I was getting a tad fed up with the number of anal and pedantic rules cropping up at r/android. I'm glad someone took the initiative to create this subreddit. Clearly, I'm not the only one who feels this way as we have 617 subscribers already (within a day). Let's make this place interesting fellow Android lovers!
Posted Feb 14, 2013, 8:32 AM UTC
Glad you like it. It's worth noting that I didn't actually create it, u/glitchn did, but since he hasn't been on in a while and the sub had no activity for a year I reddit requested it and got added as mod.
It's also worth noting that as of now we're at 1000 subscribers. Yesterday we started with 3.
When I went to bed last night, I think the number of subscribers was sitting at just over 80 or so. Fast forward to this morning... woah! Over 800!
We made it to 500 sometime in the middle of the night, that's about when I went to bed.
You can request to be a mod through Reddit? Can you elaborate?
My cities' subreddit has a moderator who hasn't had any account activity in months and doesn't respond to my messages about being blocked by the spam filter. I'd love to become a mod of my city subreddit.
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Basically the sub took off because the rules on r/android have gotten more and more strict, and I thought people might want something a little more community driven.
You and I should take a pretty hands off approach and let the up and down votes do the talking. If something is completely unrelated to android (like a picture of a dog vomiting I guess) we should remove it, but that's about it.
...well, that and the spam filter seems to be a bit overractive and posts that are allowed by the rules keep getting caught in it, so we have to approve them on a regular basis (unless you know how to make the spam filter behave).
http://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/comments/q11pu/what_is_automoderator/
There is the post if you decide you want to use the AutoModerator bot.
I believe there is a bot that we can use that will automatically remove stuff from the spam filter. I know other subreddits use it and we could use it if that's something you want. I know I also mod r/AndroidGaming and have to constantly pull stuff out of the spam filter and I was thinking about implementing it over there since almost nothing that it catches is actually spam.
Also I went ahead and gave you mod flair. You don't have to keep it if you don't want, but whatevs...
Indeed, thank you.
As r/androidquestions is dead we are contemplating directing new Android users who cannot spend 5 minutes doing a quick Google search to solve their device problems (such as how to root, basic tech support questions etc) to this subreddit. This has come with u/matthileo's (mod here) blessing.
These submissions are something we do not want in r/android. As it continues to grow we need to enforce strict moderation to maintain quality submissions. Look at r/WTF for example. Through poor moderation it is r/mildlyinteresting at best.
Hopefully you guys can help new Android user's out as their questions are being removed from r/android and we are focussing on quality - not quantity.
Yes, please direct everyone here for ANY post that doesn't fit with r/android rules. We'd love it!
Thanks. Just did:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/18jjkb/please_help_rooted_epic_4g_touch_galaxy_s2_can/
Thanks :) I would not answer that question and might even downvote it. But that's the point. I'm of the opinion that all content should be allowed and users should be allowed to vote for what is good.
Thank I will be visiting this subreddit often
I like the rules! Limiting to just Android stuff and letting the community decide what is good content and what isn't is the way to go. I hopped over from r/android.
Just curious, but what rules were you fed up with on r/Android?
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What new changes? Almost all of those rules have been in place for almost a year now.
For questions, we still have the Moronic Monday thread to help new users.
Well, if it isn't new, it shouldn't have been posted to the top of the subreddit as a set of new/updated rules.
It was to clarify certain rules and remind people the rules existed. Given the backlash against all the new rules, it's fair to say people didn't know there were rules to begin with.
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Explains my point perfectly.
The whole don't post this article, post that article. We aren't robots programmed to analyse every piece of news we come across before deciding to share it, for christ's sakes. Sharing is supposed to be impulsive. r/android was taking the fun out of it.
That's not an r/Android rule, though. That's been reddit policy for 6+ years. We were merely reminding people of that.
http://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette
Please Do
- Look for the original source of content, and submit that. Often, a blog will reference another blog, which references another, and so on with everyone displaying ads along the way. Dig through those references and submit a link to the creator, who actually deserves the traffic.
- Search for duplicates before posting. Redundancy posts add nothing new to previous conversations. That said, sometimes bad timing, a bad title, or just plain bad luck can cause an interesting story to fail to get noticed. Feel free to post something again if you feel that the earlier posting didn't get the attention it deserved and you think you can do better.
Even so. There's enforcing a rule. And then there's being pedantic. And that's what ended up happening back there.
Can you explain how it's being pedantic? I'm actually curious and trying to figure out peoples' issues are, specifically.
I like r/Android but what gets me is the stupid rule of not posting images. I can understand the reasoning but sometimes posting an image or a link to several images is very relevant. Seems pointless to put it as a self post when you don't have to.
And the fact that they stomp on ANY link to any APK under the "no piracy" rule.
Even free applications. For which there is no piracy, because the application is FREE.
There's a difference between free/no-cost software (such as a game on the Play Store) and free/libre software (such as AOSP). You do not have the rights to distribute a monetarily free application. You do (in most cases) have the rights to distribute libre software.
It's nice to come back today and see "View more: Next" link at the bottom of the page.
I know, it's great. r/Android just got so... depressing. Every article was either news or some lawsuit update or some other banal crap because apparently the majority of readers are SUPER SRS MOBILE OS users. I want somewhere a bit more lighthearted where, you know, we don't have to whine and circlejerk about how bad Android is and how rooting is the best thing since they learned to touch themselves in their special places and just post awesome Android-related stuff instead. It doesn't even have to be CLOSELY Android related. Stuff like this, I guess.
Exactly my point. It was getting freaking annoying to think ten times before anyone posted anything. Almost dictatorial.
I know what you are saying. I have been Android user for over 3 years now and I have never rooted any device I had and I won't root any device I am planning to get very soon.
I don't mind most of the stuff, what I don't like is boring subreddit where I can't even make jokes.
OTOH, I left r/gaming because it became memecity and stupid images ... no actual content at all.
No moderation can be bad, but too much moderation is just as bad. I can understand removing some shitty memes, but the rest? As long as people read it, they should allow it. I just hate rules. ;)
I feel you brother, personally I left r/Gaming because Pokemon and Zelda are not the only two games ever fucking created and the entire place is filled with 14 year olds jackin' it over Misty pics, but I digress. r/Games and r/truegaming are much better places for proper discussion as well as good news and entertaining posts, though r/Games has gone the super srs route a bit as well recently.
Went to r/games and I like it there. I am not an avid gamer any more, I have been playing BF:BC2 for the last two years and still have games I haven't even started from Steam Xmas sale in 2011. I just want to read something relatively interesting and I don't mind few funny posts in the mix.
Also, some news, maybe some new games I might like ..... like new Elite, I'll be buying that one ;)
That's what I need. A bit of everything.