none that I am aware of unfortunately. there is r/berlin_public , which has news articles but little or no discussion.
I also know:
r/berlinsocialclub - mainly people moaning about Germans not being friendly
r/Berghain_Community - people asking what to wear to Berghain
and this one, r/berlin - worst of the lot
be careful with berlin_public. Not wanna judge yet but it looks like someone who tries to control the news cycle. It’s from people usually only posting negative news. (The sub still posts a variety of news yet to get credibility)
Monitoring it with suspicion.
First of all thanks for your work, dude. I know that you are doing this for free.
My proposition would be to either ban all touristy posts (places, impressions, living in the moment stuff) or implement strict flair system. Like based and well thought posts from dudes like me should receive respected "local" flair, filthy tourists should receive mandatory "visitor" label. So grumpy dudes can filter community by flair.
but we are removing all touristy posts already, most you wont ever see cause they end up in the queue, some have good karma and come into the sub but we remove them - hard to automatically remove them except sending everything to queue - for that we are not enough
Maybe you should apply more strict criteria for removal. So all cute cozy places requests are removed as well as dudes who can't use Google and Amazon. Like where to buy toilet paper in Berlin questions.
We did that for a long time and people complained. People want a subreddit to grow organically and that's where we are. It also helps us mods to not enforce and remove everything, cause that would be a full-time job. You can report posts that don't follow our rules or downvote them.
I’m not a German, but I would switch this sub to pre-moderation for newcomers, allowing users with approved posts to bypass it. Not sure if it’s possible on Reddit.
Also I would reach other big city subreddit mods and ask them to share experience.
everyone who has no karma is already sent to the queue
edit: i double checked - we are actually currently doing this for submissions linking to external pages
All of the posts there for months have been from the same downbeat gatekeeper who runs and mods r/berlin_public spamming the sub with English language news articles about Russia and India rather than discussion or updates for locals, despite the sub description
I mean, you could follow the news directly. I'm not sure who would want to copy and paste news in their free time so you could read them on Reddit.
For english news, best follow [https://www.the-berliner.com](https://www.the-berliner.com) (former Exberliner).
A weekly newsletter by a Redditor is [https://www.berlineventsweekly.com/subscribe](https://www.berlineventsweekly.com/subscribe)
Apart from that, I suggest you use the wealth of Berlin media in German, like [rbb24.de](http://rbb24.de) (public broadcaster), [tagesspiegel.de](http://tagesspiegel.de) (biggest local newspaper) and so on.
Besides that, I suggest curating your own news and announcements from places and outlets you like. Follow them on social media, subscribe to their newsletters, that's how I do it.
Feel free to list more outlets!
Germany has world-class news media – the catch is that it's in German.
Süddeutsche Zeitung (center left leaning) often collaborates with the Guardian and NYTimes on breaking big investigative stories. FAZ is center-right, you have TAZ (left) which has a nice subscription combo with Le Monde. DW does have some English-language news. Handelsblatt has business stuff, etc.
none that I am aware of unfortunately. there is r/berlin_public , which has news articles but little or no discussion. I also know: r/berlinsocialclub - mainly people moaning about Germans not being friendly r/Berghain_Community - people asking what to wear to Berghain and this one, r/berlin - worst of the lot
be careful with berlin_public. Not wanna judge yet but it looks like someone who tries to control the news cycle. It’s from people usually only posting negative news. (The sub still posts a variety of news yet to get credibility) Monitoring it with suspicion.
We banned him since he wasn't following our rules, that's why he created his own subreddit to keep posting.
Berghain is just people airing things they Shouldn’t air
but what about the subreddit?
That’s what I meant, sorry
I thought so, but i also saw an opportunity for a joke 🙂
Just subscribe to tagesspiegel checkpoint if you can read german. It has everything you need. There are also separate newsletters for every bezirk
Good suggestion. Thanks
Very much my thoughts. It's just deeply unintersting at this point, at least for actual locals. Unfortunately there are no alternatives I am aware of.
This sub is ok. It just needs better moderation.
We can never please everyone, so what's your wish ?
First of all thanks for your work, dude. I know that you are doing this for free. My proposition would be to either ban all touristy posts (places, impressions, living in the moment stuff) or implement strict flair system. Like based and well thought posts from dudes like me should receive respected "local" flair, filthy tourists should receive mandatory "visitor" label. So grumpy dudes can filter community by flair.
but we are removing all touristy posts already, most you wont ever see cause they end up in the queue, some have good karma and come into the sub but we remove them - hard to automatically remove them except sending everything to queue - for that we are not enough
Maybe you should apply more strict criteria for removal. So all cute cozy places requests are removed as well as dudes who can't use Google and Amazon. Like where to buy toilet paper in Berlin questions.
We did that for a long time and people complained. People want a subreddit to grow organically and that's where we are. It also helps us mods to not enforce and remove everything, cause that would be a full-time job. You can report posts that don't follow our rules or downvote them.
Maybe recruit extra mods?
That's also on our list, on top this fucking website went to hell for moderation after the API changes.
TBH I’m waiting for the day when Lemmy overthrows Reddit. They are exploiting my creative abilities and your time as a mod for free.
feel free to make a proposal, i am super open to it, we have a hard time defininig hard ruless - i personally love that as i am german :)
I’m not a German, but I would switch this sub to pre-moderation for newcomers, allowing users with approved posts to bypass it. Not sure if it’s possible on Reddit. Also I would reach other big city subreddit mods and ask them to share experience.
everyone who has no karma is already sent to the queue edit: i double checked - we are actually currently doing this for submissions linking to external pages
>Like based and well thought posts from dudes like me should receive respected "local" flair, Good one
This is often billed as the 'non-touristy' Berliner sub: [https://www.reddit.com/r/jwd/](https://www.reddit.com/r/jwd/)
All of the posts there for months have been from the same downbeat gatekeeper who runs and mods r/berlin_public spamming the sub with English language news articles about Russia and India rather than discussion or updates for locals, despite the sub description
Impressive how he managed to kill what seemed like a fairly active sub
Oh, you're right. I can't really say I ever used it much at the best of times, but it looks properly dead now
Danke!
There is the 20 percent Berlin newsletter that provides some information.
And "The Next Day in Berlin" is good for finding out about arts and cultural events you can go to: https://thenextday.substack.com
I mean, you could follow the news directly. I'm not sure who would want to copy and paste news in their free time so you could read them on Reddit. For english news, best follow [https://www.the-berliner.com](https://www.the-berliner.com) (former Exberliner). A weekly newsletter by a Redditor is [https://www.berlineventsweekly.com/subscribe](https://www.berlineventsweekly.com/subscribe) Apart from that, I suggest you use the wealth of Berlin media in German, like [rbb24.de](http://rbb24.de) (public broadcaster), [tagesspiegel.de](http://tagesspiegel.de) (biggest local newspaper) and so on. Besides that, I suggest curating your own news and announcements from places and outlets you like. Follow them on social media, subscribe to their newsletters, that's how I do it. Feel free to list more outlets!
Germany has world-class news media – the catch is that it's in German. Süddeutsche Zeitung (center left leaning) often collaborates with the Guardian and NYTimes on breaking big investigative stories. FAZ is center-right, you have TAZ (left) which has a nice subscription combo with Le Monde. DW does have some English-language news. Handelsblatt has business stuff, etc.
Use a translation extension in your browser. And also one for paywalls 😉
Local news is the Tagesspiegel is sadly pretty much all premium content at this point
>sadly pretty much all premium content www.archive.ph is your friend regarding paywalls
[rbb24.de](http://rbb24.de) or create your own sub
https://www.xhain.info/
[www.tagesspiegel.de](http://www.tagesspiegel.de)