Hey everyone!

I’m so excited to be the new top mod of this community. I’ve been a part of this community since the beginning, and I’ve seen how much it’s grown and evolved. I’m grateful to the previous top mod for creating this space, and I’m honored to be taking over.

On Twitter, I’m @CantStopPoppin, and on Reddit, I’m u/CantStopPoppin. I’ve been active on both platforms for over 5 years, and I’ve always been a strong advocate for diversity, inclusion, and quality content.

I’m planning to make a few slight changes to the community, but I want to get your input first. I want this to be a place where everyone feels welcome, regardless of their background or beliefs. That means that hate speech, racism, anti-LGBTQ+, and trolling will not be tolerated.

I believe that our differences make us stronger together. We can learn from each other and create something truly special. I’m committed to listening to the community and working together to make this happen.

I’ll be leaving this post unlocked for 72 hours so that you can share your thoughts and suggestions. I’ll also be going through the comments to answer any questions you may have.

Here are a few specific things I’m thinking about changing:

  • I’d like to make the community more welcoming to people from all walks of life. This means being more inclusive of people from different cultures, religions, and LGBTQ communities.
  • I’d like to make the community more focused on quality content. This means promoting posts that are well-written, informative, and thought-provoking.
  • I’d like to make the community more active. This means encouraging people to participate in discussions and share their thoughts and ideas.

I’m open to other suggestions, so please let me know what you think. I’m excited to work with you to make this community even better!

A few things to note:

  • YouTube and Twitter will not be allowed in the community. Only legitimate news sources will be accepted.
  • There may be a “Pundit Tuesday” in the future, but not at this time.
  • Fox News local stations will be allowed, but their syndicated stations and talking heads will not be accepted due to their many dishonest reports and lawsuits.

I’m excited to hear your thoughts!

Thank you again for helping to create, nurture, and seed this community. I’m looking forward to working with you to make it even better!

This post will stay unlocked for 72 hours for an AMA. I will try to answer as many questions as I can, but it may take some time.

I hope to see you all in the comments!

    • @nednobbinsEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      I agree. The acceptance threshold for editorials and opinion pieces are just too low. Even in the Gray Lady they sometimes amount to little more than conspiratorial rants with better grammar and more sophisticated vocabulary.

      The standard should ideally be on the articles themselves rather than the publication.

    • Riddick3001English
      1•1 year ago

      If editorials and opinion pieces are banned, it solves a lot of issues.

      What issues exactly? About being biased? Any piece could be flagged or described as Op-ed. As long as that is made clear somehow, it should be ok, imo.

      Also , many controversial articles are usually heavily opinionated, but are generally presented as " trustworthy news" .

        • Riddick3001English
          4•1 year ago

          It’s not news, if you want someone’s opinion on a given subject, you can find it in a community that share that bias. World news should be purely news.

          Many news is ( more or less) biased ,and thus is therefore (more or less) an opinion.

          So what is" considered purely news", is the question we are trying to answer here, isn’t?

            • Riddick3001English
              3•1 year ago

              You haven’t read my comments properly or aren’t understanding the nuance, I am afraid.

            • @nednobbinsEnglish
              1•1 year ago

              I’m with you on opinion pieces but I wouldn’t over pivot on the objectiveness of “news”.

              I’m not sure there actually is such a thing as true objectivity, in practice. There are a ton of ways to inject subjectivity into seemingly objective news. An obvious one is selection bias. Journalists and editors decide what to write about and publish. They decide who gets quoted and which facts get presented. Even if they tell no lies, that leaves a lot of room to present those facts in a variety of different lights.

              I think the best we can hope for is independent verifiability. If an article makes a claim, do I just have to believe them or do I have some reasonable way to check, that doesn’t involve the author?