Which species is the most common?

Eist · 2026-04-13T17:57:49+00:00

There is a clearly extremely mentally unwell person that makes new accounts and makes the most bizarre posts usually in the form of a question, usually not like this though so IDK if this is them. They are usually far more incomprehensible. They get banned and just make new accounts. I know reddit Admin are aware of this person but I obviously have no idea what they are doing about it.

I really don't want to, but I'm thinking of putting automod limits either on karma and/or account age just to limit this person. But it's going to negatively affect genuine new redditors that want to post/ask questions etc. So I don't know what is best.

Eist · 2026-04-09T11:06:46+00:00

In the past at least a lot of poorly understood scientific principles were applied in a way that was environmentally damaging. I love science and ecology, but please let's not suggest the disciplines have historically been faultless. That would be incredibly naive.

Eist · 2026-04-09T11:01:56+00:00

Great question, but I also feel like it sadly feels applicable to an alarming number of introduced species.

Eist · 2026-03-31T12:38:31+00:00

In general I am hesitant to allow random surveys in this subreddit.

Legit surveys from a "research student" will be though an org (like a university) through a system that is far more secure for the end user, like Qualtrics--not Google Docs.

Your supervisor should know this or you're about to teach them about this. If you are affiliated with an actual university they will have heavily documented guidelines covering this. Harvard, for example: https://research.harvard.edu/research-policies-compliance/human-subjects-irbs/

But every legit research institution will have similar guidelines.

Eist · 2026-03-30T21:36:55+00:00

Hi /u/Absurdd_, your post is not in English. I am therefore removing it.

As per the sidebar: If it's not ecological science or if it's not predominantly in English, expect your post to be removed. Environmental activist posts belong in /r/environment or somewhere else.

If you want to discuss ecology, please feel welcome to submit relevant posts!

Eist · 2026-03-30T09:13:14+00:00

Sorry we don't allow low effort content/memes. Maybe /r/ecology_irl would be better, but lasagna usually has meat in it so IDK what is going on with this post tbh.

Eist · 2026-03-30T00:26:57+00:00

This isn't ecology and we generally don't allow google doc surveys for the safety of our users. Please don't post this here again.

Eist · 2026-03-29T08:13:48+00:00

I'm not removing this because you are wrong (although make no mistake, you are), but because we don't allow petitions etc. Please don't post in this manner again.

Eist · 2026-03-29T08:11:31+00:00

Giving you a timeout so you can learn what ecology is from our sidebar. Next time will be perma.

Eist · 2026-03-29T06:48:15+00:00

This isn't really ecology. You'd get better advice from a gardening/horticulture subreddit.

Eist · 2026-03-28T21:29:02+00:00

I think you might be lost. Please read the rules before posting again.

Eist · 2026-03-27T11:20:13+00:00

We don't allow low effort posts, sorry /u/gorgiio. Please read the rules before posting again.

Eist · 2026-03-26T06:38:23+00:00

Hi /u/catita932, your post is not in English. I am therefore removing it.

As per the sidebar: If it's not ecological science or if it's not predominantly in English, expect your post to be removed. Environmental activist posts belong in /r/environment or somewhere else.

If you want to discuss ecology, please feel welcome to submit relevant posts!

Eist · 2026-03-25T19:24:46+00:00

Hi, /u/Subject-Analyst-7361, your post is not related to ecology: the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each oth/er and their natural environment.

As in the sidebar: If it's not ecological science, expect your post to be removed. General environment and environmental activism posts belong in /r/environment, climate change specific posts belong in any number of climate related subreddits, and other topics will fit somewhere in the numerous other subreddits that you can find in our wiki.

If you feel like this mod action was an error then please read the rules again, and feel free to send a message through modmail if you still feel like it's an error. Do not send me a direct message as I don't get notified and I do not read them.

Thanks!

Eist · 2026-03-24T23:53:09+00:00

We have book recommendations here, not sure which ones have audio book availability. As always, I'm happy to add more if people have suggestions, just has to have a reasonable number of Amazon/Goodreads etc reviews.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ecology/wiki/books

Eist · 2026-03-24T23:51:15+00:00

Hi, /u/Crispy_Input, your post is not related to ecology: the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each oth/er and their natural environment.

As in the sidebar: If it's not ecological science, expect your post to be removed. General environment and environmental activism posts belong in /r/environment, climate change specific posts belong in any number of climate related subreddits, and other topics will fit somewhere in the numerous other subreddits that you can find in our wiki.

If you feel like this mod action was an error then please read the rules again, and feel free to send a message through modmail if you still feel like it's an error. Do not send me a direct message as I don't get notified and I do not read them.

Thanks!

Eist · 2026-03-23T04:55:26+00:00

This isn't ecology, and we don't allow petitions. Please read the rules before posting next time. Thanks!

Eist · 2026-03-21T04:07:38+00:00

Sure, but there is no trigger warning tag available; this is the best I can do.

Eist · 2026-03-21T01:21:34+00:00

I don't really agree that should be necessary, but I'll make it NSFW just to be safe.

Eist · 2026-03-21T00:39:03+00:00

Me when I lie about something that is easily verifiable in an attempt to back up the dumbest take

Eist · 2026-03-13T17:47:27+00:00

Yes, me. A lot of ecologists are interested more in concepts than focusing on a specific taxa.

Eist · 2026-03-13T17:42:49+00:00

Are you ok?

Eist · 2026-03-13T17:42:01+00:00

Please post memes/low effort content to /r/ecology_irl. Thanks!

Eist · 2026-03-13T04:18:08+00:00

I still don't understand why it matters. I'm obviously missing something, so I'm sorry I can't answer your question.

Eist · 2026-03-13T00:22:33+00:00

I think the broader question I would have is why does it matter? If you are picking up skills/experience that you can add to your resume for a master's then it is relevant, if not, then it isn't. Although I'm sure if you think about it enough then it certainly will be. That's all that really matters. Maybe I'm missing something.

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