As we wind down for this season, we want to give a quick post on the state of the sub.
First, thanks for all the great contributions this season. We love seeing your finds and collections. The discussions have been fun and joyous. It's really kept with the positive, generous, community spirit of monkeyshines. And keep the posts coming! We're always happy to see more!
You've probably noticed we had a massive influx of new users in the past couple days. 30 days ago we had 1500 users. Thursday we had 1800. Two days later we have over 3000. We're thrilled that so many people share our excitement about monkeyshines! We've all had that initial curiosity we've been flooded with these last few days. It's a special feeling.
While we don't know exactly why it happened, this sub was suddenly being heavily recommended to people nationwide. This morning we decided to turn off individual recommendations to .
At its core this is an event rooted specifically in Tacoma. Serendipity is one of the core elements of monkeyshines. The event is minimally (and only locally) publicized. It's not designed to drive tourism. Exposing monkeyshines to a wide audience risks the organic, serendipitous nature of the event.
We're not associated with Ms. Monkey or the hiders in any way. We're rogues and hunters trying to be good stewards of this subreddit in support of monkeyshines. The last thing we want to do is create a headache for Ms. Monkey.
For the reasons above, we closed the floodgates.
Lastly, we asked for your feedback at the start of the season. We'd like your feedback again now. What changes do you want to see? What can we do better? How can we better serve people new to monkeyshines?
Thanks again for a great season!
-The mods
