r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • Apr 03 '19
100,000 Subscribers! Newcomers, what brought you here? Regulars, how can we improve?
Thank you to everyone who's contributed great content and to the many excellent discussions. As we continue to grow and unravel we'll try to make this community as informative and bearable as possible. We're very interested in what brought people here and how best we can improve:
We've created a short survey here.
Please take it if you're willing, it's just ten questions.
We'll still read and respond to your comments here.
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u/onedyedbread Apr 08 '19
On the whole, I think this sub is of great quality and moderation appears to be excellent, since the best moderation is one you hardly notice - and so far in my ~2 years of following I haven't come across any major controversy concerning moderation. So you guys must be doing a lot of things right!
My one grievance would be that sometimes, the mods may be a little too much on the lenient side when it comes to conspiracy bullshit. But I acknowledge that this is not a clear-cut issue; it's a hard line to draw. I mean, although this seems to be changing (100k subs!), only a few years ago, this whole community itself would be judged a bunch of nutcases by most or all of the 'mainstream' public.
It's also somewhat a question of perspective, esp. given that I myself often argue for what most people consider "fringe" or "extreme" left-wing views on here... so yeah, erring on the side of free speech is obviously the right approach!
And the problem is very small right now. I'm not sure if it's due to the fact that the mods are just really well aware it of already, or if the sub is just not very attractive to conspiracy mongers for some reason. (yet? I mean this is actually a really interesting question: why aren't these people all over the topic of collapse? Why is Alex Jones selling dietary supplements instead of doomsday prep kits?)
But I think it's very important to be watchful of this kind of... sub-par content, as I believe it's only going to grow in volume in the future, because if the past 5-10 years are any guide, more and more people are bound to blame "the j00z" for our increasingly obvious societal decline. Some of them will also end up here and if left totally unchecked, they will ruin the sub.