I believe AskHistorians (a wonderful place) is only possible due to the tireless work of the moderators. Are there other informative subreddits that are modded to a comparable degree? I want to have peace of mind knowing what I am reading is accurate & that any mistakes will quickly be pointed out by other commenters
I am not specifically looking for other history based subreddits, but rather just informative subreddits as a whole
r/askhistorians' strict moderation policies were originally based on r/askscience, which remains a wonderfully informative sub.
Other more humanities based subreddits include r/askanthropology, r/asksocialscience and r/askphilosophy, which all have rules about providing serious, in depth answers, civility and citations. I have found that they are not moderated quite as strictly as AH but they are still great subreddits. There's also r/philosophy, which requires people to have actually read the post/link before commenting (!) and is just generally a well curated space.
I've recently discovered r/neutralnews and r/neutralpolitics. They have similar rules about discussions being in-depth, sourcing facts, and "addressing arguments not people". I've not been subscribed to either of these subreddits for long enough to vouch for the moderation but they look promising.
And finally, there's r/depthhub, which aims to "gather the best in-depth submissions and discussion on Reddit"- a bit like r/bestof.
EDIT: r/askanthropologists to r/askanthropology as per u/searocksandtrees' comment
/r/geopolitics is fairly good. No straight news articles, and everything posted has to have a short post explaining the context and why it matters. It also follows a strict moderation policy much like here, so discussions don't get out of hand.
/r/neutralpolitics is a highly moderated subreddit that I appreciate.
I tend to read /r/outoftheloop for pop culture things that I might have missed, though they don't usually cull comments quite as intensively as AH.
r/LetsTalkMusic isn't science or humanities focused obviously, and it's not strictly moderated, but it is the best place on Reddit to discuss music that I've found, don't let the mascot thing scare you off.
R/awwducational is much more informal, but the moderators are good, reauire sources for each post, and mark every post with 'verified' or 'not yet verified'.
It's a great way to learn a lot of nature trivia.
If it's ok to piggyback off this a bit, are there any good ones about law or legal systems? I've some questions about socialist law vs civil or common law, and have no idea where to ask them.