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In the interest of others also talking about increasing engagement and not just having poal be a "news repost forum" like I tend to do a lot of and pushing for more OC.

I want to make a sub about asking for help/ideas/guidance on a project, any project. Not unlike AskPoal but more specific.

For example. I want to learn how to garden in my area. I want to learn how to replace a electrical outlet (I made a comment post on this in the DIY sub, probably should be its own post). I want to learn how to preserve food. Etc.

Somewhere for people to post. "Hey, I want to learn a thing. What resources should I look to, Can anyone here help me"? Even if this is just to point you to another sub (such as /s/garden).

So what does everyone think. Is this a stupid idea, is it worth doing? What is a good name for a sub like that? Maybe something like "howdoi" or "teachme", "poalAcademy" or something. I don't know. I really want to know if this is something people actually want more than anything. Lots of us have various skills and can explain/teach them to each other. It would be nice to spread the knowledge/wisdom from your experience.

There are no stupid ideas/questions. Just stupid people. /s Lets hear it.

In the interest of others also talking about increasing engagement and not just having poal be a "news repost forum" like I tend to do a lot of and pushing for more OC. I want to make a sub about asking for help/ideas/guidance on a project, any project. Not unlike AskPoal but more specific. For example. I want to learn how to garden in my area. I want to learn how to replace a electrical outlet (I made a comment post on this in the DIY sub, probably should be its own post). I want to learn how to preserve food. Etc. Somewhere for people to post. "Hey, I want to learn a thing. What resources should I look to, Can anyone here help me"? Even if this is just to point you to another sub (such as /s/garden). So what does everyone think. Is this a stupid idea, is it worth doing? What is a good name for a sub like that? Maybe something like "howdoi" or "teachme", "poalAcademy" or something. I don't know. I really want to know if this is something people actually want more than anything. Lots of us have various skills and can explain/teach them to each other. It would be nice to spread the knowledge/wisdom from your experience. There are no stupid ideas/questions. Just stupid people. /s Lets hear it.

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I like the idea. It could help get more discussion and knowledge sharing going on around here. There are definitely a lot of expert-level Poalrs on a vast array of topics who can help others learn. I'm always amazed to discover what domains of knowledge other Poalrs have when I share some of my knowledge and expertise and they chime in with the appropriate jargon and nomenclature. It's cool to see who knows their shit.

It would be nice to get a feel for who is in what field ala the old Reddit /r/Science sub where people had flair to identify their domains of expertise, but I think that would get abused and/or make for bad opsec. Reddit required proof of your credentials to get flaired and I didn't think that was a good thing because it could lead to easy doxxing so I opted to have no flair. We'll just have to let people choose what they are expert in and trust that they are truthful. It can work in a high-trust Poal society if we try.

So yeah, go for it!

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Who needs flare when you can prove what you know with sources? I agree. Maybe one of the first stickies can be /u/Morbo how to give /u/level_101 shit. ;) I joke but I appreciate your comments.