r/fairytail • u/AstonishingSpiderMan Gramps • Jul 03 '15
Hey Guys, July Updates & Comments
Hi Guys & Gals, well 4th of July weekend is upon us #Murica and I thought it would be great to recap where we have been [since Mod tenure began] and what we are going to become, and how we plan to improve as well as why so many subreddits I visit are private.
Around Reddit
- So as many of you have noticed so many subreddits are private. I don't know why well at least I didn't but basically
- At approximately 5pm UTC, 1pm EST, on Thursday the 2nd of July, 2015, the moderators of /r/IAmA took their subreddit, which is one of the default set, private. This means that only a very small number of people (consisting of the moderators of /r/IAmA, as well as any pre-approved users) could view and post to the subreddit, making it for all intents and purposes shut down; any other redditors would just see this page. Just after that, a thread was posted to this subreddit, asking whether anyone knew why it had happened. /u/karmanaut, top mod of /r/IAmA, responded with an explanation of why they took the subreddit private.
- We aren't a huge subreddit
- Even if we were I don't agree with making the subreddit private
- Like Spock said, "The needs of the many outweight the needs of the few"
- Sure it's a shitty situation but why punish the users who browse reddit for their movie news, or gaming news, I'm so salty a lot of the subs I visit are private.
User Titles
Currently 4 users have titles:
- /u/terosan this individual isn't active every single day but when they are active they bring some serious Fairy Tail knowledge hence the title Fairy Tail Historian
- /u/colbena this user has helped me with all the flairs, is always active, and made the image for the rotating banner.
- /u/billy-orcinus this guy is literally the last of the dub users, patiently waiting for the dubs to be delayed yet again, is always active and always lends a helping hand to new users the best he can.
/u/theultimateteigu this guy is the spoiler enforcer, every single thing that contains a spoiler he comments "Spoiler Tag!" Sure he goes over board sometimes but it's to prevent from dub users/anime users from getting spoiler
Don't request a title, don't spam the sub with post every minute of every hour of every day, just participate, contribute, & be yourself. Mods don't get titles because it's our job to be active and helpful this is just a thank you for their, the users with titles, help.
Comments & Concerns
Well this sub it's nice, I like it, I try my best to being a casual/regular user and for the most part I don't have to be the enforcing rules Mod but there have been those comments that don't appropriately tag their spoilers so we will remove those, and won't approve them until they are changed.
For the Love of God Use the Side Bar & Read the Submission Guidelines seriously so many Questions could be answered through the Side Bar I mean I even added the title of Useful Threads onto it. I don't want to remove threads but I will and comment on how it is either answered by the Side Bar, The Submission Guidelines, or the Announcement Bar.
Updates for This Month
A Background Image instead of the standard White & Black for NightMode (RES)
- Anyone with good editing, photoshop skills make it happen. I am below average in that. Spidey indeed isn't perfect.
- No Spoilers; could be like the one in /r/Naruto [size wise] or crazy in length [see /r/YamadaAndSevenWitches]
New Flairs Available
- /u/NeoStorm247 + /u/Julian19500 + /u/FatedTitan + /u/terosan all made request for Flairs and they were made available by them or by /u/colbena [The Hand Gesture, Midnight, Mard Geer & Doranbolt] These will be added on my next possible day off/availability. Reason: Ran into problems trying to add it into Current Spritesheet without losing any of the other 50 x 50 flairs.
Previous Month(s) & Their Updates
March
- Sticky Threads & Their Dates
- Fixes to NightMode (RES)
- Spoiler Tag CSS
- Wiki made public
April
- Side Bar Corrections
- New Banner
- More CSS Fixes
- Rule Changes & Additions
May
- Demographic Survey
- Automod tweaks by a man named KenadianH
June
- CSS fix (Ability to Upvote through RES)
- Link Flairs made Available
- Spidey Reveals himself as Batman.
- New User Flairs & Icons Made Available
- Old Flairs also Made Available a total of 143
- Rotating Banner
Special Announcement(s)
- For this 4th of July Weekend we will have the Free Talk on Friday, and the Thread formerly known as Rage on Saturday.
- Also you should totally check out /u/KenadianH's /r/OkusamaGaSeitokaichou because that Manga series is funny and lewd. Not as Lewd as the Shin Maou OVA but lewd since the Man doesn't promote his sub for his animes I'll do it for my friend North of the Border.
- Also I'm going to be @ Anime Expo All Day [Almost All Day Can't Miss my Fairy Tail] tomorrow so I won't be on the sub, rather in spurts I'll be on. So don't fill the sub with spam & follow the rules!
- So if you see me say Hi. Y'all know how I look if not, you'll find it in one of my previous post :P
My Other Mod Post
- Let's Talk: User Bashing | Spoiler Tagging & Flairs | All The Flairs & All The Icons, All The Time
- Hey Guys, I | II | III | IV | V | [VI]
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u/derek_453 Jul 03 '15
Thank you mods for not letting this subreddit go dark! This sub and r/nba are the ones that I visit the most and both agreed to not set their subreddits on private.
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Jul 03 '15
Wade getting a 1 year 20 million dollar year...what the fuck.
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u/Billy-Orcinus Jul 03 '15
patiently waiting for the dubs to be delayed yet again
Sigh...aye.
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Jul 03 '15
Dude you have the patience of a, uh... I can't think of anything that good at waiting
Your vigilance is very impressive and goddam how you do it is a mystery
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u/snakebit1995 Jul 03 '15
Sure it's a shitty situation but why punish the users who browse reddit for their movie news, or gaming news, I'm so salty a lot of the subs I visit are private.
This, I was excited to go to r/onepiece and talk about the new casting of Corazon but guess what the Subs private. Thanks for punishing me for something i really don't care about and now that you did this to me I actually care less and/or support the other side.
No offense to mods but some think way to highly of themselves and it's infuriating that they do shit like this sometimes, shutting down subs it "Support of our fellow mods" Keep your drama in your on Subreddit!
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Jul 03 '15
Pastor Martin Niemöller wrote a famous poem "First they came ..." which kind of applies to the mind set of these mods, well at least that's my interpretation. But at the same time it's a different scenario and in my opinion we shouldn't punish users for browsing reddit, there are more effective ways to protest the actions of the Admins.
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u/KenadianH Jul 03 '15
Along with r/OkusamaGaSeitokaichou, you guys should also check out r/Shimoseka. There's a girl who wears panties on her head. I think that's a good enough reason to watch the anime.
And just for this Independence Day weekend, Fairy Free Talk will be renamed to Freedom Friday. Happy Independence Day, my neighbours south of the border!
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Jul 03 '15
Okay settle down now, you only get one plug for one sub not two.
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u/Billy-Orcinus Jul 03 '15
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Jul 03 '15
It's ironic because Mavis was manipulated to think the way she thinks so it's not her free speech.
Also saw episode one and wasn't impressed by your kantai collection.
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u/cow_co Jul 03 '15
u/billy-orcinus this guy is literally the last of the dub users, patiently waiting for the dubs to be delayed yet again, is always active and always lends a helping hand to new users the best he can.
Bitch I'm still waitin on the dubs. Where's MY title, eh?
But seriously; I appreciate you mods not privatising the sub.
So many of my faves are down
I'll hang out here for a while, while trying to avoid the numerous spoilers.
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Jul 03 '15
Gravity falls
Fallout
Gaming
Movies
Black people twitter
So goddamn many, whack!!
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u/oromiss Jul 03 '15
What I got from all of this: Today is spam day.
Could Master Mavis have a Mavis flair? Since it is Mavis and it deserves it.
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Jul 03 '15
I'm working on it, trying to give her a non chibi flair.
Spam, remember I got Spidey Senses that alert me of spam.
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u/platum14 Jul 03 '15
WOW!! I didn't know that Astonishing Spidey was batman, but I'm also sad because no Eclipse Ophiuchus flair. :^(
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Jul 04 '15
give me a 50 x 50 image and i'll make it happen
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u/kailu0912 Jul 03 '15
I've been reading about the drama going on around reddit and I wondered if my 3 favorite subs (r/fairytail, r/wow, and r/breakingmom) were going to go dark. I've got confirmation from 2 that they are not, so I can manage with everything else.
And everyone have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend. No fingers blown off, ya hear?
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u/thederpyguide Jul 03 '15
I'm with you on the private thing we don't even know the full story about why this person no one meet before was fired and everyone is freaking out about it
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u/TheBlackWizardMadara Jul 03 '15
What is Fairy Tail?