Mods here have always been thorough. It's really refreshing to get accurate facts AND opinions.
The problem is that it's practically a non sequeter when subbing and browsing Reddit as a whole. Due mostly to the dedicated professionals of this sub taking proper diligence answering questions asked.
I want to propose a solution. Professionals posts and comments are top bill. Theories and opinions AREN'T deleted but tagged as such. Idiot comments not contributing should be deleted..
This comes out of love. 9/10 I view an AskHistorian post I don't get an answer. Can we do something to encourage other knowledgable historians into this sub.
Hello, and thank you for reaching out to us via a META thread with your suggestion. While we always appreciate members of the community coming to us when they have thoughts on how to improve the subreddit, we are unfortunately limited in what we are capable of implementing, both due to the self-constraints imposed by the mission of the subreddit, as well as the limited architecture of the reddit site.
As such, while this is an idea that has been suggested before, it is also one that in discussions by the mod team in the past we have decided would not be a workable feature for the /r/AskHistorians subreddit. And of course, while we are quite proud of the community we have built here and happy with the state of the subreddit, we realize it isn’t for everyone, so would encourage you to also check out /r/History or /r/AskHistory as that may comport more with the kind of ‘history subreddit’ experience that you are looking for.
For a fuller explanation we would direct you to the META section of the subreddit’s FAQ, which includes several entires that address this and other issues including:
We would also encourage you to check out the feature on ‘Subscriptions and Reminders’ which can go a long way in helping in the use of the subreddit.
Regarding "9 out of 10 threads" having no content, respectfully, that's simply not true. The "comment graveyard" threads that every Redditor loves to roll their eyes about actually get a 98 percent response rate, while regular threads that don't hit r/all hover around 38-40 percent.