43 upvotes, 14 direct replies (showing 14)
View submission: Renaming "sticky posts" to "announcements"
Users kinda get angry if mods remove threads to make their own, especially when users get a big drop on the mods in terms of time.
That's a valid concern, and we're not tying to foment more animosity here! I've just removed the constraint that the author be a moderator.
Edit: clarity
Comment by ChoeChangSik at 14/06/2016 at 05:24 UTC
55 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Comrade KeyserSosa,
I must ask that you remove the requirement that an announcement be a text post, a link to live threads, or a link to wiki pages. I am dedicated a curator of r/Pyongyang and we use the feature of "make a post sticky" as a way to resist the suppression of good news and information by western capitalist jackals.
Specifically, we highlight the activities of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, First Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.
Without this tool we will have to return to making changes to CSS to circumvent the censorship that imperialist forces use against us. Just as DPR Korea, r/Pyongyang must be free from interference by meddling forces.
Thank you,
Choe Chang Sik
최 장식
Comment by D0cR3d at 13/06/2016 at 23:23 UTC*
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thank you! I've already edited my comment to reflect that.
Comment by Jomskylark at 14/06/2016 at 07:31 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hi Keyser,
Thank you for removing the constraint that would have required the author to be a moderator. On /r/ultimate, we often sticky content that we've identified as quality content or facilitating lots of interesting discussion. This content often comes from non-moderators so it's great to be able to continue to sticky threads by non-moderators.
With that in mind, I would also ask for at least the option to continue to sticky threads that lead elsewhere besides self posts or internal sites. Just like how we sometimes sticky threads of quality content, we also often sticky threads that link directly to live streams of games or ticket pages. Ensuring these types of threads can still be stickied is important for the continued operation and growth of our subreddit.
If you choose not to reopen permissions to sticky links to outside sites, I'd at least like to ask why? Outside sites can still be linked within a self-text thread and that thread is stickied. So the content can still be featured and whatever barrier you are trying to enforce here won't hold up, it just requires our users to jump through extra hoops to properly use your service. Which I don't quite understand.
An idea for a potential compromise – if some subreddits abuse the sticky feature, maybe have an appeal process for those that don't to receive open permissions for what threads can be stickied.
Thanks for reading this and have a nice day!
Comment by dragonfangxl at 13/06/2016 at 23:46 UTC
15 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Can you also remove the constraint that the post be a self post? Not all stuff happens on reddit, sometimes people want to share offreddit stuff
Comment by auxiliary-character at 14/06/2016 at 01:12 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Exactly what "organizing of bad behavior" is this meant to prevent? How are the downgrades supposed to effectively combat that?
Comment by Obraka at 14/06/2016 at 06:38 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That's a valid concern, and we're not tying to foment more animosity here! I've just removed the constraint that the author be a moderator.
Why was it even added in the first place? No mod would ask for such a stupid change
Comment by [deleted] at 14/06/2016 at 02:36 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What about removing the constraint of it being a self post? There was nothing wrong about what it was before and now I can't sticky important info about events involving the subreddit. This makes it way harder to do something simple and will affect many subreddits negatively.
Comment by coochiecrumb at 13/06/2016 at 23:25 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I don't understand. What change did you make?
Comment by IranianGenius at 13/06/2016 at 23:30 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thank you!
Comment by [deleted] at 14/06/2016 at 09:57 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Think ahead, man. You'll save a lot of embarrassment and will appear more in-tune with redditors - your revenue source.
Comment by FilledwDetermination at 20/06/2016 at 15:04 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
As if reddit staff *don't* try to forment animosity. Seriously, you guys are as corrupt and rotten as hell.
Comment by funderbunk at 14/06/2016 at 02:18 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
we're not tying to foment more animosity here!
You guys are *reallly* doing a bang-up job in that department, let me tell you.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/06/2016 at 23:38 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
and we're not tying to foment more animosity here!
That's correct. You're trying to sabotage a subreddit in a backhanded way to avoid backlash.
Comment by Nezaus at 14/06/2016 at 12:27 UTC*
-3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
strange how guys like this https://www.reddit.com/user/TheSwordofAllah[1] posting death and 'snuff' in reddits pictures section and posting jihadist comments across reddit were not blocked...yet you blocked hundreds of patriotic Americans, Canadians etc Blood donation posts were also censored. Has your news system moderation team been taken over by far-left, rightist nuts and islamo-apologists?