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WetShaving

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This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.

New subscribers welcome!

Please visit our wiki, which is always and forever a work in progress.

๐Ÿช’ Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:

https://gem.wetshaving.social/ - a nice modern interface

https://old.wetshaving.social/ - designed to look like old.reddit.com

Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social/.

๐Ÿช’ Track the uptime of our various services here:

https://uptime.splettnet.com/status/wetshaving

๐Ÿช’ Community Rules

Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
Rule 4 - Advertising
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion

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Welcome to the WetShaving Lemmy community! This is the place to ask beginner and simple questions. Some examples include:

  • Soap, scent, or gear recommendations
  • Favorite scents, bases, etc
  • Where to buy certain items
  • Identification of a razor you just bought
  • Troubleshooting shaving issues such as cuts, poor lather, and technique

Please note these are examples and any questions for the sub should be posted here.

Don't forget out about our wiki! Find it here.

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[โ€“] HomeAwayFromHone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm really enthusiastic about the idea of community controlled platforms so I prefer to engage here rather than Reddit but am selling some razors over there due to the larger audience. We don't seem to have a community sales thread in this sub though, so which would be the most appropriate thread if I wanted to link that and offer Lemmy users a discount? Maybe the show & tell could be broadened to also including showing what we have on offer? Edit: wound up posting this comment

[โ€“] walden 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We had a Bazaar community but decided to close it because of the way Lemmy is set up... It's too easy to copy usernames and engage in scamming. If you want to make a post, just put "This post approved by walden" at the bottom.

We don't have a good setup for this type of thing, so I'd say for now it's a "with permission" type of scenario. Good luck with the sale!

[โ€“] HomeAwayFromHone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, that'll do for my purposes anyhow as I only get around to this once or twice a year so we'll probably have something set up by the next time I bother to list something.

Curious what you're referring to re: username spoofing though, that seems concerning. Do you just mean the ability to create walden@lemmy.world or something and potentially confuse users that don't understand the federated nature of the platform? Or something sneakier?

[โ€“] walden 2 points 1 year ago

That's exactly it! I happen to have walden@lemmy.world, but I can't stop somebody from signing up for walden@trustmeits.me.