3.1: Moderators, but the moderators need to have accountability to the voats/voaters, much like a republic.
3.2: Yes (as long as it's #PizzaGate relevant)
3.3 - Suggestion A: I'm not sure exactly how it would be done, but I'd like some of the users that follow #PizzaGate really closely to come up with evidence lines that follow a different hypotheses, because this community really is fractured in many ways. So, for instance, one hypothesis could be #PizzaGate evidence that only follows the pedophilia aspect, and stays close to the USA. Another could be more global. Another could be the pedophilia stuff combined with the Satanism stuff. Another could include other conspiracy theories that people seem to try to connect to #PizzaGate. And maybe there are some other hypotheses out there. This would be helpful in many ways. For instance, if someone found out that Satanism had no relevant connection, people may leave the #PizzaGate movement. Instead, they could attach themselves to a different hypothesis that doesn't include the Satanism influence and continue investigating.
3.3 - Suggestion B: It would be really nice if there was basically a permanent sticky, likely updated by an involved mod, with new and incomplete leads. Sometimes I'm looking to pick up a new lead, and it would be nice to have a go-to place where I could pick a name/lead to investigate further, and I think this could go a long ways in creating a badly needed organizational structure for efficiency.
6.2: It depends what you mean by meta-posts. If you mean a post about, say, satanism in general, than I find those to just be clutter. If you mean a gathering of the data into a single post then I find that to be extremely useful. I also find it useful when people post about pedophile sex rings broken up by authorities that include politicians even if not directly connection to #PizzaGate (this is because connections can develop later and elites tend to be closely connected), but not if they are just on the local level including nobody important. So it really depends what you mean by meta-posts.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the moderating so far, but there's always room for improvement.
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atheist4thecause ago
3.1: Moderators, but the moderators need to have accountability to the voats/voaters, much like a republic.
3.2: Yes (as long as it's #PizzaGate relevant)
3.3 - Suggestion A: I'm not sure exactly how it would be done, but I'd like some of the users that follow #PizzaGate really closely to come up with evidence lines that follow a different hypotheses, because this community really is fractured in many ways. So, for instance, one hypothesis could be #PizzaGate evidence that only follows the pedophilia aspect, and stays close to the USA. Another could be more global. Another could be the pedophilia stuff combined with the Satanism stuff. Another could include other conspiracy theories that people seem to try to connect to #PizzaGate. And maybe there are some other hypotheses out there. This would be helpful in many ways. For instance, if someone found out that Satanism had no relevant connection, people may leave the #PizzaGate movement. Instead, they could attach themselves to a different hypothesis that doesn't include the Satanism influence and continue investigating.
3.3 - Suggestion B: It would be really nice if there was basically a permanent sticky, likely updated by an involved mod, with new and incomplete leads. Sometimes I'm looking to pick up a new lead, and it would be nice to have a go-to place where I could pick a name/lead to investigate further, and I think this could go a long ways in creating a badly needed organizational structure for efficiency.
6.2: It depends what you mean by meta-posts. If you mean a post about, say, satanism in general, than I find those to just be clutter. If you mean a gathering of the data into a single post then I find that to be extremely useful. I also find it useful when people post about pedophile sex rings broken up by authorities that include politicians even if not directly connection to #PizzaGate (this is because connections can develop later and elites tend to be closely connected), but not if they are just on the local level including nobody important. So it really depends what you mean by meta-posts.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the moderating so far, but there's always room for improvement.