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View submission: Changelog: Post insights, relevance experiments, and mod notes
Would be a great idea if we could get a mandatory "Show automod rules"
Frustrating as a new user to come in and not know how much karma you need. Seems to be relatively recent too. r/Help is *filled* with this type of concern/question with dozens asking daily about why their posts aren't showing up.
Comment by BurritoJusticeLeague at 21/03/2022 at 23:30 UTC
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This is a great callout, and we have a few projects in the works to address this same problem. (Navigating the wide world of post requirements on Reddit can be tricky, so we're trying to make it easier.)
Instead of having posters read a full list of all the automod rules, one thing we’re exploring is whether we can surface things like post type restrictions and karma requirements earlier in the posting process—so while you’re selecting a community to post to we’ll let you know if you don’t have enough karma or if that community doesn’t allow images. (Basically, only showing you the things in the list of rules that are relevant to you.) I’ll definitely pass your thoughts onto the team working on this, however.
Comment by SolariaHues at 22/03/2022 at 02:39 UTC
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r/NewToReddit as well.
But IDK if looking at an AutoMod page would help most new Redditors. AutoMod config is written in YAML and Regex and while karma and account age rules are easy to read, looking at a page of code can be intimidating for those not use to seeing it.
Comment by WiWiWiWiWiWi at 22/03/2022 at 03:10 UTC
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Reddit will never embrace that kind of transparency. It would be a disaster for all of the moderation bullshit and blatant abuses and censorship to be exposed.
Comment by iSlideInto1st at 21/03/2022 at 23:29 UTC
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Oh that would be requiring subreddit moderators to have some modicum of transparency. And doing *that* would impair their ability to remove whatever they want for whatever reason they want.
Mods, *especially* "powermods" and mods of large subreddits really, really don't want that. And then the admins would have to listen to whining on modhelp all day and it would just be a whole thing. Easier just to appease the terminally-online vocal minority free help.