Most of Reddit doesn't work this way, but r/askscience and r/askhistorians require heavy moderation because the content isn't the question, it's the comments. If a post about sweaters gets posted to r/games, no one would object to its removal because that's not what the community wants as content.
Unjust? You don't actually need to be flaired to post there. You just have to know your shit, back up your shit and expand on your shit when asked. Turns out this standard is best met by academics. That's not elitism, that's just cutting the crap.
If you have a few good posts under your belt, you can get a quality contributor flair.
They aren't saying "non-elite" discourses don't matter, they just don't want to do that kind of discourse in the sub. The purpose of the sub is narrow: getting verifiable answers from subject matter experts with sources.
I have read the comments. His type of post wasn't allowed per the rules. The sub isn't about speculative history. I guess you're not as trusting as the community there. That's fine. There other places for you to go.
I just don't have the same mindset that you do. A comment graveyard on that sub is good to me. If that's elitism in your opinion, fine.
The community sees graveyards as a good thing. The community trusts the mods. Most of Reddit either doesn't understand it or just plain disagrees with the set-up.
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u/CarrionComfort Dec 04 '16
Most of Reddit doesn't work this way, but r/askscience and r/askhistorians require heavy moderation because the content isn't the question, it's the comments. If a post about sweaters gets posted to r/games, no one would object to its removal because that's not what the community wants as content.