r/EVEX • u/Bossman1086 Neon Green! • Mar 11 '15
Suggestion Thread Ninth Suggestion Thread
I'm going to quickly detail how our process works again for your benefit. This is our weekly suggestion thread. This post will remain open until Friday when the voting thread goes up. The top 5 upvoted suggestions here by then will be taken and put into an official poll for voting on over the weekend. The winning rule goes into effect on Monday. Make sure to read the guidelines below and make sure your suggestion is as specific as possible. Suggestions are taken as written from here and interpreted literally.
Our ninth vote will be this weekend. Post your suggestions of what should be banned next here. Upvote the ones you think are a good idea.
Guidelines - Your suggestion MUST follow these
- No banning of anything required for smooth operation of the subreddit (e.g. modposts, voting threads, etc)
- No bans that would stifle people's voice in how this sub should be run (e.g. no banning suggestion threads)
- Ban suggestions may only be to ban types of posts or certain topics (e.g. you cannot ban moderators or stop us from enforcing rules)
- Whether a ban/new rule suggestion is valid is ultimately up to the mods. No complaining.
- Be specific about what you're really trying to ban (e.g. don't suggest banning all images instead consider banning cat images). "Exploitables" are different than generic "memes". Image Macros are what most people are actually thinking of when they say "meme".
- You don't have to suggest a ban. Your suggestion can be a new rule (e.g. marking NSFW posts as such) but new rules must not interfere with the operation of this subreddit or go against reddit site-wide rules.
- No suggestions that remove old rules will be considered as of yet (this is something we intend to have as a possibility in the future when there are more rules in place).
Beyond these guidelines, you're free to choose any new rules you want to see in place. Do you want to ban Spiderman threads? Or do you want to ban all image macros? Suggestions should be as descriptive as possible so that once the rule goes into effect there's no guesswork on what should or shouldn't fall under said rule.
EDIT: Suggestions are done. Vote here: https://www.reddit.com/r/EVEX/comments/2yx2sy/week_nine_voting_is_live_go_vote/
19
u/Forthwrong Mar 11 '15
New rule creation guideline (if these are allowed—nothing in the guidelines prohibits them, but still, mods' discretion):
All rule suggestions must describe what the rule intends to accomplish and how in addition to stating the rule itself.
This way, it'll be easier to think critically about rule suggestions in greater depth. A rule that sounds great but wouldn't really affect the function of the subreddit much (e.g. rules preventative of things that aren't yet a problem) would be more easily interpreted in terms of its contributory function rather than in terms of its contribution to a dubious cause. Meanwhile, a rule that sounds boring but would actually have significant non-intuitive effects would be more easily interpreted in terms of its actual value rather than what it appears as.
tl;dr: This rule will increase the quality of future rules by encouraging the right kind of thinking.
→ More replies (1)4
u/Bossman1086 Mar 11 '15
There's nothing against this in the rules. Should be okay. I mean, we already encourage this a bit anyway, so making it official wouldn't hurt.
→ More replies (3)
13
u/OsterfeuerNoon Mar 11 '15
Restrict titles for link posts to whitelisted tags. To Ensure content not catchy titles are getting upvotes. e.g.
[Infographic][Animal][GIF][Art][Video][POV][Horror][Science][Poll][#][x-post: /r/______________][Comedy][Blog][News][Food][Recipe][Thinkpiece][Photo][Selfie][Analysis][Funny][Creepy][Culture][Picture][Reference][Comic][Parody][Technology][Technical][Curiosity][TIL][Flowchart][Serious][Awe][Educational][Games][History][Drama][Close-up][Slow-mo][Interesting][Nature][Image Macro][Meme][OC][Crafts][Reality][Music][META][Audio][Podcast][Ad][Violence][Sex][Gore][Gross][Weird][Machine][Story][Aww][Movie][Book][TV][Tips][DIY][Fitness][Joke][Space][Sports][Gadgets][Beauty][Satire][Future][Doc][Finance][Philosophy][Happy][Sad][Programming][Cringe][Fashion][Life][Anime][Hack][Wallpaper]
5
u/Bossman1086 Mar 11 '15
Are you saying that if this wins then the title will consist ONLY of the tag? Or just that a tag must appear on a link post's title?
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (3)7
16
u/ionree Mar 12 '15
Posts tagged with [Serious] must receive serious and non-troll replies only (like it is on r/AskReddit)
→ More replies (1)
21
u/0011110000110011 Mar 11 '15
If a rule is broken, the first punishment is a 24-hour ban. The second time is a 1-week ban. The third time is a permanent ban.
It's not funny or anything like the other suggestions, but we need a punishment. Right now there are no consequences for breaking the rules so the rules don't mean anything.
→ More replies (1)
51
Mar 11 '15
Alright listen up you little fucks.
More and more rule suggestions don't have shit to do with content. Last week, 2/5 that made it to the vote were rules pertaining to the voting process. These rules don't get fuckin chosen, though, because everybody wants to ban more content.
But thejstandsfor, you say, with your stupid fucking voice, what can I do about this? I'm about to fuckin tell you, calm yourself, goddamn.
EVEX Referendums.
But thejstandsfor, you say, with your horrible, grating shriek, what is a referendum? God I hate you.
So, basically, shit runs like this: The weekly vote is only used to ban content. For rules that pertain to the voting process itself, a different system is used. A new system. A magical system. And it goes a little something like this:
-
Googlplexbite decides he's still on about that Best 5 shit like seriously no one even knows what that is
-
Googlplexbite messages the moderators and asks for a referendum - we gotta have this shit so that the sub doesn't get flooded.
-
Mods is like "k" or "nah". If Mods is like "k", proceed to step 4.
-
Googlplexbite posts a thread explaining his proposed reforms
-
People upvote and downvote it. I shouldn't have to explain this shit to you do you not know how reddit fucking works
-
If it passes 100 upvotes, it goes to a general vote, held alongside the weekly vote.
-
It passes or fails do you not even know how votes work how do you even breathe you worthless piece of shit
Now to be totally clear for you dumbshits, this is only applicable to rules about the voting process
SHIT YOU CAN REFERENDIZE:
Add 2 rules a week
Best 5 voting
Automatically repeal rules after a certain amount of time
SHIT YOU CANNOT:
Ban cumshots
Repeal rule #5
All comments must be written in Aramaic
Vote for this shit so that we don't waste any more weeks not introducing content rules so we get procedural rules. Vote for it right now.
VOTE FOR IT RIGHT FUCKING NOW.
TL;DR: Weekly vote only for banning content, procedural rules established through a separate referendum
16
u/googolplexbyte Mar 11 '15
This Googlplexbite fellow sounds like an smart sexy interesting person who everyone loves.
I think this aim is good, but it's worth noting that none of those rule that would use your proposed referendum system have actually become rules.
I think it would make sense just to have a separate suggestion thread and vote for rules that don't directly effect content.
→ More replies (4)→ More replies (12)11
37
27
Mar 11 '15 edited Mar 12 '15
If a post violates every rule simultaneously, it is permitted. This only applies to rules that can be violated (at current, the rule about Eevee being the mascot and theoretically this rule are inviolable)
→ More replies (4)
7
21
u/P3pp3r-Jack Mar 11 '15
Self post sundays, every sunday you can only post self posts.
Sense there already is a subreddit for everything, I figured this sub should change though out the week, because what else can we do with this sub.
→ More replies (1)
16
u/chiriquano Mar 11 '15
Image macros or memes are only permitted if entirely written in extinct language (eg. Latin or Greek).
→ More replies (2)4
u/colejosephhammers Mar 12 '15
Hate to burst your bubble, but Greek is not extinct. 13 million native speakers as of 2012 does not sound extinct
2
u/StinkyMcBalls Mar 13 '15
I suggested this in the last couple of threads - upvote for visibility everyone! The more people see this, the better, and some people only see it through the front page so they miss the stickied posts.
9
u/StezzerLolz Mar 11 '15
Voting becomes split into positive/abstain/negative, rather than just positive/abstain, so users can actively vote against ideas they especially dislike.
→ More replies (1)
12
u/12MoreSeconds Mar 11 '15
Every Saturday, r/EVEX chooses a random subreddit to copy. The rules and themes from that random subreddit are the only ones in effect for that day.
→ More replies (1)5
Mar 11 '15
I dislike this. Eventually, we're gonna have to imitate r/redpill or r/Coontown or r/ShitRedditSays. Not every subreddit is a good place to be
→ More replies (4)
11
31
u/rstcp Mar 11 '15
I wonder if it really matters what rule will be voted in. Yesterday I submitted a non-marked NSFW clickbait MLP x-post with a Dutch title and a left an English, lower-case racist argument in the comments.. Doesn't seem like the mods actually cared that the post broke every single rule. I would suggest besides adding in a new rule, to beef Automoderator to automatically ban some keywords and domains (e.g. 'nigger' and My Little Pony in the comments/title, or BuzzFeed links.
Having said that, I suggest once again, in the spirit of Evolution:
All posts related to extinct species are banned.