[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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arrggg ago

Make sure the users theme\mode doesn't change when viewing this sub.

I like reading in night mode, then I come here and get blasted with a full white page. It sucks. Please fix it.

Mumberthrax ago

I've been looking through the backlog of meta-discussions recently and have seen a couple of other people mention this as well. I'll look into it. From what I understand, the CSS on this sub is one created on /v/typogra. Perhaps whoever created it has come up with an updated version. If not, maybe I can finally dip my toe in CSS and try to figure it out.

arrggg ago

Great! Thanks for looking into it.

Mumberthrax ago

Alright, so I've done a bit more searching and it seems that there is currently no way to have a custom stylesheet that also permits night mode, but it is a planned feature. So our options currently are to either keep the current stylesheet/CSS/appearance which lacks night mode, to go back to the plain default styling which does permit night mode, or to find an alternative stylesheet which might be appealing to users using night mode without being a bother to those who prefer not to use night mode.

edit: a relevant post here: https://voat.co/v/Typogra/comments/73928

edit2: in the meantime, I have updated the stylesheet for /v/conspiracy to the latest version of typogra, which according to the notes on the github seem to fix a few issues the old version had with comment highlighting, and most visibly fixes the appearance of the subverse chat. I've kept the header image at the same size it was though rather than the default for typogra which is larger.