To your point, I mentioned in a comment the other day that I think it would be useful and productive if the mods had a rubric for evaluating posts and deciding stickyness or otherwise.
Because it does appear to be a very subjective standard, with some mods stickying certain things, and occasionally posts that promote clickbait or or very poorly titlted, for example.
Having a handy rubric for evaluating what constitutes the criteria for applying a stick, and for how long, or for vetting posts prior to stickying, this would increase the quality of the board as a whole, imo.
(Possibly the GAW collective might work on this idea; it need not be something that mods alone have to undertake or labor on.)
I particularly like what you've written here; zero sauce could (should) be a [vetted] criteria, for example, UNLESS other considerations were a factor.
I think there is plenty of room for improving quality here, by paring back on the volume a bit. This would also mean that quality posts get noticed more easily, instead of slipping into oblivion if they do not find a sticky or if the OP posts at a low-activity time band.
Mods sticky their own content with 0 updoots. Yet they say that it is algorithmic. I call bs. I have come to find there are a bunch of attention whores on this site. Me personally, I could care less about updoots and attention. I am here to learn and understand the last 2000 years of history that has been controlled by the man with the money. I’m here to find truth and this site is making it harder to do so. Used to be the best place and it’s getting to where you can find better truth on Reddit. MAKE GAW GREAT AGAIN!
Yeah, some uniformity would be good. The thread I mentioned that was stickied was about health. I was hoping to encourage the frens here to all take care of themselves, eat right, exercise, etc. I thought we could have a daily thread discussing healthy eating, offering tips and advice - those with a routine or who are in great shape helping those who are struggling -- who is doing what for exercise, what they recommend for diet, supplements, etc. The first thread had a tremendous response. I forget now how many comments, but I believe it was at least 60 + Now I see tons of threads with only 2 comments. I liked that so many people were engaged and found the topic valuable. Lots of people commented that they loved the idea of frens helping and lifting each other up in that regard.
Encouraged by the response, I posted another the next day. I even mentioned something about making it a daily thread, "with the mod's indulgence. "
Well, one mod, one I've been told has made a reputation for killing threads, said it was not Q related and axed it. Said I'd have to post that in the daily chat thread. Of course, that seemed ridiculous to me as a topic with that many responses would make a mess of the daily chat. And while I agree that it was not directly Q related, it was, imo, Q adjacent. I do believe Q would encourage all of us to be our healthy best. And with the scads of other non-Q related threads that get very few responses and engagement that somehow stay on the board, I was pretty discouraged. I mean, how can one mod see the topic as so valuable it gets a sticky, while another immediately axes it? So yes, some uniformity so that the posters can understand what is 'acceptable' and what is not would be appreciated. Just my 2 cents.
To your point, I mentioned in a comment the other day that I think it would be useful and productive if the mods had a rubric for evaluating posts and deciding stickyness or otherwise.
Because it does appear to be a very subjective standard, with some mods stickying certain things, and occasionally posts that promote clickbait or or very poorly titlted, for example.
Having a handy rubric for evaluating what constitutes the criteria for applying a stick, and for how long, or for vetting posts prior to stickying, this would increase the quality of the board as a whole, imo.
(Possibly the GAW collective might work on this idea; it need not be something that mods alone have to undertake or labor on.)
I particularly like what you've written here; zero sauce could (should) be a [vetted] criteria, for example, UNLESS other considerations were a factor.
I think there is plenty of room for improving quality here, by paring back on the volume a bit. This would also mean that quality posts get noticed more easily, instead of slipping into oblivion if they do not find a sticky or if the OP posts at a low-activity time band.
Mods sticky their own content with 0 updoots. Yet they say that it is algorithmic. I call bs. I have come to find there are a bunch of attention whores on this site. Me personally, I could care less about updoots and attention. I am here to learn and understand the last 2000 years of history that has been controlled by the man with the money. I’m here to find truth and this site is making it harder to do so. Used to be the best place and it’s getting to where you can find better truth on Reddit. MAKE GAW GREAT AGAIN!
Yeah, some uniformity would be good. The thread I mentioned that was stickied was about health. I was hoping to encourage the frens here to all take care of themselves, eat right, exercise, etc. I thought we could have a daily thread discussing healthy eating, offering tips and advice - those with a routine or who are in great shape helping those who are struggling -- who is doing what for exercise, what they recommend for diet, supplements, etc. The first thread had a tremendous response. I forget now how many comments, but I believe it was at least 60 + Now I see tons of threads with only 2 comments. I liked that so many people were engaged and found the topic valuable. Lots of people commented that they loved the idea of frens helping and lifting each other up in that regard. Encouraged by the response, I posted another the next day. I even mentioned something about making it a daily thread, "with the mod's indulgence. "
Well, one mod, one I've been told has made a reputation for killing threads, said it was not Q related and axed it. Said I'd have to post that in the daily chat thread. Of course, that seemed ridiculous to me as a topic with that many responses would make a mess of the daily chat. And while I agree that it was not directly Q related, it was, imo, Q adjacent. I do believe Q would encourage all of us to be our healthy best. And with the scads of other non-Q related threads that get very few responses and engagement that somehow stay on the board, I was pretty discouraged. I mean, how can one mod see the topic as so valuable it gets a sticky, while another immediately axes it? So yes, some uniformity so that the posters can understand what is 'acceptable' and what is not would be appreciated. Just my 2 cents.