There are about 10 kinds* of posts that make up the vast majority of posts here, the answers to most of which are almost always found in the wiki.
But the problem is subreddits don't make wikis especially visible if they even exist. On mobile, it's hidden under the "About" section (which requires a clickthrough), and on desktop it still requires one to be zoomed out enough to see it on the right...only after scrolling well past the "Create Post" button.

Meanwhile, the pinned "Community Highlights" section is right at the top of the page by default, and a post titled something like "New, or have questions? CLICK HERE!" could be stuck there explaining all the basic shit the wiki covers, with a link to it.

Obviously this won't reinvent the wheel, but it would get people the info they seek faster in many many cases, and also reduce data/energy consumption. There's this great living repository of knowledge that took a lot of work here but instead of it being an initial reference document with the sub being used for anomalies not covered, the board is basically Quora with the same less-than-dozen questions being asked constantly.
I'm not a mod or some major player so maybe people who are most active here actually prefer this for some reason I cannot grasp...but given there's an automod directly telling people to go to the wiki, something tells me that's not the case.

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*The Ten Most Wanted:

1. "Mask recommendations?"
2. Where to buy [mask x]/when is restock?
3. Sensory issue mask?
4. Opinion on [ineffective mask x]?
5. Mask for [y size/dimension] head and/or face (and/or kids)?
6. Mask for [smells/smoke/pollution]?
7. Mask for [very niche use situation]?
8. Shipping/tariff question
9. Zimi question
10. Fit test question

Part vent, part don't-even-know:

Post-infection IBS-M for years which has changed in specific presentation over time.
No apparent/overt trigger foods asides dairy which I don't eat.
I defy the bristol scale; 2-3 types in the same movement is my norm. Usually mix of farge/formed with soft/mush.
BM's daily (except the days when I just don't go), any time between an hour after wakeup to an hour after breakfast (regardless of when breakfast is).
Hydrolysed guar gum eithed makes them explosive, or does nothing. Psyllium does nothing, or makes them too big. Afraid to "stick it out" due to pain both have caused.
Bad and worsening haemorrhids, and recurring anal fissures from the hard stools (usually when forced out by soft stuff).
Activity levels = little to do difference (i.e. equally active last and 2 weeks prior which were C and D weeks respectively).

The only thing I've managed to zero in on as within my control to help (generally, not even perfectly) is that using PEG/macrogol/Miralax/etc. usually helps quite a bit, usually after it fully stops me up for a day, after which I can tell my insides are about a day behind. Unpleasant as that is at times, I'm more worried about the fact I am literally drinking fucking microplastics. The bottle says to not use indefinitely and regardless of what even a good dr. has told me, I put stock in this. They say it's inert, but the American Medical Association also looked the other way on cigarette's harms for decades before admitting to them. Smoking used to be commonplace in hospitals. All this due to the influence of the tobacco industry.

It would be foolish to think for a second that the oil industry has not similarly infected the medical field—the days of blatant advertising are over, but in 2024, investigation published the BMJ found that "[o]ver the past six years more than 180 articles in medical publications or medical articles in other publications have acknowledged funding by the fossil fuel industry, and an additional 1000 articles have authors who worked for a fossil fuel company or related organisation".

I recognize all meds have adverse effects. But this shit pisses me off both because fuck big oil but also because if not for shit like this maybe they could be looking into discovering more symptom-intervention options that would be less like to, I don't know, end up giving me intestinal [REDACTED] (why can't I write ca—er lol) or some other awful disease later on.

Fuck this, man.