Comment · Fri, July 27, 2018 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
This subreddit needs to be cleaned up.
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Finnnnegan · 317 points
I've been around this sub for roughly 5 years and still remember when it was a small sub filled with serious scientific discussions. Talking on here was valuable as it was a community that wanted to self-educate, share experiences, and take measured risks in the spirit of bettering themselves. Scrolling through the posts now, it seems that this community is nearly dead.
It's clear that it has been infected with the same problem that afflicts the rest of reddit -- namely new, immature, and idiotic posters that prefer jokes and puns over real discussion and aren't ashamed to offer their opinions despite their lack of experience. The moderation team needs to make a choice: enforce that this place is for serious discussion, or give it away to the hordes.
Not only has there been an increase in dumb and inexperienced posters, it's clear that the smart and experienced ones have been driven out by the decrease in quality. Without rules, this will continue to happen. Being a new user is not by itself a problem -- I was new once of course. But new people must learn before they post and they cannot be allowed to set the culture. This is the job of the moderation team.
Perhaps MYASD is too…
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ShouldReallyGetWorkn · 2 points
Just wanted to say that I appreciate every post you make as a quality contribution. Your posts on the mechanisms and science behind things are always a joy to read and really well-written easily digestible science writing. Lol it'd be awesome to have you as a biology teacher.
You've done tons of community service here that is really hard for some people to understand; any time I've tried making an effort post it takes at least an hour+ just to do cursory research, format things, pull out quotes, link stuff, then edit my post for clarity. Things don't spring forth from the mind fully formed and perfect.
I'm understanding more on the difficulties of running an ecommerce business now too because I'm trying to just start a simple apparel shop, but even that I way underestimated how much work goes into building a business--web dev, permits, so many regulations to read up on, complexities of shipping, 100x more time writing things and thinking about every little process/policy or thing you never notice is just there on an online store. I can say that the confusing morass of legal/regulatory stuff is my least favorite part of my experience so far. And you have it way harder too doing all the fulfillment, QA, R&D, offering things people ingest and can sue you for, and in a legally targeted space w/ payment processing issues! I can't even imagine how much work you've put in, but I be…
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
Thanks for the support! It means a lot to know that some people recognize the amount of time and effort it takes to accomplish some of these things. Whatever people think it takes, multiply it by 10. Then you are probably in the realm of what it actually takes. It's even overwhelming looking back on everything we have done to get here. I find it only works if I keep looking forward and pushing forward. Gotta stay in front of the wave, or it will crash into you.
Regarding the legal/regulatory side of things, I have some plans for possible avenues for the future. I just can't discuss them publicly much. However, it is something I am actively working on. We can definitely affect some meaningful change, if we organize things properly and get the right people on our side.