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View submission: An update on subreddit classification efforts
So, using one of my own communities as an example, r/redditserials is a serialized fiction subreddit. While we do have strict rules about what is and isn't allowed, there is a very large variety in what is viewed as artistic freedom.
We've recently introduced a "Dark Themes" flair for things that aren't sexually NSFW but do make some readers uncomfortable. There is no set frequency to how often that flair is used, it varies author by author. Would the subreddit then be classified as V - because we do have that content occasionally, or simply M?
Categorizing a whole subreddit that is based upon artistic expression makes it difficult to know what truly represents the overall rating for the subreddit.
Now on the other hand, I would love to see this rating system implemented for each individual post. It would allow our readers to have a better understanding of what they are going to read before hand, and especially in r/redditserials case, an average rating from all chapters might give better insight to what the subreddit's overall rating should be.
Comment by 0perspective at 01/09/2020 at 20:37 UTC
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Great question, and this is exactly the sort of feedback we’re hoping to get when mods take the survey. Where your community would fall, depends on if you would identify your community as posting about “Extreme violence or gore”. If you check out the Help Center article[1] you can see the entire survey and the types of questions we’re asking to get this sort of nuance. A lot of them take into account whether you occasionally vs. regularly reference the mature themes.
Here are some of thoughts on post level content tags.[2]
1: https://reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048185132
Comment by jazzwhiz at 01/09/2020 at 19:45 UTC
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Not an admin, but it seems like some limited profanity/artistic nudity/violence/etc. doesn't automatically bump you up a notch. Of course there is discretion here and wherever the line is drawn will piss off people on both sides, haha.
In any case, maybe it would make sense to fork the sub and keep the main sub generally PG13 or something and have another sub for darker things.