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View submission: Renaming "sticky posts" to "announcements"
I really don't like this decision.
For example, in /r/GrandTheftAutoV, Rockstar Games will make an announcement on their website. Someone will post a link to that announcement to the subreddit; sometimes a few people do. We remove the duplicates and sticky the first post. Now we have a direct link to Rockstar's announcement at the top of our page, and it even includes a thumbnail image. In the comments, our users can discuss the content of the announcement until another announcement is made, for weeks, if needed.
Or say an update comes out. When the patch notes are released, it's great to be able to pin them to the top of the page for anyone who wants to read them.
Now this ease will be taken away from us. This seems like a step backwards, taking away functionality. I'd really like to be able to sticky any post by any user.
Just take a look at the front page of /r/GrandTheftAutoV and you'll see what I mean, how it works, and why it's convenient.
Comment by Octopus___ at 14/06/2016 at 00:37 UTC
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Over at /r/Panelementa, a fan subreddit for a Last Airbender-themed Minecraft server, we use the sticky posts much for the same reason /r/GrandTheftAutoV does -- for a top-of-the-page announcement with a thumbnail. It worked perfectly.
Why are we removing all of these wonderful capabilities to fix a few relatively small problems, reddit?
Comment by OnlyForF1 at 13/06/2016 at 23:47 UTC
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I agree this is a stupid kneejerk decision in response to the stupid actions of a stupid mod. Among other things this prevents us from being able to effectively sticky a post to another subreddit!
Please don't put arbitrary restrictions on our mod tools, all it does is halt innovation.