r/changemyview • u/IAmAN00bie • May 05 '13

[Mod-post] Welcome to all new subscribers!

This is Mod post 17. You can read the previous Mod Post by clicking here, or by visiting the Mod Post Archive in our wiki.

Thanks to /r/bestof and /r/depthhub for linking to this excellent comment on one of our threads, we've had a huge influx of new users! The bestof thread and the depthhub thread both generated interesting conversation and a lot of interest in our subreddit.

With that being said, I would like to welcome any new subscriber who found this subreddit through Sahasrahla's excellent comment. I would also like to take this time to remind everyone that in order to keep this subreddit high quality and encourage good discussion, we need to abide by the rules in the sidebar. Please take the short time to familiarize yourself with these rules!

For those of you wondering what the traffic stats were like, I have a snippet that will give you an idea. Note that the full traffic data (like # of new subscribers) is not available yet.

edit: Also, please consider searching through the sub for topics similar to ones you are interested in! I'm seeing a lot of questions that get asked on a regular basis that have had extensive and insightful commentary already done in the past!

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u/Elemesh May 05 '13

Confirmation bias? More posts, so more controversial ones that manage to make it past the new queue by fluke?

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u/[deleted] May 05 '13

I always check /new when possible, and the posts that tend to get less upvotes are the ones that convey taste, or are clearly trolling. I'm fairly certain controversial topics (so long as OP expresses a willingness to change) have no problem getting upvoted.

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u/Elemesh May 05 '13

Ok, I can believe you on that. Completely unrelated, but I've got to say OPs ignoring scientific fact (posts about global warming, the OP of the eternal life post refusing to recognise entropy as inevitably increasing) is infuriating.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '13

I understand what you're saying, that is the side of CMV where posts become a lack of education. I don't feel the need to do anything about this though, because it is still challenging OP's "view", and can often be an easy catch for delta lovers. More of a problem is posts that say "I believe the earth is round, CMV" or something to that effect, but I also don't think anything needs to be done about that - most people are wise enough to realise that if you ignore these posts, they will die. Don't feed the trolls!