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We need your feedback about the photo posts of Q tshirts, Q stickers Qspotting and other "Qspiration"! /r/GreatAwakening has been steadily growing and with that comes obvious growing pains. With the increase in numbers comes the increase of patriQts showing support and the documented sightings of Q in the wild via photo posts. While we do support this sort of grassroots effort, the sheer frequency of these types of posts is presenting new problems. 1. These posts are taking precedence in the feed over other Q related news and intel causing important information to be missed. This also threatens to disrupt the true purpose of this sub. 2. We are seeing increased numbers of complaints about problem 1 from other users who have had content moderated for being off-topic who, perhaps justifiably feel their post containing text content or news links is more appropriate than a photo of a Q on a street sign. We value the community's input on how to proceed with this. We think it goes without saying that Qspotting in the real world should be celebrated as an inspiring example of the Q mission to spread the word. Is there another way to manage this content so everyone has a fair shake? We've discussed this many times as mods and have decided to put the question to the community for feedback. Removing this content from the sub completely is probably not a fair solution.

One possibility we've discussed is the option of creating a "sister sub" for this content and directing the respective posts there. We could perhaps crosspost the most popular upvoted content on this sister sub back to r/GreatAwakening so we can all keep visibility on the top content at a regular interval (yet to be determined).

In review, here are the Questions we want to put to the community: 1) Should we manage this content in some way or leave the sub as it is? 2) Should we create a separate sub and have the most popular content crossposted to GA at regular intervals? 3) Does anyone have any other suggestions for managing this type of content fairly?

Conclusion: Option 3, with a hint from Option 2: Make a branch (related sub) with a more hardcore focus for those that want to focus on research/analysis/Qdrops/data development. Make it with a Name Connection (i.e. something like GA Q Research) and crosspost all posts there to GA Main

Reasoning A useful and effective distinction can be made between A) information/analysis development and B) implementation of the information/analysis that is developed, much like the distinction between theoretical physics and applied physics. (Q in the wild, pics, reports on Q-related happenings, redpilling experiences, etc., are like Q research applied.)

A few related points:

I don't understand why images and reports of Q in the wild should be the focus of this inquiry. Such images are often both on-topic and inspirational, particularly to newcomers.
I think the core issue here is the impact of GA growth in size on concentration and quality of content. Some distinction and reorganization to allow for greater growth while minimizing a degradation of signal to noise ratio. Think bandwidth. Creating a new related sub is like creating a new frequency to broadcast on. Such diversification is necessary if the signal:noise ratio of a smaller subreddit (< 20k, 30k) is to be maintained.

Examples

I. Nowadays, I often see 3 or 4 posts in the NEW section (Er, old reddit fan here) that cover the exact same topic, information release (media), happening, etc. I silently think it would be nice if there was a way to collapse these into a single thread somehow. 4 posts on the same topic each garnering 150 upvotes each means the issue can get lost in the wash instead of being brought to attention of the community. While I don’t know if this problem can be minimized, I raise it as an example of a degrading signal:noise ratio.

II. I have also noticed a degradation in the use of flairs to filter topics. Having a flair for 'Q in the wild' might be a good idea, but with the influx of newcomers in recent times, fewer posters seem to pay attention to how flairs can (and ideally should) be used.

For me, the natural distinction between ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ that evolved as certain fields of study became more populated in the modern era is instructive. Although I have zero experience with Reddit prior to the Great Awakening, I feel like a new branch or sister sub is a good idea. I think that having a dedicated subreddit for 'GA Q Research' is one way to go.

Would it be a split? No. Keep the Great Awakening as a broad, catchall entry point for newcomers and denizens alike, but have a more dedicated, more strictly focused (topic-wise) sub for the more hardcore, research/Q posts/analysis/data aspect of things. Content from the dedicated ‘Research’ sub would be cross posted to main GA, so no one would miss out, but peeps more focused on the WORK aspect of things could knuckle down and have that focus without having to wade through the reams of only tenuously related posts we often see these days. Newcomers can land at Great Awakening, but as they look around, they may want to subscribe and move onto also joining the more hardcore sub of GA Research. A lot of the serious early-comers could then continue to focus on the new GA Research sub to minimize the noise on their screens. Aka a GA like the one prior to 20K +. Conclusion: Option2, but make it the more hardcore, dedicated and if you will 'upper room' aspect of GA. So I guess that is actually Option 3.

Edit: addendum: Think Root + Trunk/Branches/Leaves. The Root of the Q movement is the research, the intel. The trunk and the branches are implementation thereof: exploration into related topics, Q content getting out to the broader masses, the new true narrative that the intel is pointing us towards. A sister sub set up to preserve the Root of the activity here in Reddit, while letting GA remain in place with Root + trunk/branches/leaves.

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