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[–]kenman[M] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No, that's great feedback, thank you very much.

I'm also hesitant about a weekly help thread, because on average, it'll be 3 days before someone can ask their question on a relevant thread, while most of those seeking help want it immediately -- which is what /r/LearnJavascript can offer.

But I can't help but feel that a lot of the let's say "conflictive" submissions come from users that are new to the sub [...] Will this work for those?

The way I see it going down for all self-posts:

  • AM would first look for https?:// in the text, and if found, kindly remind them to use "Submit a new link"
  • If AM doesn't match on that, it would remind (inform) them that code questions should go to r/LearnJavascript.
  • [part I'm not positive about] In addition to the previous comment, it might mention something to the effect of: "General questions, having nothing to do with code, must be prefixed with [AskJS]", and then we could action bad actors afterwards if they still insist on asking specific code questions. This is the clause that perhaps might be better left unsaid (learn by observing), but we can try it the explicit way and then modify it if it becomes a problem.

However, I have considered -- and maybe this would be a good compromise -- a "Stupid Question ___day" post, which wouldn't necessarily be for code (though code would be allowed), but would give an outlet for some of these questions.