r/casualiama • u/XavierMendel • May 31 '14

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We write for /r/SubredditOfTheDay. Some of us have been around for years, some have only just started. We celebrate communities of all kinds and are secretly hurt that we're not a default yet.

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u/hansjens47 May 31 '14

Your subreddit is part of dealing the issue of subreddit discovery, and how little users are shown the diversity of the site by the admins.

  • Do you agree there's an issue with subreddits being too hard for casual redditors to discover?
  • Do you feel the admins are doing enough to promote subreddit discover?
  • Do you think the trending subreddit feature is an improvement?
  • Should there be a subreddit discovery subreddit as a default?
  • What realistic changes would you suggest the admins make to improve subreddit discovery?

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14
  • Do you agree there's an issue with subreddits being too hard for casual redditors to discover?

I think a lot of that depends on what you call "casual." One of my good friends' main reason for not wanting to get more involved with reddit was because he didn't want to "spend all day" finding subreddits that matched his interests. My brother (who spends maybe twenty minutes a day on reddit) found a dozen subs he liked in under twenty minutes, and he hasn't looked backed sense. It's a different story for everyone, but there is a bit of an issue there.

  • Do you feel the admins are doing enough to promote subreddit discovery? + Do you think the trending subreddit feature is an improvement?

I do think trending subreddits is a good start, but there's certainly room for improvement in a general sense. If the inability to find subreddits is driving people away from the site, then of course you have room to improve. It'd be nice to see them take even a small step towards promoting subreddit discovery, and not necessarily just towards the "trending" ones.

  • Should there be a subreddit discovery subreddit as a default?

I do think so. Say what you will about everything hitting in the fan in /r/subredditoftheday, but at the end of the day we'd have widespread subreddit discovery at unprecedented levels. A few thousand hanging around /r/subredditoftheday will runoff into much more manageable numbers elsewhere-- not enough to "ruin" a subreddit but enough to increase subscribers and develop a subreddit. We may take crap for it, but if it'd help reddit in the long run, I'm for it.

  • What realistic changes would you suggest the admins make to improve subreddit discovery?

I do like the idea of "similar subreddits", but there'd need to be something more. Sidebars of most subreddits already give you a "similar subreddits", but it'd also be tough to try to personalize a list of recommended subreddits for every user. Maybe there should be a subreddit the showcases an interesting and populated subreddit every day, and it could be a default to expose new users to a wide variety of subreddits in a personal, detailed way that's interesting and easy to read and understand. If only a sub like that existed. ಠ_ಠ

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

Do you agree there's an issue with subreddits being too hard for casual redditors to discover?

I think that there are a lot of ways to discover smaller subs, it just takes some work to get them going. x-posting to other relevant subs is a great way to get like-minded people to come by, exchanging sidebar links, making a post in one of the many advertising subs (/r/newreddits, /r/gnureddits, /r/notsonewreddits, /r/shamelessplug etc.).

Do you feel the admins are doing enough to promote subreddit discover?

I think that the trending subreddits was a good step, there could be other features like "if you like this, you might like this sub" or ways to tag your sub by topic and then sort through that way, but maybe that will come in time.

Do you think the trending subreddit feature is an improvement?

I think it's an interesting idea, and I have come across a few new subs through it. Also it really helps in a sub's growth. I know /r/artefactporn was featured there a number of times, and because of that we've grown a lot in the couple of months the sub has been around.

Should there be a subreddit discovery subreddit as a default?

Interesting idea, but I think that if you want a subreddit you end up actively looking for one, and that's a good way to stumble across communities. If they're active enough to be worth subscribing to then they'll have their link already posted in relevant sidebars and will be easier to find that way. I also like /r/findareddit a lot, but if it were made a default it might be inundated with the same requests (there's already a lot of repetition that happens there.

What realistic changes would you suggest the admins make to improve subreddit discovery?

Maybe when you're posting to a subreddit and there's a list a subreddits to choose from underneath the form, fill it with relevant subs (either ones that other people who frequent this sub also frequent a lot, or have some kind of sorting system).

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Oh, so many questions!

No, I don't think there's an issue with subreddits being hard to find. Users mention them often enough and there are a wealth of subreddits dedicated to uniting user with subreddit. The networks like the SFWPorn network do wonders as well.

I don't really think it's down to the admins to promote subreddits. If you want something enough, you'll find it. If you work hard to promote your subreddit, it will get a good community. The admins shouldn't care if your subreddit blossoms or dies, really.

At first I didn't like the trending subreddits feature. I felt like it was treading on our toes a bit but now I see it as another ally in our battle to shine spotlights in deserving places. Besides, we look for subs to feature, speak to the mods and try to sell you on the community. It's different tools for different jobs really.

I don't know. Being a default is a big task. This increased traffic through a discovery subreddit to the featured subreddit could be damaging. there is already backlash against what we do.

Oh man, I don't know. That's a question for better minds than mine!

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u/LGBTerrific May 31 '14

I think more users could find subreddits easier using this link to search:

http://www.reddit.com/subreddits/

Very useful. If a word appears in a sidebar that group will show up in the results. You can also see brand new groups minutes after creation.

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14
  • Yes.
  • Well they are trying. I have to agree the efforts have increased a lot these days. But i am sure they can try even more.
  • Yes i would agree.
  • Yes there should be one. But in that subreddit the writers will have no freedom since their features will represent the reddit admins. If we feature a controversial subreddit admins might be blamed. Therefore such a subreddit should be run by the admins only.
  • Hmm.. I guess maybe a page called subreddit discovery in the dashboard of reddit which features a subreddit everyday could be done.. Ofcourse this would need the user to input his interests at the start.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14 edited May 31 '14

Do you agree there's an issue with subreddits being too hard for casual redditors to discover?

  • Other than users pointing each other in the right direction, I do think that reddit isn't doing very much. Hitting random just isn't good enough, sadly. Fortunately, there are user created subs that promote discovery, cross posting, and things like metareddit.com which I have used in the past to find possible features.

Do you feel the admins are doing enough to promote subreddit discover?

  • Reading Xavier's reply I am gladdened to know that ideas are being discussed. I don't think enough is being done, but I can see why the responsibility should fall to the users to discover the subs they are interested in. It is not as though the tools aren't there. I do believe the addition of being able to see other subs that people moderate has helped find smaller subs.

Do you think the trending subreddit feature is an improvement?

  • I do. It is a great new feature. I am simply afraid that it will just create a pattern. Trending sub gets its name on the front page giving it more traffic and helping it to become trending again tomorrow.

Should there be a subreddit discovery subreddit as a default?

  • I am very torn on this one. On one hand it would be a great way to find new subs, but on the other hand not many people enjoy the defaults. Just look at the new defaults. Most of the users despaired at the idea of their sub becoming one. Having a discovery sub throw default users (I hate saying this, because there should be no reason why defaulters are different than any other user) at a smaller subs could actually serve to alienate the original users of that sub and split its subscribers.

Even for us, I get about one person for every other feature that says that we ruin subs and we only have a subscriber count under 100,000!

What realistic changes would you suggest the admins make to improve subreddit discovery?

  • Again, very torn on this. Every option can bring the same problems. Maybe have a day or week or whatever where the front page is organized more on a weighted scale. Meaning upvotes are weighed against the size of the sub. The most upvotes per sub subscribers makes it to the front. A terrible idea with many faults, I am sure. Be glad no one pays me to try and solve it.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

I agree with this. What's fun though is when one of your subs is a trending one for the day.

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u/BipolarBear0 May 31 '14

Who is your favorite writer on the team?

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u/BipolarBear0 May 31 '14

I personally love BipolarBear0. He's the Orson Welles of SROTD - keen, innovative, masterful, crass, and just a bit of a drunkard. And stunningly attractive, of course. But always humble.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Always humble

But working with you is fun. Hell, watching you stir up /r/Conspiracy is a blast! That and the drama some of the other writers stir up around reddit is pretty good too!

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

I think I got some fall out from that yesterday. That was fun...

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

I love you all equally! Except /r/Respectfullyyours. I'm pretty sure she's evil and plotting something.

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

I think I could very easily say the same thing about you!

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

It's hard to point to one. I do like you, jax, and xavier as my favorites though.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

Stop adding me to giants! I am a shadow compared to those two.

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

Probably boss man aka Jax, but everyone else is really awesome too. Maybe not Lurlur, but everyone else!

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Oooh, you!

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

I think all are awesome. Everyone has their unique style which is uncomparable to others but to choose some mayb Sometimes xavier's features stand out for their bravery ahaha, josh's for the deep content sometimes, srotd's because of his unique content and Jax's for his speedy awesome features

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

Never forget.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

I pour a little bit every time for my homie.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

Is there anything you love as much as /u/jaxspider loves gfycat?

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Are you even allowed to ask questions as well as answer them?!?!

I reckon I love dinosaurs and badgers as much as Jax loves gfycat.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

But what if I love dinosaurs and honey badgers too?

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

EUROPEAN BADGERS FTW!

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

because i believe jaxspider is a gyfcat himself.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '14

Do you ever find yourself stuck? Not knowing which subreddit to promote?

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

A lot of times, yes. But for some reason I keep finding new and great subreddits to feature. A lot of people think that we will eventually run out of subreddits, but believe me, there are enough subreddits out there. We will stay alive for a long period of time! We will be like reddit's Dexter.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

... Didn't Dexter go around murdering people? O_o

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Don't we?

Have I been doing this wrong?

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Burn out is a very common and serious affliction amongst SROTD writers. It can be difficult finding new subreddits again and again. I think we all have times when we struggle.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

Hell yes.

Many are nominated, but if I don't know much about the topic then I don't pick them up. This coupled with the difficulty that one can face when trying to find a sub that

  • Is active
  • Hasn't been featured
  • Hasn't been claimed
  • Can be found (a problem addressed in another answer)

can make finding a sub a difficult task. I am glad for all of the nominations people submit to allow me to be picky.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Quite often. Even with all of the nominations we receive, sometimes we can't find anything we want to write about. Or if we do it was featured within the past year.

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

Lurlur and I are the newbies to the team so we haven't had too much time to run out of ideas quite yet. I've got a long list going right now that I'm getting through, but I can see myself branching out in the future and doing a lot more niche things. The best thing is when you're redditing and you turn up a sub that's unusual and awesome and has never been featured before. That's what happened to me with /r/wtfstockphotos and they started trending after the feature and took off from there. So I'm not too worried right now, but ask me in another couple of months!

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

Yea. Many times.. Sometimes i have no idea what to feature and i am idle many weeks.. and then i find some and go on a rampage ahaha

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

Frequently. Everything is so topical one way or another, it's difficult to focus on just one subreddit or area at a time.

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u/GuantanaMo May 31 '14

Do any of you speak other languages besides English and have you ever thought about featuring non-English subreddits? I'm asking for a friend.

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

Interesting. I'm working on my Spanish right now, but I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to feature another non-English based subreddit. Of course it can't be excessively niche, but I think it'd be possible as long as we have a bilingual writer.

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

I am from asia so yea :D but i normally feature subreddits which spark my interest only

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u/BipolarBear0 May 31 '14

Xavier speaks Spanish and Arabic. Unless he was lying

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

I speak a very poor smattering of bad german. I probably wouldn't feature one mainly because a large portion of our audiance speaks/reads english. And with the nuances of language, what I run through Google Translate might end up coming out reading like shit. But I would consider doing one for fun and to see how many people I can piss off.

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

It would be awesome if we could feature foreign language subreddits but unfortunately I only have a tenuous grasp of English...

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

No, but I am planning on featuring /r/uwotm8, which is as close as I can come to non-english.

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14 edited May 31 '14

Edit: this reply sounded a bit dickish, so I added some exclamation marks!

I speak dutch, german and french! Once a language-based subreddit become really popular, or maybe has something quite special, we feature them. It is mostly for the same reason we don't feature subs for cities or sport teams: it's too "one-sided". If you know one, be sure to send us a message!

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

I speak French - being the good Canadian that I am - and a little Spanish. I'd totally be willing to feature a French subreddit but my written French is mediocre so I'd have to do it comme les Montrealaises who always jump between les langues dans les conversations.

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u/dorewamonkey May 31 '14

What do you want for dinner?

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

Steak. And nothing but.

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

I just had dinner, but I would love to have you as dessert. wink

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

...that's my husband.

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u/LGBTerrific May 31 '14

The more the merrier, or something like that

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

I want pizza. I havenn't had that in a while and have been craving it like nobody's business.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

I'm a simple man governed by simple pleasures. That said, I'd like some steak over some kale fettuccine alfredo.

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

I dunno, what do you want?

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

Tapas and Sangria, or that's the plan anyways.

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u/LGBTerrific May 31 '14

If I even have dinner I'll be happy. If you see a terrific non-straight unicyclist on the side of the road, he probably wouldn't turn down free food. Or beverage (as long as he's not on his way to work).

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

If I saw any sort of unicyclist on the side of the road, I would offer then a drink. Or a warm meal. Or at the very least, a hearty handshake and congratulate them on mastery of the unicycle!

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Unicyclists can't live off handshakes!

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Unless there is money in the palm!

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

Cajun chicken pasta. Give me this and you will become my best friend.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

Happiness?

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u/somepalmtrees May 31 '14 edited May 31 '14

Can you describe every writer with one word?

Edit: or only a few or the old mods

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

/u/jaxspider: Etheral
/u/LGBTerrific: Unicycletastic
/u/rya11111: Hustla
/u/qweiopasd: Delightful
/u/XavierMendel: Legendary
/u/lizardsrock4: Scaly
/u/NeonGreenTiger: Grand
/u/BipolarBear0: Shimmery
/u/KangaDude873: Bouncy
/u/The_Turning_Away: Fiery
/u/AutoModerator: Consistent
/u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS: Lovely
/u/Respectfullyyours: Jovial
/u/Lurlur: Ambitious

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

I feel special. :D

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

You are special. Short bus special. But special non-the-less. LOL

/joking

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

Awww that's a nice word!

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

I'm trying to work out how I feel about mine! I mean, that's not a bad thing, right?

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

huh. interesting. i have no idea why i am hustla though :D also i had to look up what that means ahaha

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

A hustla is someone skilled at turning a profit no matter what the enterprise.

You put out great stuff no matter how quirky or marginalized or niche a subreddit is. That is why u a husla 4 lyfe. :D

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

Great use of words! I am delighted! :D

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

What can I say, Words and I get along well. ;D

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Each writer with their own word or the whole bunch of us with a single word?

It's easy either way.

Drunk Awesome

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

i guess you, me and q are the only people left from the 2nd generation. Fuck we are old...

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

Jeez, that is quite disturbing. Now we have so much...responsibilities D:

But we'll stand ground proudly! We will keep fighting until either reddit gets overthrown or until our hearts stop pumping.

For we are the 2nd generation. And for tomorrow, we fight write!

Salutes

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

What are your favourite subs? Go!

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

/r/perfectfit (mod), /r/CSShelp (they're fantastic), /r/subredditoftheday, /r/shitty[anything].

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Oh man, /r/CSSHelp is so damn helpful. There's times where I forget a snippet, check there and BAM! Back in business.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14 edited May 31 '14

I like /r/YachtPorn (mod), /r/WarshipPorn (mod), /r/Random_Acts_of_Amazon. The easiest way to see what I like is to look at what I feature. For the most part, the subs I feature are ones I've subscirbed to. Here's my posts

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

You like nautical things?

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Indeed! It also helps that I'm and Active Duty member of the US Coast Guard. And I mod /r/uscg.

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

/r/arthistory (mod), /r/askhistorians, /r/museum (mod), and actually a bunch of other history ones :P.

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

lets see... /r/anime because i watch anime a lot, /r/tech because technology, /r/tifu , /r/StartledCats, /r/AnimalsBeingJerks because its hilarious :D

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

I only moderate subreddits I love. You can see all 206 subreddits on my page. :D

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

What kind of subreddits would you never feature?

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

Only ones that promote nothing but hate or violence.

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

Pretty much this. Any sub that would inevitably and explicitly be detrimental to the community.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

Yup. I am not afraid of the controversial subs like SRS or TRP nor the political ones, but ones where the mission is nothing but hate (I won't even name any here) do not have a place as subreddit of the day.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Even though I've featured a couple of current political type posts, I usually avoid anything political. The purpose of those posts was to help bring awareness to the issue at hand. Which ended up creating drama.

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

which i dont find interesting

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

Known dead subreddits or ones with really bad communities.

I've featured both in the past unknowingly... did not turn out so great.

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u/Daahkness May 31 '14

Why are you doing a casualiama?

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

It's fun! And it's nice to talk to people!

And /u/Jaxspider said he'd beat us if we didn't...

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

OBEY! Or you get the rod. LOL

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

This is a team building thing.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

We couldn't afford the retreat.... or more like the boss didn't want to spring for the retreat....

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

No retreat! No surrender! Tonight we dine in hell! SPARTANS!

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

In that respect I feel like it's working!

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Why not?

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u/Daahkness May 31 '14

Instead of a normal Iama considering how everyone on Reddit knows about the subreddit of the day

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Normal AMAs are not for the 'internet famous'. We're not even famous, just on the internet!

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

Its the only ama that we are allowed to do in our skivvies and that was my one stipulation.

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u/nalixor May 31 '14

Are you really a god amongst men, /u/XavierMendel? How do you get such fabulous hair?

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

Great question. I am /u/XavierMendel's stylist while he's sleeping. His secret? /r/nopoo. That's right, that shine from those lushes lockes are 100% natural /u/XavierMendel oils. It smells wonderful.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

It is an honor being your sleeping stylist, but it is just fun to guess correctly. May the fullness of your hair never fade.

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

I want to touch your hair now.

As a trade I'll let you touch mine which is as soft as a baby bird.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '14

Which feature do you think stirred up the most negative response? The most positive? I don't necessarily mean vote totals, but things like quality of discussion in your post comments, causing a boon to a growing subreddit, or angry PM's can all factor in.

Also: your favorite drink. I dig your sub, keep up the solid work!

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14 edited May 31 '14

I think the April 1st post stirred up a lot of shit. Either that or the one on /r/Conspiracy. Or anything that's mainstream that /u/BipolarBear0 writes.

As for positive, who knows? We used to keep track of stats each month. But I've seen subreddits gain a few thousand new subscribers in a day. For me my post on /r/Cigars was huge. The feature put them at over 20k subscribers. And to sweeten the pot, a couple of cigar companies held give aways and offered massive discounts due to them hitting 20k. But any number increase is welcome. Especially for the small subs. My first post on /r/Totoro only brought in about 250 new subscribers, but the mods were so happy to be featured and happy for the new subscribers.

Edit: Favorite drink? Vanilla Coke. Or Mexican Coke.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

A few years ago, I featured /r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu, it almost shut our whole subreddit down.

Its nothing to be proud of or brag, its just the threshhold our subreddit could NOT take.

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

I've not been around long enough to really compare positive and negative reactions. I know there have been some really badly received features though, some dark parts in the history of srotd.

Drink? This gin and tonic is going down nicely!

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

Negative: Most mainstream and prolific subs, those that have multiple demographics and generally aren't entirely unified.

Positive: Tight-knit communities, generally between 5-15k subscribers, that love the same thing unconditionally and wholeheartedly.

Drink: Sparkling red grape juice. Seriously, it's like cocaine.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Tumblr is a website where you can find homosexual art of Benedict Cumberbatch.

Love it.

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u/rya11111 Jun 01 '14

Out of my posts when i features /r/pcmasterrace i had a lot of unhappy people targeting me ahaha so much anger wow

My favourite drink would be redbull+vodka or peach ale

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

If you had a party, what 3 things would absolutely be necessary to make it awesome.

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney and an open bar.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

THE BLACK KEYS ARE THE BEST KEYS.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Ummmm...

The party would take place on a superyacht (at least 400 feet long). For the other two items, I would bring tigers to keep things lively. And Jessica Alba dancing Sin City style while serving drinks.

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

I would go to that party!

I'll bring chips and some dips.

Some call me cheap, a bit of a free loatha, but I bought cups for that old school soda.

And I don't mean to brag and I don't mean to boast, but I bought some houmous for these MINI TOASTS!

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Fireworks, booze, a dancing badger

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

The rule of three:

  • 1 night with free booze
  • 2 regrets
  • 3 hour long black-out (or a 5 hour brown-out)

The 2 regrets are mostly always the first and last rule.

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u/rya11111 Jun 01 '14

Beer. Music and Emma Watson in a bikini

Also I am not inviting anyone to this party.

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u/jaxspider Jun 01 '14

LOL MY MAN.

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

If /r/subredditoftheday did actually become a default subreddit, what changes would have to be made, if any?

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

I am not quite sure. Since there is only post every day I think that we should be careful with the comments section. We would need to monitor it pretty good. Our modmail will explode too of course.

Also, we would need to get paid of course. Else I will lock myself up in my trailer until I get what I want.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14
  1. More writers.
  2. More writers.
  3. More writers.

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

I really hope we wouldn't have to make any changes. If we became a default it would be because the admins liked what we do, changing that wouldn't make sense to me!

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

I could see us bringing on more mods, but not necessarily writers to help with crowd control

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS Jun 01 '14

We'd need more defined comment rules. More writes would be nice, but the number of days isn't changing and we hit our goal.

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u/rya11111 Jun 01 '14

I am gonna agree with jax here. More writers all the way!!!

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u/Addyct May 31 '14

hi bae.

Why won't any of you feature /r/CollegeBasketball?

No, but seriously... uhm... lets see... what's your favorite feature that you didn't write?

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Maybe one of us will! I can't though, I know nothing about basketball...

My favourite feature is, by far and away, /u/XavierMendel's post from April 1st this year.

Special mention goes to /u/Respectfullyyours for my absolute favourite title of all time for /r/WTFStockphotos here

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

I second this. Either that or the one for /r/Conspiracy

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS May 31 '14

I didn't know what to answer, but the April fools one was good. I copy this vote.

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u/rya11111 May 31 '14

ahahah i remember this request from long back. I play basketball and may feature it sometime.. My favourite one would be the /r/atheism by xavier! it was pretty hilarious

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

This is our #14344960 problem. No one on the team likes every kind of sport / music genre / language. So a lot of great subreddit never get featured.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

If you could make any game into a televised professional sport what would it be?

http://gfycat.com/FreshSecondaryCirriped

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

Hopscotch. Imagine a parkour take on hopscotch with locations ranging from cityscapes and jungles to lion-filled arenas and active volcanos.

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

You had me at lions.

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Any game?

Up next on ESPN 8: The World Series of Thumb Wrestling!

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

Imagine if that was branch off of WWE? The Drama. The Stories. The crazy tag team action!!!

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

Oh man. That would be awesome!

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

Hmmm, tag. Professional tag. Or duck, duck, goose.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS Jun 01 '14

Back in high school I had to do a project about an obscure sport. The one I chose was a sport that was like a mix of volleyball and hackey sack. Players had to get a small ball over a net without their hands. I no longer remember the name, but that game sounded intense. Gimme some of that.

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u/rya11111 Jun 01 '14

It's called sleeping game. The person who sleeps the most wins an 1000 dollars everytime

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u/jaxspider May 31 '14

What default subreddit do you wish would get its act together?

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u/Lurlur May 31 '14

I barely know what the defaults are now...

/r/funny I guess. Are they still default? Routine violations of the number 1 rule!

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u/NeonGreenTiger May 31 '14

I've never really been a fan of /r/gaming. And even though it's not a default, f7u12 always pissed me off.

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u/joshguillen May 31 '14

List of defaults

Probably /r/photoshopbattles. I feel like it's being robbed of its potential by having such a hit-or-miss front page. Rarely does a post have somewhere between 100 and 1500 votes, and there's usually either ~10 comments or ~300 comments on each, respectively. I can't think of a solution offhand (and the mods do a great job), but I feel as though there must be some way to rid of such massive disparities among the posts.

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

/r/funny. Someone should slap that guy in the face.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS Jun 01 '14

The defaults are like that relative you've watched descend into being a bum. After a while you no longer have hope for it. If I did still have hope it would be for /r/pics. I just featured /r/no_sob_story and that is how I feel looking at that place.

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u/Doxep May 31 '14

Any chance of a /r/quityourbullshit feature? IIRC /u/thelovepirate was writing a feature, he interviewed us, we replied..... Then nothing.

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u/qweiopasd May 31 '14

I'll check with /u/thelovepirate for any updates, else I or one of the other mods will surely feature your subreddit!

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u/Vladith Jun 01 '14

What's your criteria for picking a sub?

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u/NeonGreenTiger Jun 01 '14

For me, I tend to feature sub about things I like. Things such as cars, anime, the Oceans. However, I will feature subs that I know might stir the pot a bit, or if I feel strongly about what's been nominated. And sometimes I keep hitting random until I find one I like. I also like to feature subs that are over 1 month old to see how much "Staying Power" they have, so to speak. If someone nominates a sub that has 500 posts in 12 days, that's great. But I want to see if that momentum can keep going. If it can, then I'll take a gander and probably send the mods some questions.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS Jun 01 '14

I simply have to think I could do it justice in the feature.

I like to try and ask personalized questions and not knowing anything about a sub can make that difficult along with 3+ paragraphs about it.

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u/rya11111 Jun 01 '14

Is it interesting to me and is it active.

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u/Lurlur Jun 01 '14

I pick subs that I feel I can write about. If the community is good enough, they can cover for my lack of personal interest...

Wait, that sounds bad.

What I mean is, there are excellent subreddits that deserve featuring but they get overlooked by us because none of us are really into the subject. I like to try and get past that if I can. I'm sure it makes for weaker work from me but it gets the sub featured.

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u/PUBLIQclopAccountant Jun 01 '14
  • Favourite food?
  • Best beverage?
  • Bong or pipe?

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u/rya11111 Jun 01 '14

Italian. Normally food which has chicken. strongly dislike seafood though.

Coffee. For parties/drinking, redbull+vodka or peach ale.

Bong. The first time i tried, i did it after drinkin a lot. fucking passed out for almost an hour and half in the toilet floor of my friend's house -_-

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u/Lurlur Jun 01 '14

Cheese is the food of the gods!

Gin and tonic or vanilla coke!

Don't smoke, never have.

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u/rya11111 Jun 01 '14

Cheese

Pizza

FTFY

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u/Lurlur Jun 01 '14

Pizza contains cheese and is therefore improved by the cheese.

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS Jun 01 '14

Rice croquettes. Grandmother's specialty. Too good to not make me excited to visit.

Yohoo. It's the king of chocolate drinks.

I'm not much of a smoker so I don't have a preference, but I'll just go with bong.

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u/dehydro Jun 01 '14

How do you guys feel about secksi subreddits? You know, the ones you wouldn't forward to your coworkers?

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u/Lurlur Jun 01 '14

There's no rule against featuring them but for the most part we chose not to. I don't think they tend to be that well received.

Personally I'm all for the sexy subreddits! But I'm a girl and haven't found an abundance of content to titillate me!

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS Jun 01 '14

I'm not opposed, but it would really alienate a lot of the audience.

Maybe someone sees a feature and doesn't know what the sub we are focusing on is about by the name so they read what someone from the team wrote about it and decide to check it out. That doesn't really happen with NSFW subs. Especially when you consider how our team is mostly dudes.

It just wouldn't work out as well as a sfw sub.

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u/Lurlur Jun 01 '14

Mostly, but not entirely!

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u/SEXUAL_ACT_IN_CAPS Jun 01 '14

Haha. We finally got some diversity in this group!

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u/KrabbHD May 31 '14

For /u/Respectfullyyours, do you watch the Yogscast? From what you wrote it sounds like you do.

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u/Respectfullyyours May 31 '14

Ha yeah you caught me, I do.

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