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I've often thought I should make a reddit bot that posts all the r/askhistorians comments to r/dontaskhistorians so I could see all the comments that are remove
by pbhjpbhj 4y ago
I've often thought I should make a reddit bot that posts all the r/askhistorians comments to r/dontaskhistorians so I could see all the comments that are removed. I've chanced a few comments myself and the mods would rather have no information than some information (no matter how well referenced) that isn't entirely academically rigorous; their choice, it's not awful. I think that a lot of proverbial babies get thrown out with the bath water and a lot of interesting comments probably get removed.
Someone said "nothing was known about X until $date" or words to that effect and I replied with two sources, available online, that spoke about X prior to the date and that it was from my own recollection that I knew the sources existed. The incorrect comment stands and I got the usual "your comment was not complete enough for us". Every now and again I'll post something, especially when there are no responses and I have a source to share -- but I've taken to messaging the OP now instead.
Maybe it's all chaff, but I'm curious to find out.
I like the Slashdot way of having scoring and a slider so you can see it all if you want, and the "boosts" they do so you can see humorous stuff even if others want to see serious stuff. User-level filtering makes much more sense to me.