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:::Also, speaking as a person who knows something about web marketing, RationalWiki is currently bleeding inbound links at a fast clip and it also lost some search engine traffic in December (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]). Both of these developments may be a sign of future web traffic loss. RationalWiki has 7,000 pages of web content, but not enough editors to keep the content updated. RationalWiki is in a downward spiral that is more concerned with the ideological purity of its editors rather than the quality of its editors. So the future of that wiki is grim. On top of this, the politically left-of-center faction of USA politics in the USA is going to suffer some bruising defeats in 2022 so that might be a demotivator in terms of volunteers. So if you are looking for people to actually read your content in the future, RationalWiki is not a good place to post content.  

:::Also, speaking as a person who knows something about web marketing, RationalWiki is currently bleeding inbound links at a fast clip and it also lost some search engine traffic in December (see: [[RationalWiki and web traffic]]). Both of these developments may be a sign of future web traffic loss. RationalWiki has 7,000 pages of web content, but not enough editors to keep the content updated. RationalWiki is in a downward spiral that is more concerned with the ideological purity of its editors rather than the quality of its editors. So the future of that wiki is grim. On top of this, the politically left-of-center faction of USA politics in the USA is going to suffer some bruising defeats in 2022 so that might be a demotivator in terms of volunteers. So if you are looking for people to actually read your content in the future, RationalWiki is not a good place to post content.  

:::As far as RW's online forum (The Saloon bar), according to the book ''Click On Democracy: The Internet's Power to Change Political Apathy into Civic Action'', "Peter Kollock and Marc Smith, editors of ''Communities in Cyberspace'',  online chat groups tend to be anarchistic or a dictatorship, depending on how well moderated they are."(''Click On Democracy: The Internet's Power to Change Political Apathy into Civic Action'', page 5, by Steve Davis, Larry Elin and Grant Reheer, Westview Press, 2002). The talk pages and "Saloon Bar" discussion areas of RationalWiki fall on the dictatorship part of the moderation spectrum. The problem with this approach is that it is not a viable way to bring in new editors and merely serves as a honeypot to screen out editors on ideological grounds.  

:::As far as RW's online forum (The Saloon bar), according to the book ''Click On Democracy: The Internet's Power to Change Political Apathy into Civic Action'', "Peter Kollock and Marc Smith, editors of ''Communities in Cyberspace'',  online chat groups tend to be anarchistic or a dictatorship, depending on how well moderated they are."(''Click On Democracy: The Internet's Power to Change Political Apathy into Civic Action'', page 5, by Steve Davis, Larry Elin and Grant Reheer, Westview Press, 2002). The talk pages and "Saloon Bar" discussion areas of RationalWiki fall on the dictatorship part of the moderation spectrum. The problem with this approach is that it is not a viable way to bring in new editors.

:::I also have another suggestion that I am doing myself. It involves replacing less profitable activities for more profitable ones. For example, in 2022 I am expanding my work hours and upgrading some skill sets I have. Since you have an interest in writing, perhaps you might want to peruse this list of classic books on how to write better that is located [[User:Conservative/Excellent books on basic skills|HERE]]. I plan on reading some of those books in the next 3-5 years. And now that the pandemic is becoming less lethal [https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/22/omicron-oddity-case-numbers-dont-predict-deaths/ via a less deadly variant], I would like to resume my gym membership in either 2022/2023. In the meantime, it is unfortunately going to be aerobic routines and calisthenics. Plus, I have a book on karate so perhaps that will be more fun (In the past, I was a member of a martial art school. It is a great way to get in shape.). [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 02:16, December 27, 2021 (EST)

:::I also have another suggestion that I am doing myself. It involves replacing less profitable activities for more profitable ones. For example, in 2022 I am expanding my work hours and upgrading some skill sets I have. Since you have an interest in writing, perhaps you might want to peruse this list of classic books on how to write better that is located [[User:Conservative/Excellent books on basic skills|HERE]]. I plan on reading some of those books in the next 3-5 years. And now that the pandemic is becoming less lethal [https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/22/omicron-oddity-case-numbers-dont-predict-deaths/ via a less deadly variant], I would like to resume my gym membership in either 2022/2023. In the meantime, it is unfortunately going to be aerobic routines and calisthenics. Plus, I have a book on karate so perhaps that will be more fun (In the past, I was a member of a martial art school. It is a great way to get in shape.). [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 02:16, December 27, 2021 (EST)