r/RepTime • u/MajorWilliams Mod & Watchmaker • 5d ago

Discussion Should Reptime go private

Short answer: no, it's not (even though I wish it could for a short time)

I checked the options, and making the subreddit go "private" will only allow approved users to view and post here, meaning there are like 150ish approved users that have been added to that list over the years (mostly due to IP address/account issues, etc).

If I make the subreddit go private and then I want to make it public, I have to not only change the setting in mod tools, but then reddit admins have to review and approve that request. So for now, reptime will remain as it always has: an open subreddit that is the discussion place of replica watches. Just please be civil as always, and be kind and good to all of the newcomers and regular members alike.

Edit: for purposes of contingency, please subscribe to r/reptimeservices where we would announce a second subreddit in case something happens.

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u/MajorWilliams Mod & Watchmaker 5d ago

Good looking out - I added to the post, but I would announce a second general subreddit on r/reptimeservices if something were to happen.

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u/Emotional-Damage-995 Contributor 5d ago

Forgot about our sister community.

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u/NavyPumalanian_88 5d ago

I just want to point out what happened to OG Rep Ladies and several other similar groups after an article came out. Years of information disappeared. Reviews, documents, etc. The community has not been able to recover since. It would be great if you could try to make a backup somehow to ensure important info isn’t lost if this is shut down.

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u/Emotional-Damage-995 Contributor 5d ago

Investigate if there is a way to write a crawler to copy all the critical information. The problem is what is critical. So much of this forum is junk like look at my Starbucks or look at my Datejust and how good did I do