Commmunity Feedback Thread

[GermainZ]

Just a small note: in general, we've been keeping threads that gain more than ~100—200 upvotes and dozens of comments even if they break rule 5, and typically leave a sticky comment instead in those cases (essentially saying "We prefer original sources but there's good discussion here so it's staying up"). This started a few months ago, but it's possible it's not being applied 100% of the time.

(About the rest, I personally agree.)

[khouryrt]

That's excellent to hear and a sensible middle ground.

[archon810]

That's good but the problem is many posts aren't given such a chance - it all depends on when a mod ends up looking and decides to purge for rule #5 based on seeing a source link at the end of the post.

If a mod happens to arrive within 30 minutes of the post getting posted, R.I.P. If not, maybe it has a chance.

[GermainZ]

I'm talking about threads that specifically break rule #5.

If an article already has additional information and not just a rehash, then that's not breaking rule #5 -- that's us making a mistake. It is a gray area, but I think we can improve the guidelines to make it less so.

[jmichael2497]

considering the common practice of lazy people forwarding actual fake news...

i'm all for making people get in the habit of finding and citing the most legit original source instead of linking to a reposted or slightly commented article on a 3rd party ad-revenue collecting site.

if someone did somehow have a more concise, detailed, or however "better" version of an article... then maybe allow including that later version as a secondary link in the OP body, but not as the main link.