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With the move here to Poal, I wanted everyone to get settled in before doing any mod-like things besides removing those that hate, mock, or sneer at us through their words.

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With the move here to Poal, I wanted everyone to get settled in before doing any mod-like things besides removing those that hate, mock, or sneer at us through their words. The sidebar on the right needs a bit of work. If anyone would like to work with me on wording or rules or clarifications or links, I'm happy to accept the help. ON THE SIDEBAR is a nice little legal(not-legal)/cancel-culture disclaimer that doubles as a Voat-PV disclaimer. Feel free to read through it and forget about it entirely as you post here. For those of you that notice shill/anti-Q/anti-Trump activity, PLEASE ping me to it and don't respond sarcastically (or at all). Responding sarcastically makes YOU look anti-Q when I browse through your comment history. Mistakes were made, and many apologies were had; not fun. If you want to engage them, feel free to post anything pro-Q outside of here and you'll have PLENTY of those types to banter with. How to ping: @Crensch <--- that's a ping. Place it anywhere in your comment and I'll get a notification. Also on the sidebar are posting rules. Please pay attention to them. Too many low-effort/no-context/unsupported-claim posts and I'll have to do mod things. I don't want to do mod things beyond removing those that hate us. As a community, try and help each other raise the bar for posts. If you posted and someone is telling you that your post is lacking, it could be that your post is lacking. It could be that they're wrong. Work it out if you can. Let me know what you all think below. Thanks

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[–] • 1 pt 4y

Also, the ability of memes to spread and inform shouldn't be underestimated. Not everyone has a 130+ IQ. But it's also not about that. Small, digestible tidbits of information can stick in someone's mind far easier than a long treatise on the subject.

Also, writing to an audience with a short attention span does not necessarily equate to the dumbing-down of the people.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt 4y

I will NEVER underestimate the ability of memes to inform - In fact, I'd argue that memes were a huge factor in Trump's 2016 win.

writing to an audience with a short attention span does not necessarily equate to the dumbing-down of the people.

As someone with a short attention span, I almost have to agree with you on that one - haha.

[–] • 0 pt 4y

I'm betting you're a little like me in the sense that you pick your battles. Or rather, your mind picks the battles of how much attention is going to be spent on any particular thing.