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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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[–] • 2 pts

The problem with the people being lazy with information will never really be solved. The content of any forum will devolve to the lowest common denominator, which is usually memes and links to people who know how to write but may not know what they're talking about.

You can have all the knowledge in the world, but if you can't explain it to someone in a way that they find engaging, you're spinning your wheels.

The answer is to find people that appreciate your work that can put tidbits of it into meme format or that can rewrite it in a way that users will enjoy the experience of reading an absorbing the information.

Your comment also gave me the idea for flairs. Possibly a really, really good one.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

You've kind of described the dumbing-down of the public - Not everything can be explained in a meme or a tweet.

[–] • 1 pt

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

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.

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I also mentioned writing it in a way that is palatable.

I didn't limit my comment to memes and tweets.

I'd wager I could rewrite just about any post on here to be more easily and willingly read than in its current form.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I also mentioned writing it in a way that is palatable.

I know - but, let's face it, "palatable" usually means "short." We've been conditioned to absorb information in Twitter-sized bites - This results in flitting from one bit of information to the next without assimilating it into a larger Gestalt.

I'd wager I could rewrite just about any post on here to be more easily and willingly read than in its current form.

Can I send you my research? :-)