community where political dicussion (among other topics) can occur without interference by me or my own political views and opinions. However, there are a few red lines around that principle, and one of those is a prohibition against violence or promotion of violence. Two comments were removed from /c/AtlantaNews that clearly violated that rule. For the detailed server rules, visit the [Legal page](https://yall.theatl.social/legal) for this site. For any questions or clarifications, feel free to reply to this post.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
Paywalled articles are indicated with a ($) in the title.
michael 1 year ago • 100%
Absolutely - that is a great idea, @DecaturNature@yall.theatl.social! Do you think we need separate Lemmy communities for each of the local news communities reported on Rough Draft?
This only impacts articles from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as far as I'm aware. For any suggestions on new non-paywalled sources, feel free to send a note, and I'd be glad to add to /c/AtlantaNews
Reading some of the comments on bot-posted articles to /c/AtlantaNews, I'm also reading some frustration regarding posts that link to paywalled sites/articles. The paywall under question is primarily the Atlanta Journal Constitution [ajc.com](https://ajc.com). I'm not inclined to circumvent the paywall and post the article text for various reasons. However, going forward, I propose that links to paywalled articles will indicate as such in the article title, such as [$], so you won't waste time clicking into an article you can't read. And, I will try to curate more news sources that are not behind paywalls. If you have some sources you'd like me to include, feel free to reply to this thread, and I'd be glad to add. Finally, all the news bots are currently posting to this single community. Maybe there should be multiple communities for different categories or sources of news? I don't yet have any strong thoughts on this, but your thoughts and feedback are welcome and appreciated 🤗
michael 1 year ago • 100%
Oooh, yeah, that is a good idea. I'll enable a word limit. Some RSS feeds only post summaries, while others post the entire article. It's a good idea to have a word limit in any case. Then after that, I can see if there are some practical options for summarization, which is a good idea!
michael 1 year ago • 100%
They are, yes - I think this is a case where an algorithm is needed to display content, instead of the current options now. I will look into if there are some options to make the local thread a bit more readable.
Greetings, /c/Atlanta at Lemmy.world! If it interests you, [yall.theatl.social](https://yall.theatl.social) is a Lemmy server just for Atlanta. Popular communities include [/c/AtlantaNews](https://yall.theatl.social/c/atlantanews) and, [/c/AtlantaUnited](https://yall.theatl.social/c/atlutd), and well, [/c/Atlanta](https://yall.theatl.social/c/Atlanta). If you're interested in a Mastodon instance focusing on Atlanta, feel free to visit the companion site [theATL.social](https://theatl.social), a Mastodon instance. And on yall.theATL.social, feel free to create any community that you'd like to have - sensible server rules not withstanding, of course. Enjoy!
porchesandpies.com
Join your neighbors on Sept 9th, 2023 from 12pm to 5pm in Atlanta's Historic Adair Park for Porches and Pies, a festival celebrating the joys of baking and eating savory and sweet pies. The festival will have: - Live entertainment - Pie bake-off competition - Pie tastings - [Non-pie] food and beverages - A generally nice time Interested in participating in the pie baking competition? [Enter into the competition by Aug 21!](https://www.porchesandpies.com/product/bakers/39) Interested in eating the delicious pies from the competition? [Purchase a tasting pass!](https://www.porchesandpies.com/product/tasting-pass/27) Proceeds from the festival benefit _Adair Park Today_, the neighborhood association for Adair Park.
Greetings, 129 subscribers of /c/AtlantaNews! Thanks for subscribing to the community, which seems to be a popular place. If you had any suggestions on how to make this an even more delightful, informative, or useful service, please do reply in this thread. Thank you!
smyrnacitizen.home.blog
If anyone is interested in contributing a new logo for yall.theatl.social, I'd look forward to posting it as the primary graphic for this Lemmy instance. I'm not terribly handy with Illustrator/Photoshop, so any creative contributions would be much appreciated. And, I would be glad to add a reimbursement on OpenCollective to make note of the financial value of the contribution, which would be funded when funds are available.
www.threadatl.org
Councilmember Jason Dozier is sponsoring a set of zoning papers for the BeltLine overlay districts to disallow new car-oriented businesses like gas stations, drive thrus, and service stations, and to eliminate the mandated minimum number of parking spaces for new developments.
I want to announce this on /r/Atlanta, but I know for sure the mods will squash the post. Mentioning the theATL.social mastodon site on /r/Atlanta apparently got me shaddowbanned 🫠 Any ideas or other subreddits where there would be a more pleasant reception?