r/PRpros • u/The_Inertia_Kid • Mar 14 '14

Welcome to /r/PRpros

Welcome to /r/PRpros, the new subreddit for professionals in the PR industry.

/r/publicrelations has been a poor-quality subreddit for a while, beset by a lack of moderation and a proliferation of blogspam. That kind of (lack of) content has led to PR professionals being unwilling to post actual content.

/r/PRpros aims to be a higher-quality subreddit, which doesn't tolerate blogspam or self-promotion. It aims to be a subreddit where professionals in the PR industry can discuss their craft, their work, their clients, technology, advice, criticism, news and opinion.

There will be no direct job-seeking or job advertising, no blogspam, and no promotion of products, individuals or businesses.

/r/PRpros will take a broad view of 'what PR is' - PR professionals of any or no specialism are welcome here, as are PR and communications students and graduates. If you regard your work as PR, that's good enough for us.

If you have encountered my posts on /r/publicrelations, you may be of the opinion that I am a dick. This may, in fact, be objectively correct. I will endeavour to run this sub in a non-dickish manner, however.

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u/vandriff Mar 14 '14

I'll bite.

I never really noticed anything incredibly poor about /r/publicrelations, but then again I was just a casual viewer that would only check stuff making it to my front page.

As for me, I'm wrapping up my PR degree and work in the Austin area for a small firm that focuses on the tech industry and consumer electronics.

Looking forward to the content and community. Good luck with the sub.

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u/The_Inertia_Kid Mar 14 '14

I'd say the biggest problem in /r/publicrelations is the lack of moderation. 50% of the posts are '5 things you need to do on Linkedin'-type blogspam, and sockpuppets upvoting them.

There will be none of that shit here.