You rise a pretty fair point and I appreciate you sharing your thought and feelings in the ~Design territory. @MattInTech did you post it here to plan a possible solution? if yes you are in the right place... Let's brainstorm!
Products improve with honest feedback, and I consider this a valid one for @SN team. You are not the only one noticing the change. I see it as a natural consequence of the new wave of newbies signing up from outer galaxies! I'd be interested to know here the inflow is coming from...
Anyway, the second thought you triggered with this post is about our responsibility to keep this space clean and welcoming. All that spam posts and comments should be ignored, but as bitcoiners I believe we are pretty well experienced filtering the signal. We have the tools to downzap, soon we'll be able to unzap and in moderated territories the territory owners (and hopefully future moderators or collaborators) ca outlaw contents that will be not visible when wild west mode is deactivated (in your setting page).
Let's just use this tools as community, I've removed the moderation from this territory because I trust the community, and I know (ad hope) the most zapped cotenst will be o the top of the top (page). If I do not agree, I downzap (but not outlaw any more, as I believe everyone has the right to write freely and express their ideas.
My current strategy is to:
  • ignore noise
  • if it's really loud noise, downzap accordingly
  • respond to meaningful posts, especially where I know I can constructively contribute
  • longer my response, more appreciation and sats that post or comment gets.
But what'else we can do to improve SN and help these newbies understand here things work differently?
I think you pretty much address everything with this post.
I think it's up to some of the more experienced members to point out these tools and strategies to noobs.
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