Rules: Do we need them? Maybe just the basics:
No calls to or threats of physical violence?
No doxxing (actual doxxing like posting home addresses not just discussing social media etc)?
No spam, no pornography (unless specifically conspiracy-related ie Hunter Biden)?
Mods: u/trinadin is coming back on board, but it would be nice to have one more conspiracy-oriented mod and one more design/CSS oriented mod. I don't think we need any more than that. I've already had several folks reach out and maybe this thread would be a good opportunity to throw your hat in the ring.
Priority will be given to those with .win modding experience and/or those NOT on reddit (I'm starting to spend more of my time here anyway).
CSS: We need an update...in the beginning I almost waited to launch this until the CSS looked better, but time was of the essence so we went with what we have now. It was always meant to be only temporary! Let's beef it up. Design isn't really my thing, but I appreciate and recognize how important it is to look sleek, ESPECIALLY when you're presenting controversial and conspiratorial content.
On another note, it seems crucial to limit downvoting to accounts with a certain karma threshold. What should that threshold be? Link and comment karma? What subreddits use this, and what are their thresholds? Is it even possible to implement here?
Other than these drive-by downvoters, this place has been RAD so far.
And something tells me this is only the beginning...
I don't think a single person (besides me) has downvoted any of the comments I posted. Some people have upvoted them. I think it's disingenuous to pretend that the community as it stands today will not encourage this sort of toxic, unproductive behavior. On the contrary, I think a lot of people here approve of comments like these.
If "echo chamber" means a community of people who focus on discussing conspiracies like adults and communicating respectfully with one another, then that sounds pretty good to me.
Speaking for myself, I don't expect respect from faceless anons on the internet. I come here for news, ideas and angles from people possible more creative and/or knowledgeable than myself. Always happy to have occasional ideas or angles myself. Do you expect your tv set to respect you while watching the news? Demanding a chaperone for pottymouths is not adult. I suspect that you are a woman, perhaps not a real one.