Elon Musk demands Trump's reinstatement to twitter in letter to board.
(twitter.com)
Possibly fake, no sauce, BUT
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I do agree we need a standardised and simple flair for "Unverified, needs whetting". Right now we are using on the fly custom flair for this.
That being said, it is important to take a moment and think about what this site is all about. This is definitely not a news site where people can come and just catch the headlines. This has been and always will be primarily a research site.
This is where Anons gather, bring in their nuggets of information, some garbage some gold, but doesn't matter what it is, its processed here and Anons try to get a better view of the reality.
I know it might feel upsetting that a "bad post" might make it to the front page, and "oh no what happens if someone sees it and bad mouths us ?", or even worse "what if one of my friends sees it thinks less of us ?"
Anons should only concern themselves with uncovering truth. No other site I have seen has that ability to sniff out garbage as quickly as we do here. Even this post is an example - the comments clearly show the reality.
What about all those who upvoted? These people came in a hurry and upvoted because they like the idea of Trump being reinstated on twitter (why? God only knows why, but thats what some people want). Its okay. Its okay if this post gets upvoted and its okay if it sits in the main page.
If anything, it will serve as a strong reminder to everyone here NEVER to take something and share it without verifying it first hand, no matter where you found it. Even on GAW.
A thoughtful reply, and I shall reflect on that.
But on one point, I question:
This site was designed or intended to be a research site, but I question whether this is still the case, or rather, how much it currently serves that purpose. It may be my subjective impression, but it does seem to me that a lot of board members ARE coming here for news, NOT so much for research.
I mean, one of the GENERAL RULES is:
I guess the reason I question this, is because I do not see a lot of high effort posts. Rather, I do see a lot of low effort posts. And there are good high info posts, but there are also a lot of low info posts. Or, possibly, I just gravitate towards seeing that, because of my particular prejudice.
So, I guess I'm saying, yes, I get that this is the vision and the ideal, but I have some level of concern that in fact, we are not quite living up to that vision.
Anyway, I'll reflect.
PS. "t might feel upsetting that a "bad post" might make it to the front page, and "oh no what happens if someone sees it and bad mouths us ?", or even worse "what if one of my friends sees it thinks less of us ?"
To be frank, this was NEVER my concern. NEVER has been. (and in my harsh opinion, that's a pretty low-level of consciousness).
Rather, as a digital soldier, and truth warrior, my concerns are: how many anons are distracted by fake information, how that might impact the broader work, and how to stem the uptake of bad practices when it comes to applying trusted and solid Q-type techniques: due diligence, empirical evidence, critical thinking, emotional balance, etc.
For me, this is all about us, and not so much about "what will others think?", except for perhaps the problem of us unnecessarily laying out ammunition for the Cabal's propaganda machine to use against us or potentially awakening frens.
I am so glad to hear this. You wont believe how many people have been angry in the past that their friends coming to GAW think badly of us, and I agree its a very low-level consciousness.
These are good concerns to have and honestly, as digital soldiers its on all of us users not just us mods to ensure the community stays focused as much as possible. This can only be done by engaging with users on different controversial posts. Challenge people for their sources and for the logic they used. Try and find past Q posts that get unlocked by current news. Find connections to, say Durham filing, and old Q posts for instance. These kind of stuff can create a lot of engagement.
And always lead by example. However don't expect everyone to follow. You are right, we are having more and more mainstream folks coming to our site. This means digital soldiers are winning. But it also means the quality of our board will get diluted and eveyone should make a conscious effort to engage with these folks and teach them how to do research.
Infact, I would say, this post is a good example for that. This is the kind of post that gets people digging. If these kinds of posts get lost in new, then it takes away an opportunity for some who might have actually done some digging.
You also have to realise that a lot of folks are fatigued. The battle has gone on for too long and while we know the end is near we still dont know how far it is. Ideas to rejuvenate those who are losing hope always welcome.