[Meta] What could /v/conspiracy do to better itself? I'd like to invite anyone with an interest in conspiracies or underreported events to join me in brainstorming ways to make this sub excellent. (Conspiracy)

submitted ago by Mumberthrax

Many of us hail from /r/conspiracy due to dissatisfaction with some of the things over there, so what problems did/does /r/conspiracy suffer from which /v/conspiracy can learn from and deter?

What could moderators do to make this a more effective community hub for uncovering, organizing, sharing, and discussing information about conspiracies and secret agreements and all the related things that go into that?

What can non-moderators do to achieve the same goals?

Beyond the goals of sharing and discussing conspiracies and conspiracy theories, are there any other things that we would like to see on this subverse?

Are there any other questions we could ask ourselves and seek to answer with the aim of making the subverse and community excellent?

Is this too many questions for one post? :P

Please share your thoughts in the comments - even if you don't subscribe but have ideas or suggestions!

Edit: 14 days later and I'm now a moderator here. I'm stickying this post so anyone who missed it before can participate.

edit2: followup discussion here: [Meta] Brainstorming Thread #2: What could vconspiracy do to better itself? Take a look at this summary of ideas from the previous discussion, and share your thoughts!

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partycrasher ago

Right now, it seems like we just have too few users. How can we get people here and get them to stay? And how can we get existing users to post more content? I think this sub is suffering from a newbie/shyness complex right now (I'm guilty, too). Let's try to get the ball rolling with some great, quality OC. :)

The other problems that r/ had were site and mod related, which isn't anything the average user can control.

OWNtheNWO ago

Seriously, by all means everybody, step it up! It gets tiring that those statistics about group participation in social networking sites is consistently proven true; that about 1% start discussions 5% participate in discussions and the rest just lurk or in the case of sites like reddit and voat, voat.

It's not that hard to muck rake, just trawl your facebook news feeds, follow interesting pages, check the new tab on /r/conspiracy, check ALL the alt media sites, etc etc and then just share share share!

If we could just take that 5% and make them into 1% types, it's game over.

Mumberthrax ago

I agree that more active involvement would be good, though i'd like to see an increase in the 5% types perhaps moreso than those submitting content. I think an overabundance of information and stories can drown out discussion in a small community. That's why things like forum sliding are something to be mindful of. Don't get me wrong, I really like having regular news and posts about conspiracy-related content, but I think there has to be a balance at some point.

Homo_ludens ago

All too true. But mods can have an influence by upvoting, featuring and stickying perhaps.

Also, the OP have an influence. Instead of posting several posts on a similar topic, they could post new articles and links in the discussion of one post. I'm trying this myself here, and I like it. Though admittedly it feels a bit narcistic to be the only one doing it on my own post.

OWNtheNWO ago

Just talk to Atko, voat should allow mods to change the weight of self-posts vs links.