Everybody has an opinion

Thought I'd drop by for a quick discussion.

Obviously, everybody has an opinion about /r/theredpill, and usually speaking the ones that end up over here are the ones who feel disenfranchised by it.

Since I took over the sub over a year ago, I've heard every complaint under the sun- it's dropping in quality, the noobs are taking over, things used to be better, so on and so on.

Of course, I've been hearing these complaints since day one, so part of it really is just a selective cognitive bias. Some older members might get bored of the content that hasn't changed because they've already read it, while others might be upset that the newer content isn't the older content. Many focus on a few stupid comments or posts that get through minutes before they're deleted as a sign that everything has gone in the shitter.

My goal since the beginning has always been to keep signal high and ensure that we never temper our message, in such a way that seddit did. Where members would regularly get upset if what you said sounded like misogyny there, on theredpill we do not have that problem.

Although there's nothing we can do about downvotes, I'll remind any older members here that it wasn't until we were 4 months old that any of our comments could even regularly get positive scores.

I would like to reach out and ensure that older members here who have gotten benefit from the sub make sure they give back. Yes, there's a flood of new users who are clueless, and at one point, many of our now-great users were beginners too. It's up to the older users to help coach the new kids, and continue passing the torch forward.

That all being said, I'm always open to suggestions. I think a common misconception is that the mods aren't deleting low quality content. We delete hundreds of comments and tens of posts daily. So I would hesitate to say our issue is our focus on particular content.

I, myself, have been very impressed with how new users pick up on the theory and contribute new insights regularly. It doesn't take much reading before I see something that inspires me or forces me to see something new.

You are important to the community, without you, the new members are just as lost as they were depending on their fathers to teach masculinity.

I added endorsement flairs to help raise the signal of those who know their shit.

But really, let's discuss. If you guys have a good plan that doesn't just amount to "lock everybody out" that you think will increase quality and signal, I'm open to it.

Edit: I'd like to add that it's true we've taken up /r/seduction's userbase as a higher quality source for advice- I am decidedly moving all pickup advice to /r/asktrp.