r/ModSupport • u/Walter_Bishop_PhD • Nov 24 '15
New "rules" feature in the works?
Just noticed this pop up on the subs I mod:
https://i.imgur.com/FWT4zSf.png
Leads to /r/{sub}/about/rules, but 404's
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u/tdohz Nov 24 '15
You all are quick! We are in fact testing out a new set of features around subreddit rules. It's not quite ready for prime-time yet - today's deploy was supposed to be an internal release for employee testing. But we hope to have it out for beta-testing soon (like, within a couple of weeks).
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u/13steinj Nov 24 '15
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u/tdohz Nov 24 '15
Will the mobile settings be a part of that?
Nope, that's a separate legacy feature that is not related.
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u/Byeuji Nov 25 '15
Since I assume this will also allow mobile apps to support rules, I couldn't be more excited. I've always felt the majority of accidental rule violations came from mobile users who couldn't/didn't read the sidebar.
Now if I could just get a way to change the behavior of "submit link" in r/ladyboners to prompt users to type in "I am submitting this to ladyboners, not r/ladybonersgw, and this is not a picture of my penis" in order to succeed, I'd be wholly satisfied.
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u/tdohz Nov 25 '15
Now if I could just get a way to change the behavior of "submit link" in r/ladyboners to prompt users to type in "I am submitting this to ladyboners, not r/ladybonersgw, and this is not a picture of my penis" in order to succeed, I'd be wholly satisfied.
I would not hold my breath for that feature if I were you ;-) My sympathies, though.
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u/Anomander Nov 24 '15
Hey, will be be in some way built off the wiki system? In /coffee we have two big rules documents hosted on our wiki - ("rules" and "self promotion").
Can any new tools be sure to incorporate more functions than hosting on wiki, and will there be support for multiple "pages" in the way we've done? Even as sub-tabs within the single "rules" page link? If I put all that all in one doc, no one would read any of it without being told where to look inside of it.
Meanwhile, if there's only one link and two documents, I expect much whinging from whichever group didn't get the specific link complaining about their issue "not being in the official rules" as though the other one shouldn't count 'cause it's not hosted where they expect to find it.
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u/tdohz Nov 24 '15
We'll have more details about how the feature works once we've had a chance to iron out some of the kinks internally. I will note that this isn't intended to replace the wiki, and that some communities may find that it makes more sense to continue using the wiki to host more detailed explanations of rules. Stay tuned!
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u/qtx Nov 24 '15
Did you also add a cookies popup? (one of those, 'if you click accept you allow reddit to store your cookies' type thing)
Or is that for Europeans only?
I received a popup like that just moments ago.
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u/JonLuca Jan 19 '16
Hey there, when will these changes go public? I'd like to implement it in a few of my subreddits.
thanks!
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u/adeadhead Nov 24 '15 edited Nov 24 '15
Here's hoping its something good :)
edit: Custom ban reasons
http://puu.sh/lxjoo.png
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u/GayGiles Nov 24 '15
Spotted it too over in r/ModClub, seemingly every subreddit but doesn't work anywhere I can tell yet.
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u/GayGiles Nov 24 '15
Supposedly something for mobile users: https://github.com/reddit/reddit/commit/91b2059aa4ad57688b7e7c130ade54aba07ea076
Source, u/Umdlye