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Icouldbeanyone

Tags, post removals & flair additions.

Hello all,

I was summoned in my sleep regarding posts with out tags being removed. I have made the necessary changes to AutoModerator and any future posts with out tags will be removed. Below you will find what tags are available to be used for link or text submissions.

Link Tags

  • Cables
  • Case
  • Cooler
  • CPU
  • Fan
  • GPU
  • HDD
  • Headphones
  • HSF/Cooler
  • HSF
  • Keyboard
  • In Store Only
  • Monitor
  • Motherboard
  • Mouse
  • Newegg (Posts regarding their sales for multiple items)
  • Other
  • Processor
  • PSU
  • Ram
  • SSD
  • Sound
  • Speakers
  • Video Card

Self posts

  • Meta

Any post with out one of those tags included, will be automatically removed.

Allowed

  • [HDD] Samsung 1TB $50

Removed

  • Samsung 1TB $50

In addition, any post with those tags will have flair automatically added to the link. OPs will no longer have to manually select the flair. Unless it's an expired sale, that flair will need to be manually added

If there are any other tags for links or text posts that you feel should be added, please suggest them below.

I do plan, as I have been planning, but lack the energy to research and put together. A section on the sidebar with clickable flair that will automatically search a specific tag. When that will be done, who knows.

Update

At this time, the current process will go through a trial period and will be monitored for several days.

Update 2

After a few days, there have been a few mishaps with posts not being approved or being removed incorrectly. I have updated the system to allow any post with [] int he title, no matter the description of the tag. I will monitor this for several days and see if it performs better than the previous requirement. I will post a final update regarding the tags after.

Final Update

I will keep the system in place that will remove any post with out at least [ ] in the title with any type of tag. I will keep an eye on popular tags that are being used, or if any new ones are applied and associate that with a flair, so better searches can be made.

Thank you for your suggestions and concerns regarding this new change.

Posted Jun 4, 2014, 1:37 PM UTC · edited

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someskatevideos•

Could we do [GPU] instead of [Video Card]? It would probably make everyone's lives easier.

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

I can add GPU in addition. I recall when I originally added these a few years ago, there was a big debate regarding that. But I have no problem having both as a choice.

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someskatevideos•

BTW, you have SDD instead of SSD.

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

Typo on post, confirmed correct for flair and automod. Thanks for seeing that.

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someskatevideos•

No problem.

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BartyMae•

The flair is titled correctly, though - just a typo in this post.

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someskatevideos•

Well I don't want to start any controversy, all I know is that GPU is a lot easier to search. Both would probably be the best choice.

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

Added

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maratc•

I'd vote for Videocard over GPU. Not everyone is a techie and not everyone knows what a GPU/CPU/RAM/HSF is. Videocard/Processor/Memory/Cooler are better.

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someskatevideos•

Well, there's no reason to not have both.

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maratc•

There is: to prevent people from having to choose, and to facilitate better search.

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someskatevideos•

Like I said, I don't want to cause controversy or start an argument. I prefer GPU, but it's the mods' decision.

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okp11•

This is definitely going to run into some issues. There are plenty of posts that don't fall under those tag criteria and inevitably there will be other names for product types. For instance, CPU Cooler, Hard Drive, Power Supply, Mechanical Keyboard, Memory are all extremely logical tags that are going to get removed. I don't really think that just adding new words to the pool of available tags as people run into issues posting is the best way to go about it.

What happens when someone wants to submit something that is not a core component? What if I want to post a sound card, a raid card, a wireless adapter, a powerline adapter, a router, a mousepad, a printer, flash drives, optical drives, external hard drives, operating system,, etc. I could go ad infinitum with all of the things that fit into the "other" category and it just seems silly to pool all of that into one tag. I don't really see the point of tags if so many parts are inevitably going to be forced into the "other" category.

Not to mention you will inevitably have combos that come with more than one type of part. Those will get removed automatically as well.

I see you have Newegg promos as a tag but plenty of other sites are going to have promotions. I guarantee this will also create confusion if that tag is left the way it is as well because people are going to look and see a "Newegg" tag and say "Hey my sale for XX is at Newegg so I better use the Newegg flair".

I really don't think automod is necessary for getting people to include tags. A couple other subreddits do some things that you might want to consider. For instance, [Mechanical keyboards has a list of tags above the post submission to show people the tags available. Also, Gamedeals just puts in a text template into the submission field to show the way titles should be formatted

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

Are you suggesting we just use Gamedeals text template and remove posts that don't follow the criteria and eliminate the tag/flair above? Whatever is the simplest and causes fewer problems, I'm all for it.

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okp11•

Personally I think any implementation of automod that auto removes posts without a correct tag will present problems.

Maybe try this way out for a few days but my guess is that you are going to have a lot of posts removed in the mod log.

Whenever people don't include a tag its almost certainly due to the fact that they don't realize they should. I think a template would solve that. I really don't think many posts would have to be removed if a template was there to show them how to format the title as they are making the title.

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

I'll give it a couple of days and add a template too. I suppose if it comes down to it, I can just have automod look for [] and remove anything that doesn't have the tag format in the title. That way if it was any type of description within that, it would post.

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huskerfan711•

I was going to suggest exactly that, just remove anything that doesn't begin with brackets. Would be cool if you could force a "tag" at the time of posting such as:

Title: [<blank text box>]

Link: [<blank text box>]

Tag:

  • CPU
  • GPU
  • SSD
  • ...
  • Other [<blank text box>]

But I have no idea if that's possible with the level of interaction allowed, I've never played around with that side of Reddit

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BartyMae•

Motherboards aren't a very vital component of a normal computer, I guess...

:P

You might want to add a simple "Other" tag, (though that already sort of works via the meta tag). DVD drives and headphones aren't covered otherwise, for example. (e): Looks like headphones was already covered just now.

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

I can add other just in case. Motherboard has been added, I think they might be popular one of these days.

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OffhandOnion•

Could we add "Mobo" too?

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aspbergerinparadise•

+1 for "MoBo" or "MB"

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pocketfool•

Is it just me or is there no link tag for RAM up there?

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

Added

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pocketfool•

Thanks, keep on bein awesome!

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

You're welcome.

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GoGoGadgetReddit•

FYI: "RAM" is all upper-case.

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insufficient_funds•

don't let his praises get to you. you suck :p

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vvildcard•

A section on the sidebar with clickable flair that will automatically search a specific tag.

In the mean time, can you update the sidebar to make it clear that Tags are now required and include a list of the allowed Tags?

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0x33•

Thanks for stirring from your sleep for this. Now, back to the bed to dream of sweet, sweet miss pricing of hardware today. =D

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

I wish, but sadly I need to work my full time job on the monitor opposite of this one.

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vvildcard•

Consider adding:

[OS] [Operating System]

[Software] (though, I personally don't believe software beyond the OS has any business on this sub... others have disagreed)

[SSHD] (too specific? just throwing it out there)

[CPU] (alt to Processor)

[Memory] (alt to RAM)

[Power Supply] (alt to PSU)

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

Added, except SSHD and Software.

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[deleted]•

[deleted]

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

Added

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bigjaydogg3•

I know on some subs they create tabs and filter out certain content. Would this now be possible?

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square965•

I think there might need to be an Other or Misc tag. I could see some problems where sales would be forced to use the Meta tag, or just mislabel it with another piece of hardware. For example, mousepad, joystick, thermal paste, toolkits, etc. You could keep adding new categories all day, there will always be something you miss, and I don't think all of these categories need their own tag, but there should be a catch-all for the ones that don't fit.

Also, just my opinion, but the whole point of having a flair system is to consolidate the tags so that you can use the search key to find all of the related deals. Having multiple options for each like [GPU] [Video Card] reduces the functionality by splitting them up. I think there needs to be one tag per hardware piece, and either a stickied link at the top, or a link the sidebar that would have something like:

[TAG]: Alternate name

[SSD]: Solid State Drive  
[GPU]: Graphics Processing Unit, Video card, Graphics card  
[HDD]: Hard Drive, Hard Disk Drive  
[RAM]: Memory

By the way, thanks for doing this!

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

Other is already included.

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square965•

Oops, didn't see it. I just edited my post to add a bit more. Here's what I added.

Also, just my opinion, but the whole point of having a flair system is to consolidate the tags so that you can use search to find all of the related deals. Having multiple options for each like [GPU] [Video Card] reduces the functionality by splitting them up. I think there needs to be one tag per hardware piece, and either a stickied link at the top, or a link the sidebar that would have something like:

[TAG]: Alternate name

[SSD]: Solid State Drive  
[GPU]: Video card, Graphics card  
[HDD]: Hard Drive, Hard Disk Drive  
[RAM]: Memory  
[CPU]: Processor
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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

I just created a wiki page for the tags. That's a good idea, I'll consolidate it like that later.

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dead_monster•

Can we get a Networking category for wifi dongles and Ethernet cards?

And why are there both Video Card and GPU but only Processor and no CPU?

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

I can add Networking. There is a CPU, I just forgot to add it to the list after I adjusted automod and flair settings.

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dead_monster•

Great, thanks!

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IByrdl•

Networking is definitely needed. Wanting me a gigabit router here soon.

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OffhandOnion•

So, let's say there's a CPU/Mobo deal at microcenter. How should that be tagged? Right now it seems like [CPU][Motherboard] is the way to do it.

I think that's cool for two items, but if there are three or four it might get a bit too wordy.

I propose we add either [COMBO] or [BUNDLE] tags. The only issue I see with that is if someone is searching for CPUs and someone tagged a CPU/HSF/Thermal Paste "bundle" under one of the combo or bundle tags, then they'd never find the post. And no one wants to wade through the combo category searching for their item.

On the flip side, [Case][CPU][Motherboard][PSU][RAM][Other] is a loooong way to start a title.

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APurpose•

Barebones/Bundle tag, software tag?

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lskennedy•

Just tried submitting a controller deal, and got it taken down and now I can't sub it again.

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

Nothing in the mod que, and I see that a submission has posted from you.

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lskennedy•

I deleted the original that had [Controller] as its tag. Retagged it as [other] so I could post it. No problem, I think controller should be allowed though (it was before right?)

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nateblack•

It would really be cool to have filters on the side bar so I can click [GPU] and then just have all of those seen

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nd4spd1919•

What about a [Router] tag?

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BartyMae•

In regards to your last point - the "search by flair" thing - why not just a section titled, "Search by type", and then just link to a custom search of the sub depending upon the chosen product type? E.g.:

Search by type:

Case

PSU

Motherboard

etc. That'd be pretty simple, right?

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IcouldbeanyoneOP•

That is easy and thank you for that. I was thinking of a box, with rows and columns of the flair for each type, that are clickable, so it's not just a single vertical list. But that would be more in depth and css would be involved.

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