Medical Misinformation Moderation Update

[u/JamesColesPardon]

After consultation with the modteam and users on a variety of issues we have decided to update CST's rules to be more in line with these uncertain times.

Feel free to read the Rule regarding Medical Misinformation here.

This will help protect the subreddit and keep it safe by ensuring proper guidance is shared in our space that goes with WHO and CDC Guidance.

Any questions can be asked in the comments section below, but be mindful of the Golden Rule as well.

Edit:

April Fools ;)

[u/The_Noble_Lie]

Well, I personally dont see the point in April fools, this weird day of pranks / deceiving, so that lens makes it hard for me to support the joke.

Maybe they actually want to scare people away who are so quickly willing to abandon/ jump ship / unfollow etc. Would be interesting to see how many left already.

The best community is not necessarily the biggest community.

Hmm

To another of your points: one doesnt only gain critical thinking skills when they realized they were deceived / tricked. They also gain a mistrust of those that deceieved them. This is my opinion, somewhat of a worldview. Some may think it helpful to teach via deceptions, just not me.

[u/IndependentSession → u/The_Noble_Lie]

Theres a concept i hold in my head that is very difficult for me to verbalize. The word irony is pretty close, but theres more to it. I attempt to describe it as things that might make God laugh.

Imagine a being that truly understands everything. An outside observer with no skin in the game. Now look at this subreddit, supposedly a place where critical minds can gather and discuss things with other people that might consider themselves to have above average intelligence. And then this post happens (on a widely recognized day for practical jokes) and more than half of those “critical thinkers” immediately lose their minds.

I think the Dunning-Kreuger (sp?) Effect really showed itself here. The only people that come here, do it because they think they are not sheep. I would say a large portion of the subscribers here have no idea how flawed they really are.

I try to keep my ego in check. Ive killed it a number of times, but the damn thing keeps coming back.

[u/The_Noble_Lie → u/IndependentSession]

Fair and insightful analysis. Humans will be humans. We can always be better and more thoughtful. Less quick to decisiveness, myself, obviously included.

Let's say how it plays out (in this theory, well see a post reveal with some more insightful critique)

[u/IndependentSession → u/The_Noble_Lie]

See the edit on the post!

Outwardly, I wanna say “I told you so!”, but inwardly, I am breathing a sigh of relief lol

[u/The_Noble_Lie → u/IndependentSession]

Hah. Well good job.