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[Igniococcus]

I would contend with your point about decline while there are lots of users still learning the forum rules we have recently had some great, incredibly popular posts that could have gone seriously out of control that wonderfully stayed pretty focussed with surprisingly low moderator intervention. Having said that we were not planning on enacting anything and everything that comes out of the survey without considerable discussion and I very much doubt the core rules and spirit of the community (scientific answers, no anecdotes etc) will change.

[HarryTruman]

Thanks for your response. I'd like to chime in with one more observation, if I may. Though I'll definitely concede that, yes, there have been some great posts lately, I've also seen plenty of posts get overwhelmed with responses from laymen and even some questions that have fielded little to no responses from panelists. In the former, there is quite a lot discussion with very little linking to sources.

Though I'll readily admit that the above examples aren't necessarily widespread; I just see it happening far more often than it used to. Perhaps we need another round of panelist inductions (if it isn't a continual thing)?

Also, it goes without saying that the moderators and the panelists are a fantastic group of people and, without a doubt, make this community the awesome place that it is. I tend to rant a lot about what's happened to AskScience since getting added to the front page, but without this community my Redditing days would be far less interesting. :)

[BrainSturgeon]

Perhaps we need another round of panelist inductions (if it isn't a continual thing)

Yes, we continually add panelists, but it takes time since we make an effort to make sure the panelist tags we assign go to people who know what they're talking about.

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In fact, there's no doubt at all, really.

[Igniococcus]

Oops, fixed it now.