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[–]philosopher 52 insightful - 4 fun52 insightful - 3 fun53 insightful - 4 fun -  (13 children)

Looks like people in here are saying:

  • If you're in /s/all, you can't censor
  • If you want to censor, just move out of /s/all

Sounds fairly simple and fair.

[–][deleted] 33 insightful - 3 fun33 insightful - 2 fun34 insightful - 3 fun -  (12 children)

If you want to censor, just move out of /s/all

and tell users in the sidebar that you are censoring

[–]philosopher 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Maybe there could be an automatic (small) banner that appears automatically on non-public subs?

[–][deleted] 19 insightful - 14 fun19 insightful - 13 fun20 insightful - 14 fun -  (5 children)

Something like "THIS IS A PRIVATE ECHO-CHAMBER" would do nicely.

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Or it could even say "this is a place where we don't want to re-explain the same few things over and over, here's a FAQ. . . Come back when you've grown out of noob-erty."

Hmm. That's maybe a little too long.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

"noobs" are the future and they bring fresh energy, always treat them excellently

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That sounds good and all, but I'm really torn on that. Not everyone has the talent or patience to be a teacher. I personally try to serve that role when I can. But on the other hand in the information age people have developed the ability to be resourceful. It's not too much to ask someone to read something before they ask questions. That is what lurking is for as well.

I don't know. It's one of those delicate balances.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"treat them excellently" just means treat them excellently. Be polite, don't make fun of them, be welcoming, don't rain on anyone's parade. Don't call it "eternal september" or make fun of "noobs" but instead just be welcoming to new people.

There's a bit of a weird culture around "newbs" imo. Even having a weird special name to call people. Just treat people kindly and normally. It doesn't have to mean spending all your time on them.

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, then I agree with all of that.

[–]teelo 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The developers here already have a list of about 100 other things they want to fix/add, so if they add that it'll be at the bottom of the heap.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

interesting idea.

/u/magnora7 /u/VantaFount what do you think?

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not a bad idea, but like teelo said we have a million things on our plate right now so for the moment the mod-added sidebar message will have to do.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I thought it was an interesting idea, but probably not one that's going to be done anytime soon.