State of the Subreddit: New Moderators, Survey Results, Flairs and Filters Update (REQUIRED Flairs on ALL Posts), Rules Update

Hey r/FortNiteBR!

We’ve seen the feedback on the last post regarding the length and format. We tried to do our best to make points short and concise, but we often choose to make long and detailed posts because of many factors (with the major one being sticky space — each subreddit is only allowed a maximum of 2 at a time).

I have added a TL;DR to the end of every section if you prefer to read those, though you may miss some of the details and reasoning behind our actions.

 

Since the last post, we’ve seen a huge boom in both new users and page views. Here are some stats about the subreddit

• We’ve been averaging around 6 million page views per day
• 5500+ new subscribers per day
• 4500+ posts per day

The above numbers are great! However, this one is not so great

• 1000+ post removals per day (please read the rules before you post everyone)

Out of the 4500 posts per day, almost a quarter of them get removed (thanks to our incredibly hard working mod team!), but even with all the removals, we miss a lot of posts due to the sheer volume of posts. We kindly ask all users to please use the “report” button on any post or comment that you think breaks our rules found at r/FortniteBR/wiki/rules. Reports are a huge help, and they assist us in taking action on offending posts much quicker.

 

To help with the influx of users, we’ve added a few new moderators. Most of them have already been actively moderating the last few weeks already, but we decided to add their announcement into this post. Please welcome u/dasoxarechamps2005, u/iDetroy, u/imtcce, and u/MasterGoat in the comments! Additionally, we may be adding a couple more from the previous pool of applicants in the coming days/weeks.

On the other hand, we are sad to see u/Soggydoughnuts step down as a moderator due to real life responsibilities. He was a fantastic mod and we wish him the best <3

 

TL;DR:

• 6 million page views per day
• 4500 new posts per day. 1000+ post removals by mods per day. Please read the rules and report any posts you think break the rules.
• New mods u/dasoxarechamps2005, u/iDetroy, u/imtcce, and u/MasterGoat
• u/Soggydoughnuts stepping down because of IRL responsibilities.

 

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##Survey Results and Memes

A month and a half ago, we posted a survey that would help shape some of the rules on the sub. Here are the results

Raw data

Some quick graphs here

 

As mentioned in the prior post, it has been difficult keeping up with the many low quality meme posts. We posted the current meme rules and received a lot of feedback. According to the survey, a majority of users thought the best approach was requiring a post flair with the same restrictions. However, second highest group was no meme restrictions. These are virtually 2 opposite opinions, so no matter what we decide, a large majority of people will be unhappy.

Ultimately, the mod team agreed with the majority; memes will be allowed under the same restrictions (though we need to do a better job of sticking to our rules and not allowing exceptions when a post gets heavily upvoted) but will now require the "Humor" post flair.

 

TL;DR:

• Results to the survey we made last post regarding memes.
• Majority of users wanted all posts to have a post flair with the same restrictions. Second highest group was no meme restrictions. Virtually 2 opposite opinions, so no matter what we decide, a large majority of people will be unhappy.
• Memes are allowed under same restrictions but must have "Humor" flair

 

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##Flairs & Filters

*This is quite long so feel free to only read the TL;DR

 

The first trend is a heavy majority of you think that Post flairs should be required on either some posts or all. As a mod team, we decided to require ALL posts have a flair.

Our main designer u/MasterGoat has implemented a ‘toggle filter’ system so users can pick and chose what they want to see, and this feature can be seen live above the posts/comments sections where it says "Active Filters". Here you'll also see all of our currently available filter categories: Bug, Discussions, Suggestions, Media, Creative and Humor.

 

*Note: the Media filter will hide all posts with the flair "Media", "Streamer" and "Screenshot"

 

If you click one of them, you will be forwarded to a view of the subreddit which will hide submissions with that flair (i.e. if you click "Humor", it will forward you to "the subreddit without the humor flair". The little eye icons next to the flair in the ‘Active Filters’ bar indicate whether you currently see the flair (regular eye) or whether it's hidden from your view (crossed out eye), this is also reflected by greying out the filter. You can click on the flairs in the active filter bar to freely pick and choose if you want to add or remove additional filters!

Unfortunately, this feature is only available for our PC users due to Reddit mobile’s limited functionality. However, for other filtering methods for our RES users and Mobile users, or for more details on the magic behind the filter, feel free to visit our Subreddit Documentation which explains this system in detail.

 

When you post, you will receive a PM as well confirming that you will have a grace period of 30 minutes to flair your post appropriately, or it will be automatically removed. Requiring post flairs should assist all users and allow for better filtering.

 

*We will be providing a grace period for the first few days/week(s). Our bot won’t automatically remove it after 30 minutes, and all removals will be manual. The rule will be the same, but it won’t be automatic which means the removals might be a bit delayed. Feel free to report any posts that don't have a flair after 30 minutes of it being posted.

 

After you submit a post, you will have an option of 8 flairs to choose from to flair your post.

• Bug - For newly discovered bugs outside the patch megathread.

• Discussion - For your general posts about anything.

• Suggestion - For all your in-game ideas, including game modes and low effort skin suggestions. Please remember that suggestions must follow our post title guidelines of no "Title Only Posts"

• Media - For your clips and any other media that meets the promotional guidelines.

• Streamer – For any post relating to a Fortnite streamer (e.g. Ninja this, Ninja that)

• Screenshot – For all your amazing screenshots! (With the new replay system we look forward to seeing the amazing shots the community puts up on this flair!)

• Creative - For Fanmade content, including 3D printed items, cosplays, artwork for ideas and high effort skin concepts.

• Humor - For your jokes, funny posts, and memes that meet the meme guidelines.

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• Epic - This flair will only show up when an Epic employee creates a thread or comments on a thread. You can find Epic posts by clicking on the Epic Games logo under the header of the sub!

 

TL;DR:

• Toggleable flair filter system and how it works
• All posts will require the user to set their own flair
• Pick the right flair from the list above
• 30 minute grace period to set flair before auto removal

 

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##Known Community Issues

In case you guys didn't know, Epic has made a public Trello board to track the hottest community issues that they are either investigating, need more information on, or have fixed in a future update! When you find a "new" bug, please check the Trello board or the most recent patch megathreads before making a new post.

 

TL;DR:

• Check the public Trello board to see if Epic already knows about a bug and for the ETA of the fix.
• Hopefully this reduces spam on the subreddit.

 

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##Watermarks/Stolen Content/Clickbait

We get it. There are YouTubers who clickbait, Instagram/Social Media pages who steal content from the subreddit and don't credit the OP, and many reminders by fellow Redditors to watermark your posts. If you don't want your OC to be stolen by someone else on the Internet, please watermark it. Example of Good Watermark vs. Bad by u/Bromeek. Another good example done by TheSneakyBros (they make phenomenal concept art that you can see on Twitter @TheSneakyBro!).

However, reminders to watermark your work, watermarks that say something like "Not for <Insert YouTuber>", screenshots of people stealing from Reddit, screenshots of a clickbait thumbnail, or anything similar to are not allowed under our "Witch Hunting" rule and will be subject to removal.

 

TL;DR:

• We know people steal stuff
• Watermark properly (examples above)
• Don't have watermarks that say "Not for <Insert YouTuber>", screenshots of people stealing from Reddit, screenshots of a clickbait thumbnail, or anything similar

 

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##Server Status

You may have noticed a new "wifi" icon on the menu bar of r/FortNiteBR. Please use this button to check the status of Epic's servers before posting about matchmaking/login issues. We hope this will prevent the flood of posts in "new" whenever an outage occurs. Mobile users can access this link by tapping the "..." icon on the top right of the app and then pressing "community info." It is the first link under "Useful Links."

 

TL;DR:

• Check to see if the servers are down by clicking the new wifi icon on the menu bar at the top.
• Hopefully will reduce duplicate posts.

 

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##Summary

You will see that requiring post flairs and enabling a stronger filter covers the answers from the survey. People can see whichever type of content they want, and ignore the content they do not want to see.

While the filters may not be perfect or to your liking as an individual, it is a strong first step to maintaining a clean, fun, and high-quality subreddit.

 

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Items being discussed for the next subreddit update

• Memes with only text relating it to Fortnite (currently not allowed)

• Leaks (currently allowed)

• Support Requests (currently not allowed)

• Giveaways (currently allowed with Moderator approval)

• Subreddit Wiki Revamp (this is gonna be BIG)

• Twitter links vs screenshots

 

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Edit: Thanks to whoever gilded this <3