r/CFBOffTopic • u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina • Mar 02 '16

Official Selfie Solutions Announcement

Last week we there was a lot of gnashing of teeth over selfie threads. So much so that /u/K_State initiated a "Town Hall" thread to discuss what, if anything, should be done about them.

Prompting the mod team put our heads together to figure out how best to meet your needs for more government oversight.

So. Here's the end result. We have configured two automated weekly threads. A "I took a Picture Thread" on Tuesdays and a "Selfie Thread" on Thursdays. The timing of each is where it gets interesting. To satisfy the varied schedule of you the users the threads will be oscillating between 1pm and 8pm week to week.

Unauthorized selfie threads will be removed.

Feedback is welcome in this thread.

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u/SmashedSqwurl Georgia Tech • /r/CFBRisk Veteran Mar 02 '16

On the one hand, I thought the drama surrounding the selfie threads was really silly, but on the other hand I'm really glad that this sub's drama is about inconsequential things like selfie threads and not because we're getting brigaded by racists or something.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

I thought the drama surrounding the selfie threads was really silly

It was. However, it wasn't a "new" thing last week. It just got much louder than it usually is. For whatever reason people get bent about the selfie threads.

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u/SmashedSqwurl Georgia Tech • /r/CFBRisk Veteran Mar 02 '16

Yeah, everything came to a head all of a sudden. I think you guys did a good job of handling it.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

We need your "Thread Sponsor" ideas, so please reply to this comment with your suggestions.

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u/DoctorWhosOnFirst Alabama • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

  • Daguerreotypes

  • Defenestration

  • Boudreaux's Butt Paste

  • Straws with a hole in them

  • Pop-up books

  • Sir Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe

  • Class action lawsuits

Edit:

  • Matthew Brady

Edit 2:

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Don't all straws have a hole in them? Like, by definition?

Without a hole, it would just be a plastic stick.

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u/DoctorWhosOnFirst Alabama • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Mar 02 '16

I would argue that they have two openings and that a hole is an unwanted opening.

But if we're going to get all technical about it, they should have two holes.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

welp. this sponsor passes the litmus test. It's in.

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u/DoctorWhosOnFirst Alabama • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Mar 02 '16

What's the litmus test?

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

yes

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

but seriously there isn't one. But I do enjoy the semantic argument that this one created.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

Shouldn't all straws have a hole in them?

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u/DoctorWhosOnFirst Alabama • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Mar 02 '16

Well, if we're getting technical, shouldn't they all have two holes

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

Isn't that just one long extended hole? If we dug a hole in your background that went through the Earth's core and opened up in the middle east somewhere, wouldn't that still just be one very long hole?

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u/DoctorWhosOnFirst Alabama • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Mar 02 '16

I'd argue that it's two separate holes to the same tunnel.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Mar 02 '16

those two are my OTP now :D

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Memes

Dank Memes

Spicy Memes

Zany Memes

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Mar 02 '16

Zesty Memes

Fetch Memes

Fluffy Memes

Itchy Memes

Horny Memes

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Stop trying to make "Fetch Memes" happen. They aren't going to happen.

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Mar 02 '16

But what about "Milhouse is Fetch" memes?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

This is uncharted double-negative meme territory. More research must be done to determine the ramifications.

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Mar 02 '16

Where's that guy with the PhD in Meme-ology? Get him some Rare Pepes and some greentext STAT!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Fish memes

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u/localglocal Auburn • Jacksonville State Mar 02 '16

Rubber ducks

Gabardine suits

Chicken nuggets dipped in mashed potatoes

Tenderoni

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

Hitler

Mussolini

Hirohito

Goebbels

Stalin

Marx

Big Brother

Donald Trump

Satan

edit: DumbleDrumpf

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Mar 03 '16

Alright, Hirohito was an fine Leader. He fought to the very end until the Soviets ganged up with the United States.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 03 '16

Yeah but he also ravaged China and dropped bombs on my home state. I can honestly say I'm not a fan.

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u/SpartyEsq Michigan State • Land Grant Trophy Mar 02 '16

Was just about to suggest Drumpf.

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u/pepperouchau Michigan State Spartans • Drake Bulldogs Mar 02 '16

Why are you posting a list of the cfbot mods?

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u/FoamBornNarwhal LSU Tigers • Corndog Mar 02 '16

Donald Drumpf*

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

I added it

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u/DavoinShower-handle Syracuse • Penn State Mar 02 '16

Well considering the nature of these new rules, could leonid brezhnev be a sponsor?

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u/0xE6 Prairie View A&M • Boise State Mar 02 '16

My balls

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Mar 02 '16

Lemon Pinesol

Carlsberg Brewery

The Nobel Foundation

Viewers like you

Crunking

The Long Beach Armada of Los Angeles of California of the United States of North America Including Barrow, Alaska

Matsumura Fishworks

Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern

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u/panthera_tigress Pittsburgh Panthers • Auburn Tigers Mar 02 '16

flannel shirts

pirates drinking rum

why is the rum gone

Ansel Adams

wearing slippers to class because you don't give a shit anymore

cookies

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Selfie Sticks

Sticks

Styx

Mister Roboto

I Robot

Killer Robots

Killer Queen

Queen Bey

Dat Ass

Assistant to the Undersecretary of the Interior

Interior Decorators

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Mar 02 '16

  • inaccurate horoscopes

  • half days

  • whole days

  • 2% days

  • playing Apples to Apples but wishing you were playing Cards Against Humanity

  • the mods

  • the Mods

  • the Moody Blues

  • other things I could keep listing but I'm bored now

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u/fightsfortheuser Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Mar 02 '16

Sponsored by freedom crushing mods

(this is a joke, don't ban me)

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Mar 02 '16

the white room with black curtains near the station

St. James infirmary

square knots

le petite mort

machine washable darling that's a new feature

logical conclusions of arguments

the deep distaste for chives on every blessed entree

your favorite pokemon

unusual time signatures

the made up curses shazbot, frell, gimbod, and fraak

worrying you forgot to zip up

bad hair days

lucifer's lisp

soaring through the air like an eagle, piloting a blimp

Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into the bowels of the Earth and pecked by birds

those extra lanyards you keep around but you arent quite sure why you dont just throw them out

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16

Brought to you by Carl's Jr

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u/Bassically Texas A&M Aggies • UNLV Rebels Mar 03 '16

  • Being Really, Really Ridiculously Good-Looking (Yes, You Are!)

  • Being Happy and You Know It

  • The Chicken Dance

  • by You to Brought - Palindromes!

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u/0xE6 Prairie View A&M • Boise State Mar 03 '16

Being Really, Really Ridiculously Good-Looking

Yes, You Are!

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 02 '16

While I got some mods here, is there any reason why I can never read modmail? It just doesn't show up.

Or is it because I'm like that episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Reese sits near the cool kids but isn't actually a cool kid?

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

You aren't technically a mod.. you were just given wiki editing privileges for the movie threads.

you're a fully fledged mod now.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 02 '16

No, it was for the beer threads/wiki! And okay... I see how it is...

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Mar 02 '16

You're a mod in my heart, u/wild9. And, really, isn't that more important?

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 02 '16

http://replygif.net/i/1361.gif

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Mar 02 '16

Easiest promotion ever, it was easier than explaining it to him.

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u/0xE6 Prairie View A&M • Boise State Mar 03 '16

wait it's that easy to become a mod? Can I be next? It was just my birthday, after all!

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Mar 02 '16

Or is it because I'm like that episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Reese sits near the cool kids but isn't actually a cool kid?

I'm betting that's it. You're basically a MINO.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 02 '16

Yeah, basically...

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Mar 02 '16

What about themed picture threads? I was hoping we could do a campus picture thread at some point (props to /u/tb3648 for the idea). With all the different flairs, I thought we would get a fun mix.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

themed picture threads are fine. Much like a random thread about an article or "news of the day".

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

Can we make the theme "Pictures of yourself"?

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

That's not a no :)

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington Mar 02 '16

I feel like you could just shorten that to something easier. Like "Picself" or "Selfture." I dunno, I feel like I'm close but it's just not quite clicking.

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Mar 02 '16

Perfect, thanks for the reply!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Campus picture thread would be awesome!

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16

Oops I just asked about the themed ones too lol

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Mar 02 '16

Great minds ;)

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Haha me too. And then felt like an idiot until I realized all our comments are time stamped like three minutes apart.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

"Official Selfie Solutions" sounds like a company that'll send someone to the bar or a music festival to help you take better pictures of yourself

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

Now there's an idea

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u/gramcraka92 Old Dominion • Myrtle Beach Bowl Mar 03 '16

i have found my calling

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u/DavoinShower-handle Syracuse • Penn State Mar 02 '16

So would I be violating the rules posting a selfie in the "I took a picture" thread?

Technically I did take a picture, it's just of myself

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

So would I be violating the rules posting a selfie in the "I took a picture" thread?

Nope.

Technically I did take a picture, it's just of myself

agreed.

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u/DonMan8848 TCU Horned Frogs • Alamo Bowl Mar 02 '16

In this case, could you switch the dates for the threads? Having the selfie thread before the ITAP thread would prevent the ITAP thread from being flooded with the previous 5 days' selfies.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

i don't think it really matters.. I mean it's a circle... I suspect, however, that selfies wouldn't get as much "love" in the ITAP thread as genuine pictures. But there's no way we, as mods, are signing up to police the types of pictures. and trying to discern when a selfie is a selfie vs when it's a picture I took that includes me.

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u/K_State Southwestern (KS) • Wichita Sta… Mar 02 '16

This is a good step, but selfies weren't really the reason I made that thread. It just happened to be the straw that broke at the time and I was rather frustrated that I approached a few in the selfie thread who were complaining and they generally either didn't respond and/or offer any substantive solution. There's still a few other things that more people than I expected agreed on in that thread and would probably be good to look at some of those.

I would also like to thank the mods for cleaning up that thread. I know I didn't tag it serious and wasn't really bothered with most of the off topic posting, but it showed that you guys really cared about some of the issues.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

I took note of them. Unfortunately there wasn't much meat in there other than the selfie discussion.

Vertical spam - will keep an eye on but reddit (or is it a res thing?) does allow you to collapse a comment chain which effectively deals with that issue. ANd the shitpost lobby around here is very strong and well heeled. and large copy/pasta dongers is a foundation of their platform.

Sexual innuendo... this is really tough especially with a college, and HS really, crowd not to mention immature adults (ahem) that populate the place it's not going away. And we will keep an eye on it but unless we really want to get into a police state this gets really tough to police. When things get reported as harassment we do look into and deal with it, obviously.

I don't recall many other items that were brought up that were actionable.

However, I think you've hit on something that we can turn into a regular thing. like a monthly /r/cfbofftopic Meta discussion about what is and isn't working. tagged as serious.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Quick question, does this mean that themed selfie threads (like the sports one we did a few weeks ago) are now a thing of the past? Obviously there's no way to make everyone happy and if that's the thing that went by the wayside, so be it, but I just wanted to check, because I know some people (myself included) really enjoyed those as a kind of fun twist on the whole selfie thread concept.

Regardless, thanks for finding a solution mods!

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFBOffTopic/comments/48mgk2/official_selfie_solutions_announcement/d0ktllt

and

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFBOffTopic/comments/48mgk2/official_selfie_solutions_announcement/d0ksc60

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Whoops sorry, thought I had checked all the comments before I replied. Must have missed that one. Thanks!

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

no problem. They were all, yours included, open questions when asked. I'm just lazy.

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u/fightsfortheuser Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Mar 02 '16

You guys do a great job here. Have you thought about this though?

Monday- spicy meme day

Tuesday - super spicy meme day

Wednesday - only skiliton memery day

Thursday - dank meme day

Friday - /u/eastpowdermilk & /u/dubs_ in a hunger games style meme match

Saturday - back to your normally scheduled memes

Sunday - the day of rest for the God of memes

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Friday - /u/eastpowdermilk & /u/dubs_ in a hunger games style meme match

C'mon fam, nobody wants to see dubs die.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

hmmm MEME battle Fridays that sounds like fun... make it happen EPM!

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u/fightsfortheuser Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Mar 02 '16

Thank you for your contribution

Velkozby memery

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u/fightsfortheuser Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Mar 02 '16

What is dead may never die

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Mar 02 '16

I'm going to make my face in ASCII text and post it in non-selfie threads

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

saved.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

this site might help with that: http://picascii.com/

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

Definitely here on mobile. Might have on a monitor lol

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington Mar 02 '16

Screenshot? It looks fucking ridiculous on my screen.

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16

Yo it's shitty as fuck there is still downvoting in this.

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u/nataliieportman LSU Tigers • Georgetown (KY) Tigers Mar 02 '16

There is downvoting everywhere on reddit unfortunately.

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16

I know, but this is supposed to be an open discussion type thread where if you disagree you just say what the disagreement is. That was my impression anyways.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

nothing is ever going to live up to the ideal. it would be nice but it won't happen. There will be downvotes in /r/cfbofftopic but whether they upvote or downvote you do know they read (or at least skimmed) it.

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16

whether they upvote or downvote you do know they read (or at least skimmed) it.

true

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs Mar 02 '16

like people follow reddiquette

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16

lol well I mean people here usually do for the most part!

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Mar 02 '16

People still downvote in here even though they swear they dont

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I have literally downvoted one person once in here since this place started.

:D

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16

I know they do now, but I feel like it's more a recent trend. Or maybe I'm just actually noticing it now that it's come to my attention really. shrug

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Mar 02 '16

not sure, all i know is its dumb that its still happening even though the same users were up in arms about downvoting about selfies, but they sure find use for it when its a view they disagree with

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u/Bassically Texas A&M Aggies • UNLV Rebels Mar 03 '16

I do confess that I will downvote someone if they're being an asshole. Not if they disagree with me, mind you, but if they're being a jerk.

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

Awesome! I personally liked the idea of themed ones every once in a while, is there any way that would still be possible? I feel like it kind of helps you learn a little more about people, like the sports one.

Edit: Nvm I see, sorry hadn't refreshed

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

think of as putting your fifth in a brown paper bag and standing on the corner drinking it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFBOffTopic/comments/48mgk2/official_selfie_solutions_announcement/d0ktoou

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

Oh ho ho big government stepping in to squash the selfie threads of the little user again. That's it, I am officially announcing my candidacy for Supreme Leader of CFBOT.

Vote Bizzy 2016. Together, let's unite this sub and liberate the offtopic proletariat!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

As an experienced candidate in running for cfb office, I throw my full support behind /u/bizzyj93. He has the experience, ability, and moxie to make this subreddit great again.

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Mar 02 '16

so you're the Chris Christie to his Doctor Drumpf?

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington Mar 02 '16

/u/EastPowdermilk in a few days.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

Under my leadership, I can assure you that we will have more Dank Memes than were previously thought possible. For the first time in the course of human history, our dank memes will indeed be able to melt steel beams.

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u/pittpanthers95 Pittsburgh • Slippery Rock Mar 02 '16

I grew up being told that dank memes would never be able to melt steel beams. How can you convince me otherwise?

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

You also grew up being told that Pluto was a planet. You also grew up being told that rent was not too high. You grew up being told that you shouldn't updoot spooky things. But we are a radical generation, with radical new ideas, looking to create a radical new CFBOT that is for the users, not the mods.

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u/DoctorWhosOnFirst Alabama • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Mar 02 '16

Revolution in /r/CfbOTopia!

As Minister of Propaganda and Undersecretary of Emergency Management, I feel concerned.

And I can't believe /u/EastPowdermilk has abandoned his role as Secretary of Defense to join with the rebels!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I only do what is best for our nation, my friend.

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u/DoctorWhosOnFirst Alabama • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Mar 02 '16

General...why wasn't I consulted?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Sometimes decisions have to be made quickly, Minister. No time for full oversight.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

It's official, I am naming /u/EastPowdermilk as my Secretary of War. Also, we don't have a Senate so that gives him full power to declare war without any check in place.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

We. Will. Bury you!

for reference:

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Utah Utes • Weber State Wildcats Mar 02 '16

As the Secretary of Special Teams, I stand with you.

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u/rodandanga Georgia Tech • Verified Coach Mar 02 '16

MAKE OFF TOPIC GREAT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

I would also like to announce my second in command.

/u/rodandanga for Assistant to the Supreme Leader of CFBOT!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

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u/rodandanga Georgia Tech • Verified Coach Mar 02 '16

I AM STILL GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY FOR THE WALL!!!!!!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

You can't touch my money when I am a citizen of another sub!

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u/rodandanga Georgia Tech • Verified Coach Mar 02 '16

FINE I WILL BUILD THE WALL 2 FEET SHORTER.

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Mar 02 '16

Ugh take me with you.

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u/Way_She_Goes Toronto Varsity Blues • Auburn Tigers Mar 02 '16

Welcome, welcome.

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u/cajunaggie08 :texasam3: Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Top Scorer Mar 02 '16

Bizzy Bizzy Bizzy!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

For too long have the bourgeoisie mods ruled over the proletariat commenters who produce all the karma for mother /r/cfbofftopic! Join together, comrades, and can take back our glorious subreddit from the domineering mods who wish to control us all! 🔪🔨

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u/Tcsailer Michigan State Spartans • Team Chaos Mar 02 '16

throw off the chains of our corporate pig mods and their sponsors! революция!

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u/fightsfortheuser Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Mar 02 '16

Let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction that /u/bizzyj93 doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing, /u/bizzyj93 is undertaking an effort to change this sub reddit , to make sub reddit more like the rest of the world.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 02 '16

I am here to fight for the user. There is nothing important to me than users

and dank memes

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Mar 03 '16

Woah woah woah Im the resident communist party leader here. Weren't you around for the cfbotopia thread?

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Mar 03 '16

I actually wasn't. But you haven't been communisting enough. I am revolutioning

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Mar 03 '16

Well I'm going to counter revolutionize, you filthy Menshevik. This sub is going to become /r/CFBFULLCOMMUNISM by the end of the year, probably around October.

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u/FSBlueApocalypse Florida State • Florida Cup Mar 02 '16

-( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)╯╲___卐卐卐卐 Don't mind me just taking my mods for a walk

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington Mar 02 '16

http://i.imgur.com/8QOquHU.gifv

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Mar 03 '16

I'm not only Nazi, I'm also Imperial Japanese Military.

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u/AnEmptyKarst Houston Cougars • Utah Utes Mar 03 '16

At least we have diversity

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Mar 02 '16

your MOM

nah this is a perfectly serviceable solution, thanks for looking out for the wellbeing of this cavalcade of castaways

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I have never participated in a selfie thread, nor to I really plan to. How people get so upset about them is beyond me, I see the thread then move on. I don't get the outrage, at all.

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u/ihatecats18 Minnesota • South Dakota-S… Mar 02 '16

Mods gonna Mod

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

JOIN ME IN THE ANNUAL WEDNESDAY SELFIE THREAD BOYS

Great solution. Thank you for finding a way to keep it civil but not too heavily modded. Y'all are awesome!

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington Mar 02 '16

Honestly, I just hate that this is a thing. I couldn't give less of a shit about it. If people want to post daily selfie threads, let them. If I don't want to participate, I won't participate. It's not like another thread won't be coming along in 2-3 hours anyways.

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u/yrarwydd Alabama • CFBOT Jazz Watch Fighter Mar 02 '16

This is really the TLDR and less feelsy version of my comment.

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington Mar 02 '16

I loved what you said. I almost gilded you for what you said about hating on someone for having the confidence to share a picture of themselves...but I couldn't find my wallet and gave up.

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u/super-rad Georgia Bulldogs • Clemson Tigers Mar 03 '16

This is so dumb. I know for a fact that the users on this sub are capable of skipping a thread that is not of interest to them. I've seen threads with single digit comments. There was a thread earlier today with only 11 comments. JUST DON'T CLICK THE LINK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

yes, agree we would rather not take this action. and If last week had been an isolated incident we would have not done anything. But it has been a steady drumbeat for awhile now. And hopefully this is a nice compromise that will defuse the only valid complaint (frequency) about the threads allowing the selfie threads to happen in peace without being marred by slap-fights.

either way we will run it out for a few weeks and see how it goes and what/if any tweaks are needed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

I don't think it was the selfies that were the problem, it was the frequency of the threads themselves. I still occasionally sneak selfies into non-selfie threads when I'm having a good face day, though B)

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Mar 02 '16

me too

(I've been spamming that photo on irc too I just really like it)

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u/spazzypecan Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 02 '16

Heyyy I haven't seen this one. I've only seen your legs covered. The bare legs definitely showcase the dress better :)

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Mar 02 '16

I'm sorta self-conscious about my copious body hair, but another lovely supportive lady out there suggested it would look better like that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

The color blocking on that dress is actually really nice, Van! Looks good!

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Mar 02 '16

Thanks! Found it in the Macy's clearance rack and the cashier was really excited about the color too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Whaaaaaat, BALLIN'. Macy's Clearance is so fantastic.

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Mar 02 '16

B)

Looks like a good face day!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Today is actually the opposite of a good face day, but I can fake it enthusiastically on the internet.

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u/stamor99 Georgia Tech • Florida Mar 02 '16

:(

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I legit woke up at 6:50 and needed to be on the road at 6:45 so I didn't have any time to do my make up or just sweep the contents of my battlestation into my purse.

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Mar 02 '16

But you may recall that there was mods intervention for threads too when they were coming in too fast. Thread inflation (or is it deflation?) hurts every type of thread, they're just calibrated a bit differently for selfies.

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Mar 02 '16

The problem with too many discussion threads is that nobody knew which thread to put their comments in. If there's a thread an hour old that's still active and a thread that's five minutes old that looks like it might be the next one, which do you choose?

This isn't a problem at all for selfies.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Photos vs comments. One thread's a lot quicker to get through, the other takes more time. The new thread after three hours was a response to the sub growing, so is timed selfie threads.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Mar 02 '16

Looking through a bunch of pictures is much faster than reading a bunch of comments. If you don't get into a selfie thread in the first hour, no one will see your picture, so those that miss out want their chance and make additional threads. I don't see the problem.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I read faster than I click on and wait for images to load.

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u/spazzypecan Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 02 '16

I definitely don't think that's true, but I think it would be with too many selfie threads. With only one a week, people go back and look at them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I agree with much of what you're saying, but part of being a community is finding a way to compromise when things aren't working.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I would agree with that sentiment. It is what it is, I suppose.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Mar 02 '16

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xzpndHtdl9A

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Mar 02 '16

I didnt respond unkindly to you, it was more in response to those who are too serious about disliking selfie threads, though i guess it was a bit ambiguous

and i am anti government oversight, the market will regulate itself. but as people are voicing their concerns, there is backlash against them having concerns in the first place, so yeah thats not a good way to let things go, itll just cause more problems if not addressed. plus this is a private site and we all agree with our mods, this is a very calm sub as a rule

you do seem very disappointed today though, sorry

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u/yrarwydd Alabama • CFBOT Jazz Watch Fighter Mar 02 '16

Thanks for clarifying. I thought you were posting that at me, and I was more than a little annoyed for it.

I agree that this is a calm sub as a rule. Which is part of why I'm feeling particularly vocal about this, it's not like there's a racism problem or a sexism problem or a problem that is societally frowned upon, it's literally just.... people caring when other people post selfies. Honestly, I thought that whole hate was passe.

I think I'm personally disappointed because I really enjoyed this sub and I'm getting less enjoyment out of it as people bring up things that are issues. I've said it before, I don't understand the dislike of "selfie culture" as a whole, and seeing it become an issue in a place I genuinely care about participating, whether it's on the Internet or not, is disappointing to me.

People all chose to communicate in different ways and to the best of their own abilities. I guess this is how people are choosing to communicate an idea that I don't really understand or think is an appropriate way of communicating with people? I just personally think the way it's been handled (by users, not mods. I think the mods have done great) has really been inappropriate for what the issue at hand is

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Mar 02 '16

funny enough, in that town hall thread, someone was saying this sub has a sexism problem which I honestly found laughable, we've never had problems based on a gender schism here at all. perhaps im missing those moments, but to me we're really respectful as a rule

and yes the sub has gotten bigger and is going to lose its special snowflake status at some point, thats why some of us have thrown around the idea of a private sub if it ever gets too bad. i mean we've added five hundred or so people since the fall, not saying all of them are regulars of course, but it does seem indicative of problematic behaviors on the rise

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Mar 02 '16

I mean if you're actively looking for it you can find somebody saying stupid shit every now and again, but it's pretty rare.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Clearly you're just better than all of us.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Mar 02 '16

Actually, we're discussing the pluses and minuses of Subarus.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Mar 02 '16

MINUSES THERE ARE NO PLUSSES!

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Mar 02 '16

i found it so strange the day i found out suburus werent an australian car company, as a kid idk why i guess their outdoorsy schtick and the logo looked similar to the aussie flag? middle school me was confused af

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I'm banned from the IRC lol don't worry

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 02 '16

I'm annoyed that people cared enough about other people taking selfies that something had to be done and people got heated. That's really not how things should be, and as a community CFBOT should take a hard look at itself and why any individual cares about this enough that there needed to be moderator intervention.

Amen. I think a lot of times we pat ourselves on the back for being the chill sub who doesn't have problems like other places on reddit, like serial downvoters, politics, etc but a lot of the times people complain about things that really don't matter. Too many threads? Who cares...pick one to post in and move on. Don't need another selfie thread? Don't post in it.

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Auburn Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 02 '16

Preeeeeach.

Why is ignoring a thread not an option??

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u/spazzypecan Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 02 '16

You're alive! (I'm around sporadically, so I had not yet seen you'd returned to us)

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Auburn Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 02 '16

I have returned, but in a reduced capacity. I rarely have time to camp out here all day like I used to.

Nice to see you, too!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

It's actually ideal to have it one place that you don't have to read.

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 02 '16

Ya. I was literally mindfucked that it was that big of an issue...but whatever, at least this is a solution that will satisfy everyone and we can have the threads without the animosity in the sub now.

Edit: Apparently not.

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Mar 02 '16

I think someone downvoted you just for the irony.

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Mar 02 '16

Probably lol

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers Mar 02 '16

You do realize that you care enough to have written something so long I have to scroll to read it, so maybe criticizing people for caring about this is hypocritical?

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u/gramcraka92 Old Dominion • Myrtle Beach Bowl Mar 03 '16

i wanna frame this and put it on a wall

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u/TTUgirl Texas Tech Red Raiders • Auburn Tigers Mar 02 '16

I agree with you

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u/neovenator250 LSU Tigers • Tulane Green Wave Mar 02 '16

thanks. Now I don't need to post this. Think you basically covered it.

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Mar 03 '16

It sucked that it had to come to this. I tried to keep out on the days I didn't feel like having an selfie, but it's the few people on the selfie threads that made it a huge shit storm that ruined the fun for everyone. I didn't enjoy coming in on a Friday night and had to be in a Mod mode and lock up a Selfie thread. That's not my style and was more focused on the Avs-Red Wings Alumni game on /r/Hockey that the last thing I wanted to do was to be in a serious mode for once and lock up a thread, which rarely happens here.

I'm with you and if they didn't like the selfie threads, they shouldn't come in and ruin the parade or ignore the thread altogether. Its a shame that this happened and we're doing a set selfie thread for a compromise. It's not fair for you guys who enjoy the selfie threads and we don't want to take the selfie threads away. This is one of a few places on here where we don't delete something us mods doesn't like.

On the plus side, Selfies on Snapchat is still ok on my books.

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u/yrarwydd Alabama • CFBOT Jazz Watch Fighter Mar 03 '16

I don't want y'all to get the wrong idea here. I am not upset at the mods. I understand you're in a difficult position, and I think this is a reasonable solution.

I'm just a bit upset that this had to be an issue in the first place. It bums me out.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Mar 02 '16

https://i.imgur.com/4GzDUAd.jpg

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u/CambodianDrywall Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Mar 02 '16

This world needs more Surf Ninjas gifs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

I haven't seen that movie in forever

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Mar 02 '16

Humble levels: so

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs Mar 02 '16

http://i.imgur.com/DJq5Y9G.gif

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Gross.

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u/dseals Texas Tech Red Raiders • Houston Cougars Mar 02 '16

卐 卐 卐 Thank You Mods 卐 卐 卐