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Calling all Lurkers: Share your Dreams of Effortposting

It’s been pointed out recently that the topics discussed in the Culture War thread have gotten a bit repetitive. While I do think the Motte has a good spread on intellectual discussion, I’m always pushing for a wider range (dare I say diversity?) of viewpoints and topics in the CW thread.

I was a lurker for years, and I know that the barrier between having a thought and writing a top level comment in the CW thread can loom large indeed. Luckily I’m fresh out of inspiration, and would love to hear thoughts from folks about effortposts they want to write but haven’t gotten around to.

This of course applies to regulars who post frequently as well - share any and all topics you wish were discussed in the CW thread!

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I have a rly good effortpost chambered but I appear to be shadowbanned, so 🤷‍♀️

No, you're just still caught in the new user filter and your posts have to be manually approved.

How does that work? My account is older than yours!

The new-user filter is based partially on post quantity and quality.

So it’s exactly like Reddit’s system where if you haven’t been sufficiently upvoted by the entrenched users, you’re invisible without moderator approval, just with a sneaky name and without the automod message letting you know that no one can see your stuff 🤔

Yeah, it was literally a clone of that because we were under time pressure to get this up and running and didn't have a better solution.

I actually do have a better solution upcoming, just, y'know, "up".

Also, the better solution will still be based on post quantity and quality.