Please, go ahead! I like what you did previously, asking about recent improvements people applied to their systems. Just now, I have realized that moderating is also about inspiring significant contributions within the community. Challenge accepted!
I prefer individual questions. More searchable that way. Should have mandatory formatting to ensure the question is summarized in the title. Weekly discussion threads make it more difficult to find answers to your questions if someone has had the same question in the past.
Maybe it would help to now decide and clearly state what c/Linux is for. Is it only about announcements? Opinion pieces about how shitty Snap is? Is it a help desk?
Look, I remember the rant about "I just switched" posts. People have different expectations about what they want to see in their feed, and I think a good thing to do right now is get a consensus about what's acceptable content. Right now, the sidebar says "anything Linux." That's very broad. Acceptably broad. But it means we brutally suppress people bitching about content they're tired of seeing, because that sort of behavior makes people afraid to post.
If we're going to stay open and receptive, we should make it clear that we're here to welcome new users; to answer questions people are struggling with; to hear people complain about systemd; to read mainstream news reposts; to see screenshots of people's desktops; to hear self-promotions about opinion pieces or new software... All things Linux. It's fine to introduced people to new communities they may not know about, like c/linuxporn, or to let them know that - unlike Reddit - Lemmy's search can be useful - but having folks who dump on people asking basic questions is - I feel - unacceptable for the community with the topic as declared.
Anyway, I don't think we should relegate questions to a thread. Lemmy isn't so big yet that having too many posts is an issue.
I am the main poster here, and the idea is to have more activity for more people too. Having discussion threads should help with that. Of course, people can post their questions in their own posts if they want to, but from experience it's usually easier in threads.
They're certainly lower effort, and posting can be intimidating. You're putting yourself on display for any to mock by making a post. I completely agree.
I was going to say something about encouraging posting, a-la "there are no stupid questions," but I don't really know how you'd do that.
Whatever works; maybe it's a good idea - as long as people don't get the idea that's the only time they can post questions.
Yes, I am bit familiar with the situation. I think it might be lots of work to draw people here since they are familiar with the ml instance. But I hope you succeed.
I use Linux as my daily driver and I still don't understand half of what people say when they talk about Linux. I support this idea. Not because I have dumb questions, of course, but I think everyone else's would be very educational....
It helps to look up certain concepts in the Wiki (Arch Wiki is probably the most complete and well explained) as you come across them. The idea is to increase knowledge little by little, but over time it compounds.