As many must have noticed, we're not a small baby subreddit anymore. We've got a decent number of subscribers, and yet we've never really enforced any semblance of subreddit rules or submission standards. As such, this subreddit has been stagnating a bit, and quality has been a bit low.

Well, we're going to change that with some new submission guidelines. We already started establishing some of it in a previous post, with a promise of finalizing new standards.

Here is that post.

1. We are not lower-effort SRS. Low hanging fruit is hereby banned from this subreddit, because if we need a reminder on how Reddit is racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever, we can subscribe to SRS. Exemptions will be made if it's a firedrops-like submission (like this) and high quality, but you need to message moderators first.
2. Certain subreddits and websites will be banned, because they are just that low-hanging. Namely, we're banning white supremacist websites and blogs, posts on "Fundies Say the Darndest Things", TRP and its network of subreddits/websites, AVFM, MR and related, and Chimpire subreddits. We know those are bad. Again, see point 1.
3. Submissions here need at least one sentence to establish relevance to social science. This needs to be done within an hour of submission, otherwise it will be taken down. We're not looking for something like the infamous R5 explanations on /r/badhistory, but a sentence explaining why you submitted your post here and discussing relevance would be nice.

This applies to all posts from this point on. Previous posts will not be subject to this, but new ones will.

Happy submitting!