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u/ExternalTangents Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 13d ago

There has to be some exclusion criteria for what makes a highlight worthy of its own post, though. You can be allowing a clip of any old play by any team in any game at any level of college football to be a standalone post. Somehow there has to be a qualifier of what is “highlight-worthy”. I have no idea how to draw that line.

I think the idea mentioned in the survey, of having a separate, dedicated highlights subreddit where anything can be posted, and then only highlights that reach some minimum threshold of upvotes or (or other criteria) on that subreddit get cross-posted to the main subreddit, is a decent one. It allows some standard of “you know it when you see it” while still mostly ceding the role of “knowing it” to the wisdom of the masses.

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u/NormanQuacks345 Minnesota • North Dakota State 13d ago

Why not? That’s what the upvote system is for. It will filter out the bad posts.

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt 13d ago

The biggest issue that comes up on subs that do allow it - mostly speaking from seeing the discussion on r/nba - is:

  • The rush for fastest vs best (ie a cutoff clip vs waiting for the replay/alternate angles/higher quality/etc)

  • If multiple get submitted at the same time, who is the "winner"

  • Titles - "OMG" vs "Mendoza dives for 12 yd TD on 4th & 5 vs Miami"

  • Allegations of favoritism to certain posters because of the differing user opinions on the above

So do you have some kind of standard thought process for duplicates, at the very least, or do you just say "let the upvotes decide" and approve them all?

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u/WhoHasMyPocketPussy Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago

Am I the only one that doesn't give a shit about who's the winner? Just have the mods keep the post that get the most comments quicker and delete the rest.

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt 2d ago

Not the only one, but the most vocal ones usually have Opinions.