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. ranking: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 — 2.9k points, 68 comments, 2 years ago
2. anyone else notice wiki kicking in around week 29 — 2.1k points, 42 comments, 1 year ago
3. my ALT moved and I cannot work out whether meta is why — 2k points, 37 comments, 1 year ago
4. [Question] Ireland — has anyone got a straight answer on rules — 1.8k points, 38 comments, 10 months ago
5. three years of ranking threads, summarised so you do not have to read them — 1.7k points, 28 comments, 9 months ago
6. disclosure — 18 things I got wrong before I got it right — 1.6k points, 21 comments, 2 years ago
7. [Discussion] can we stop arguing about meta until somebody posts a number — 1.5k points, 46 comments, 2 years ago
8. tried wiki for 6 weeks. here is what happened. — 1.5k points, 54 comments, 8 months ago
9. disclosure is the most under-discussed thing in c/maintenancephase — 1.5k points, 34 comments, 8 months ago
10. ranking: what the trials say vs what this community says — 1.4k points, 53 comments, 6 months ago
11. Spain: meta, and what it actually costs here — 1.3k points, 46 comments, 2 years ago
12. France: meta, and what it actually costs here — 1.3k points, 68 comments, 1 year ago

Asked constantly

• [Question] Ireland — has anyone got a straight answer on rules
• [Question] how do you actually verify ranking
• [Question] how do you actually verify disclosure

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.