Before I was informed of the sudden death of u/Tetartos_Ippeas, founder of c/4thHorsemanNews, I posted to Meta:

I didn't realize how much c/Conspiracies was lagging, but its top post was once +1370 and current posts are running only up to 3% of that.

The incredible u/axolotl_peyotl is about 15 months gone, and the last human moderation there was 8 months ago by the also-disappeared, eminently-competent u/clemaneuverers.

A few folks are discussing a revival attempt, including focused weekly roundtables, and I pointed out there's also a few interested folks at the new c/4thHorsemanNews (which has started off on the right foot but will face the ordinary attrition challenges of new fora).

I'd like to hear what interested parties suggest. Obviously, if u/Paleo or someone feels comfortable adding u/Neo1 and myself to the mod list as caretakers to see if anyone more ready-willing-able comes along, that seems like it would help with a few things like stickies and viability. There are certainly better ideas available.

It just seems like some administration/moderation step should be taken to revive the community. Yes I know all our conspiracies have come true and gone mainstream but we need space to find more!

The above post then leads to further direction:

It seems that this community has sufficient mass to consider the question of whether it wants to remain unmoderated (no stickying, standard-filter deletion only, no index or sidebar changes), or whether it wants to have new moderation.

This question can be considered deliberatively, and obviously without any community appointment everyone has an equal opportunity to discuss, to meta-discuss by analyzing discussion, or to go anywhere up the chain.

The fact that admin appears to have locked down c/4thHorsemanNews protectively after the credibly reported death of its sole moderator (see the link above) suggests that the healthily robust group of users that posted there will find their way here in time as well, allowing broader discussion, seeing as there's much overlap between the two communities.

I don't find a need to direct any particular answer to the question, but I do want the discussion to flow and achieve consensus. Besides myself and u/Neo1, it also appears that u/Thisisnotanexit and u/JosephMalta have hats in the ring. So I'm interested in helping discussion proceed as a volunteer, but I also have the same rights and powers as anyone else to influence community consensus.

Add: There is now a megathread.

Before I was informed of the sudden death of u/Tetartos_Ippeas, founder of c/4thHorsemanNews, I posted to Meta:

I didn't realize how much c/Conspiracies was lagging, but its top post was once +1370 and current posts are running only up to 3% of that.

The incredible u/axolotl_peyotl is about 15 months gone, and the last human moderation there was 8 months ago by the also-disappeared, eminently-competent u/clemaneuverers.

A few folks are discussing a revival attempt, including focused weekly roundtables, and I pointed out there's also a few interested folks at the new c/4thHorsemanNews (which has started off on the right foot but will face the ordinary attrition challenges of new fora).

I'd like to hear what interested parties suggest. Obviously, if u/Paleo or someone feels comfortable adding u/Neo1 and myself to the mod list as caretakers to see if anyone more ready-willing-able comes along, that seems like it would help with a few things like stickies and viability. There are certainly better ideas available.

It just seems like some administration/moderation step should be taken to revive the community. Yes I know all our conspiracies have come true and gone mainstream but we need space to find more!

The above post then leads to further direction:

It seems that this community has sufficient mass to consider the question of whether it wants to remain unmoderated (no stickying, standard-filter deletion only, no index or sidebar changes), or whether it wants to have new moderation.

This question can be considered deliberatively, and obviously without any community appointment everyone has an equal opportunity to discuss, to meta-discuss by analyzing discussion, or to go anywhere up the chain.

The fact that admin appears to have locked down c/4thHorsemanNews protectively after the credibly reported death of its sole moderator (see the link above) suggests that the healthily robust group of users that posted there will find their way here in time as well, allowing broader discussion, seeing as there's much overlap between the two communities.

I don't find a need to direct any particular answer to the question, but I do want the discussion to flow and achieve consensus. Besides myself and u/Neo1, it also appears that u/Thisisnotanexit and u/JosephMalta have hats in the ring. So I'm interested in helping discussion proceed as a volunteer, but I also have the same rights and powers as anyone else to influence community consensus.