[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.

[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 9.9 years 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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hackisucker 9.9 years ago

Honestly, I feel like there should be a rule that you need evidence to back up a claim here. To many times have I seen someone make a ridiculous claim and when asked for a source responded with either "you can google it yourself" or "insert argument over how the burden of proof is on me for questioning the claim somehow.

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me2 9.9 years ago

I like this idea, but I think it might make for fewer contributions as people won't be bothered to reply.

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Mumberthrax 9.9 years ago

I've definitely seen that a few times on /r/conspiracy. I hate to try to tell people they can't respond in a particular way, creating arcane social conduct rules, but at the same time I recognize that it's stuff like that which harms productive dialogue and hampers the "quest for truth" as it were. I think something like that could be a fair strategy to try to improve the quality of discourse here compared to other places, at least experimentally.

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