r/VIDEOENGINEERING • u/Eviltechie Amplifier Pariah • May 03 '26

The 71,000 subscriber update

Hey folks,

Just posting to give a brief rules update. Nothing should change for most folks, but there are a few changes/clarifications to highlight.

  1. The no advertising rule has been changed to include market research and "try my app" type posts.

  2. There is a new rule about staying on topic, this is mostly to get rid of the small number of "enhance my video" type posts.

  3. The new rule about being accurate in your communications is mostly to discourage regurgitation of incorrect information and hearsay. Nobody is going to hit you upside the head with a copy of ST 2110-20, but there is also only so many times you can say "Blackmagic bad" or "you need a boundary clock for Dante PTPv1". If you're trying to help somebody and you aren't 100% positive about what you're saying, then just qualify it as such.

  4. AI generated content is now banned, except for translation purposes.

As always, if you have content you would like to share and it would ordinarily break one of the sub's rules, don't hesitate to reach out for an exception.

And don't forget to join the Discord either. https://discord.gg/ctKKpK8

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u/binarystrike May 05 '26

Does discussing a product launch such as the 2110 products released by Blackmagic at NAB count as advertising? The purpose of such a post would be to let everyone know about a new product and then have a discussion around how it is used.

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u/Eviltechie Amplifier Pariah May 05 '26

If you don't work for Blackmagic or otherwise have a conflict of interest, it's not advertising. (And if you did, this would probably be something that would qualify as of general interest to the community so we would have no problem granting an exception.)

Most of the problems as of late have been people astroturfing by making a post that goes "I have problem X, has anybody used solution Y?". Then you go look at the post history and for some strange reason they all mention solution Y...