r/AskHistorians • u/Electronic-Maize-389 • 23d ago

Meta Is this sub dead?

Every time it appears in my feed, it shows that there are comments, but when I open the link, all comments have been removed. Looking at the most "popular" post this month, and all comments have been removed. I'd love for this sub to exist, and have actual responses, but as far as I can tell no comments ever pass muster.

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u/EmotionalTowel1 23d ago

This is a highly moderated sub and a lot of replies (maybe even mine) do not meet the requirements and the comments get removed. This is a good thing.

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u/hokkuhokku 23d ago

Absolutely not “dead”! Questions simply require appropriately detailed and knowledgeable answers, thus maintaining a higher standard of answers than many other sub-reddits.

Here’s a post from 22hrs ago that I think should illustrate my claims.

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u/Electronic-Maize-389 23d ago

I see a lot of posts that appear in my feed where I am interested in responses, but rarely see a post with comments. Maybe the best way to interact with this sub is not to subscribe, but rather visit it periodically and sort for the few submissions that run the gauntlet.

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u/SantasTaint 23d ago

There's a sub called /r/historiansanswered which crossposts answered questions from this sub. Probably what you're looking for.

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u/Electronic-Maize-389 23d ago

Thanks, that is really helpful

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u/A_moral_Animal 23d ago edited 22d ago

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u/Shreddy_Brewski 23d ago

You gotta check for answers about a day after you initially see the post. It takes some time for good answers to be written out, quality takes time.

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u/Electronic-Maize-389 23d ago

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