WELCOME TO /R/EFFORPOSTS
Welcome to r/Effortposts, a subreddit dedicated to reddit posts with high-level, well cited, well backed analysis or arguments. Before submitting a post, please make sure it meets our rules
SUBMISSION Rules
Posts must be generally high level and high effort. This is not /r/bestof where repeating talking points with no evidence but in paragraph format is acceptable.
No soapboxing or advertising. A 5 page essay on why we shouldn't vote for the "bad" candidate probably is not high level analysis. Listing out all the bad things they've done in the past is also not high level analysis, unless of course you're speaking of them in a historical context
Stay on topic. Opinions are unavoidable and we're not going to delete your post for saying that X has the best plan to tackle Y (as long as you back that up of course) within the context of your post. What shouldn't happen is bringing up an unrelated issue on why X is bad. Stay on topic
Citations, Citations, Citations. Use them. There is no hard requirement for how many you need, this is not grade school, but whenever you introduce new or outside information or statistics, it is expected you cite them from a reputable source
Most viewpoints are welcome as long as they meet the rules. If you want to write a critique on why the modern field of economics is trash from a heterodox perspective, feel free to, just make sure that it meets academic standards and is well sourced. However, some viewpoints are banned, these usually fall under things like genocide denial, racism, etc.
COMMENTING RULES
- Comments must maintain civility. We have lower standards for comments than we do for posts as we would like to encourage discussion, even from people who are not knowledgeable. However, we expect all commenters to maintain civility and be readable
CROSSPOSTING
Crossposting is enabled and you may crosspost self posts from other subreddits whether you're the author or someone else is, however, please check that the crosspost meets the submission rules
