this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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What is this thing?
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Let us help you identify that mysterious object you’ve found.
Currently in CHALLENGE mode: If you've got something obscure knocking about, post a picture, and let's see how we do. Please prefix such posts with "CHALLENGE:" so we know we've got a fighting chance.
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Can we not turn this community into a place where everyone comes to make some shitty joke?
No
It’s that or there’s nothing to add if it’s been answered. So you either allow some fun, or the only point is to have the single right answer and everything else has to be removed.
r/whatisthisthing didn't seem to have any issues. If it hadn't been answered, people would give their best guess and jokes were removed. If it was a low hanging fruit post, mods allowed a few jokes after it was answered then started removing comments or the post was locked and tagged as being solved.
Matter of scale.
They had enough posts to keep things engaging.
Remove all but the right posts here and it’ll be dead in days. Gotta build the engagement and content before you moderate with an iron fist. No one wants to hang around and see 1 thing get answered a week.
Fair enough. Im just worried that a bunch of communities will just devolve into [email protected] if we aren't careful.