c/meta wiki

What this community is for

Site governance in public: rule changes, moderation decisions and appeals, how the ranking works, wiki maintenance, sponsor disclosure, and the periodic argument about whether c/vendorvetting evidence standards are too strict. They are not.

c/meta was created on 2 Aug 2023 and currently has 23,400 members and 62 captured submissions. It sits in the quieter, more specialised tier of the site, which mostly affects how fast a question gets answered rather than how well.

Rules, and why each exists

Community rules come first, then the six site-wide rules that apply everywhere on GLP Research Hub. Community rules are enforced by the moderators listed at the bottom of this page; site rules are enforced by everyone.

1. Moderation appeals go through modmail first; Meta is for policy, not individual cases.
2. Rule-change proposals need a concrete wording suggestion.
3. Sponsor and disclosure questions are always answered publicly.

And the site rules, which are short on purpose:

1. Independent community. Nobody here sells anything, and anyone who tries is banned.
2. Not medical advice. Describe what you did; never prescribe to a stranger.
3. Claims need evidence. Batch numbers, dated screenshots, independent test reports, or a citation.
4. No referral links, discount codes or affiliate URLs. Permanent ban, no appeal.
5. No contact handles, wallet addresses or tracking numbers — they identify people.
6. Be recognisably decent. Disagree hard, insult nobody.

Terms you will see

Vocabulary that turns up constantly in c/meta. Each links to the topic page, which collects every submission that touches it.

• meta — the site talking about itself: rules, moderation, ranking, wiki.
• rules — discussed frequently in this community — see the topic page for every submission that touches it.
• moderation — volunteers removing things, publicly and with reasons.
• ranking — the documented formulas that order the front page.
• wiki — discussed frequently in this community — see the topic page for every submission that touches it.
• disclosure — discussed frequently in this community — see the topic page for every submission that touches it.

Start here

The twelve highest-scoring submissions in this community. Not necessarily the most correct — the most agreed-with, which is a different thing, and worth remembering when you read them.

1. [Meta] proposal — a flair for moderation posts — 2.4k points, 63 comments, 1 year ago
2. unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about moderation is guesswork — 2.3k points, 10 comments, 2 years ago
3. why does nobody talk about wiki — 2.1k points, 33 comments, 1 year ago
4. how much of what we believe about moderation actually comes from wiki threads — 2k points, 35 comments, 1 year ago
5. [Discussion] the rules advice in here is 2 years out of date — 2k points, 33 comments, 2 years ago
6. [Discussion] can we stop arguing about ranking until somebody posts a number — 1.9k points, 60 comments, 1 year ago
7. [Discussion] can we stop arguing about rules until somebody posts a number — 1.9k points, 17 comments, 2 years ago
8. three years of ranking threads, summarised so you do not have to read them — 1.7k points, 38 comments, 9 months ago
9. reading meta threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly — 1.6k points, 26 comments, 2 years ago
10. the wiki thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down — 1.5k points, 51 comments, 8 months ago
11. help me understand meta, I have read the wiki twice — 1.5k points, 28 comments, 8 months ago
12. unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about ranking is guesswork — 1.4k points, 53 comments, 6 months ago

Asked constantly

• [Question] meta — what am I missing here
• [Question] how do you actually verify disclosure
• [Question] how do you actually verify moderation
• [Question] how do you actually verify wiki
• [Question] how do you actually verify rules

If your question is on that list, read the answers there first. If it is not, ask it — that is what the community is for, and "this has been asked" is only a helpful reply when it comes with a link.

Who runs this

Moderation here is done by volunteers who also post as normal members. They are not clinicians, not vendors, and not paid.

• u/hub_ops — Site operations. I keep the lights on and the sitemap honest. Not a clinician, not a vendor.
• u/mod_ambulatory — Volunteer admin. Ex-ambulance, current spreadsheet enjoyer. I read every report queue item.
• u/rulebook_rachael — Wrote most of the community rules you are about to break. Sorry in advance.
• u/quiet_moderator — I remove the obvious stuff so you never see it. Message the modmail, not me.