Every now and then we have a big celebratory thread where people show their appreciation for the mods, or the historians, or just generally what a fantastic this community is. But recently the mods were lounging in the secret volcano lair, discussing business over shill drinks or whatever they do when poor little Gankom-bots aren’t invited to the party, and it struck me that what we HAVEN’T had is a thread dedicated to one of the most vital yet often overlooked aspects of the sub. (And believe me, I have experience when it comes to the overlooked.

The Readers. The Lurkers. The answer-consumers always hungry for more good history. You folks are quite literally the reason we do all this in the first place! We WANT to share this love of history, all of us. And there would be no point in all these answers if there wasn’t someone out there, somewhere, who enjoyed reading it. You are all just as much a part of this awesome community as the writers, the flairs, the mods, and even the hard-working Ganko-bots. And we love you for it. We love you all deeply for being part of this fantastic history space.

On behalf of the entire modteam, thank YOU dear readers. Keep being awesome! This is a whole thread dedicated to YOU. Go wild! Tell the favorite people in your life the AskHistorians mods said you were cool.

I’d also be a terrible Possibly!A!Bot if I didn’t plug some of the ways to help you great Readers have even more to read. The weekly newsletter has over 18,000 subscribers, and you too could get a blast from the past each week! The Digest got plugged earlier, but the twitter is pretty awesome as well, for as long as the bird place keeps existing anyway. Or maybe you’re an interested reader looking to get a bit more involved? Perhaps rub shoulders with each other, banter, discuss or be able to brag you have a comment still standing on AskHistorians that’s not in a META thread? Then come hang out in the Friday Free for All thread! It’s the weekly open discussion thread, and it would be great to see it even more active in there. Come hang out with us on a regular basis, and not have to wait for a party meta.

Because I like hanging out with cool people. And you, the specific redditor reading this RIGHT NOW, are pretty cool yo.

Signed Gankom & the Mod Team