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[–]MPostle 15 points16 points  (1 child)

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There is an issue in that the target demographic of this subreddit (intelligent people with a broad range of interests) is not the same as the ideal contributors (people with good knowledge of a specific field and thus able to identify what articles are worth posting.

I can offer no solutions.

[–]DavidTheExpert[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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Yep, pretty much... ideally people with a broad range of interests would be able to spot relevant articles from other subreddits and such and bring them over here. I think part of the problem is also that people don't think about this subreddit when they do see layman articles, or even worse there simply aren't that many articles written in layman terms.

[–]wangxian 5 points6 points  (2 children)

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Not sure what to submit or if we can submit. I really hope there is more activity in this subreddit as well, I find it interesting!

[–]DavidTheExpert[S] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

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I know what you mean. I'm in the same boat... I love reading the stuff here, but I have nothing to contribute and wouldn't know where to find things to contribute. Maybe we can PM the mod and ask him to add some resources to the sidebar if he knows of any...

[–]Canageek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Yeah, my field (Chemistry) doesn't lend itself to articles that can be easily understood by a wide audience.

[–]jambox888 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Got plenty of subscribers still so I guess all it needs is articles..?
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