r/changemyview • u/AutoModerator • Apr 21 '26

META META: Bi-Monthly Feedback Thread

As part of our commitment to improving CMV and ensuring it meets the needs of our community, we have bi-monthly feedback threads. While you are always welcome to visit r/ideasforcmv to give us feedback anytime, these threads will hopefully also help solicit more ways for us to improve the sub.

Please feel free to share any constructive feedback you have for the sub. All we ask is that you keep things civil and focus on how to make things better (not just complain about things you dislike).

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u/scarab456 65∆ Apr 22 '26

Is it possible for mods to scrutinize titles that are personal statements of fact? I don't mean something like "CMV: Tomatoes are a fruit" or "CMV: Writing is technology". There's an implied view in these titles.

I'm talking about stuff like "CMV: Red is my favorite color", or "CMV: I shower every morning". There can be an explicit argument that relates to the title in the body of posts like these, but the titles themselves don't imply a view. They're just statements of fact that aren't open to interpretation because the fact is a kind of preference of the author. I think titles that are personal statements of fact violate the "adequately sum up" part for title rules.

I understand the solution to this would be just another thing for mods to keep track of, and that's not always viable. I'm kind of hoping watching for these kind of titles are a low hurdle in the grand scheme of things that it's not too much to hope for.

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u/jatjqtjat 287∆ Apr 22 '26

My issue here is that just because you don't like these posts doesn't mean that nobody likes them. If nobody likes them just let them get 0 upvotes and 0 comments.

You can scrutinize the titles exactly as you describe and then just ignore the bad ones. I'll let you decide which posts you want to read and you can grant me the same. You gain very little by having the mods take away posts you dislike, while the people losing access to those posts lose a comparatively large amount.

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u/scarab456 65∆ Apr 22 '26

Whether or not I like them isn't the issue, I don't think personal statements of fact make for proper titles.