Saidit has turned into a thoughtless news aggregator

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    [–]magnora7 11 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

    We've thought about requiring a 2-sentence "submission statement" with each post, that is a comment explaining why they posted it and why it matters. There are some subs on reddit that use this with seemingly good success

    [–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

    This is similar to what r/conspiracy did to wreck it. :-/

    [–]magnora7 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I thought it actually worked out for them pretty well. I wasn't a fan at first, but I think it worked.

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

    Yeah, I was late to the game.

    It's probably an unjustified bias on my part.

    You're probably right.

    [–]HibikiBlack 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    The SS was the best thing that ever happened to r/conspiracy.

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

    Yeah, I was late to the game.

    It's probably an unjustified bias on my part.