As of now, /c/science has five posts that are less than a day old. When the community starts to get more crowded, then we should worry about making it more selective.

I’m not sure I agree, as that would turn it into an exclusively science news community. A more general science discussion forum is admittedly much more demanding to moderate, but also opens things up for more activity.

Like, what if someone finds a funny clip from some flat earther or something, and wants to post it here for general amusement value, knowing it’d probably not do any actual harm here?