The vast majority of people in this sub contribute nothing, and many take us 2 steps backwards. Often, evidence which is weeks old already, pops up again and goes straight to the top.

And that's just the genuine members. Then there's all the bogus accounts, shills, CTR crap.

Is anyone aware of a good way to have an invite only, private research and discussion group that doesn't involve any sites that are being heavily censored?

Invite only meaning "please prove you're up to date and have actually contributed to this investigation".

This sub is just going downhill pretty quick. But it still has value in the general exposure. So i think a specialised, higher quality option needs to run alongside it.