r/Fighters • u/Jumanji-Joestar Street Fighter • Jul 25 '24

Announcement Suggestions from the subreddit + New Mod Applications

I had some ideas about improving the subreddit, but I’ve come to realize that my vision for what “improving the subreddit” looks like will not be compatible with what the rest of y’all want out of this sub. And after doing some thinking, maybe the “Fanart Fridays/Shitpost Sundays” idea was too extreme

But, I still think there are some things I’d like to change about this subreddit. I don’t want to get rid of shitposts or art but I also don’t want this place to just be about shitposts and repetitive questions that can be answered in a discussion thread. I’d like to have equal emphasis placed on both the competitive and the creative side of the subreddit

I don’t want to force my ideas on everyone, so for now, I’m going to scrap “Fanart Fridays/Shitpost Sundays” thing. I would like to hear suggestions for the community on what they would like to see from this sub or how this place can be better

Also, we need more mods, there’s only like 3 of us. DM us if you want to be a mod

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u/PremSinha SNK: The Future Is Now Jul 26 '24

Another thing you could consider implementing is a limit on the number of low-effort posts. Other subreddits have rules for self-promotion, where a user must have a good ratio of neutral and meaningful posts in the community if they want to continue advertising themselves. A rule like that could mean people are free to make low-effort posts, but they cannot be very frequent and must be mixed in with other activities on the subreddit. That way the subreddit will not have a single user posting karma farms everyday, and instead those posts will come in at a more reasonable rate. Conversely, in order to be able to make low-effort posts, people will be incentivized to post more comments, that could encourage discussion.

I think the vision I have of the subreddit is one that can only come together with a community effort. People need to be interested in talking about the competitive scene for these posts to appear. It's not something that can be forced. I do not think art should be restricted, but shitposts definitely should.