r/Pics is doing a new poll to divide their fate, the are 3 options:
- Continue allowing only pictures of John Oliver looking sexy.
- Allow any media of John Oliver.
- Suspend all of /r/Pics’ subreddit-specific rules.
They’re just gonna set the sub on fire!
I feel like suspending the specific rules is the only viable long term protest. As much fun as John Oliver pics are, eventually people will tire of the meme.
I think that’s the point. Kill the sub for less traffic to Reddit.
Say that to r/AlzheimersGroup
Oh! I forgot that existed!
Forgot? Or have…
and r/AnarchyChess … and r/RaimiMemes
I say they go NSFW to prevent advertising
That’s what they would do if they’re /r/PICS (“Posts Illustrating Community Sentiment”).
Reddit admins have said they won’t allow subs to become NSFW if they aren’t actually NSFW. But “Posts Illustrating Community Sentiment” can be anything, even outright porn. And of course, the good moderators at /r/PICS would never allow outright porn without properly marking their subreddit as NSFW…
That’s pretty huge, since they’re probably the biggest subreddit.
/r/funny is the biggest subreddit.
Should users happen to decide on the third option, /r/Pics will officially become /r/PICS; “Posts Illustrating Community Sentiment.” Literally anything that doesn’t break the site-wide rules will be allowed… so while you’ll still be able to share your three-act musical about John Oliver, you’ll also be able to share AI-generated videos of anime girls yodeling (for example).
I love this so much
Reddit is writing their own rules and they’ll rewrite this one to get their way. They’ll just force it back to SFW and remove any mods who undo it.
By forcing them to moderate their own subs, they would have to (ideally) pay their own employees to do so. Not only would this be expensive, but it would hurt them in the eyes of investors right before they go public.
That was written by an Admin. Looks like it!
