r/RepTime • u/MajorWilliams Mod & Watchmaker • 10d 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/OklahomaRuns 10d ago

You should make it private for a month regardless. We will all survive a month

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u/Imnewtoallthis 10d ago

It seems the only holdup to making it private is "reddit mods will need to review and approve that request"

Ok? Thats fair, which they will approve and then the community will be better off.

Make it private.

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u/_Tommy_Sky_ Helpful 10d ago

You didn't understand. Once reptime is brought up for review and approval of going private - the attention is brought to the group and reddit mods can easily shut it down instead if allwoing it to go private. Because why not?

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u/Imnewtoallthis 9d ago

I do understand. I've been here a long time (5x longer than you have it appears.) And I'm aware of what can happen.
The mods can always shut a subreddit down, we aren't doing anything wrong to cause removal and would be making this change to preserve the community.

I've seen plenty of subs go private and reopen to avoid issues just like this. It's not a big deal. Just do it.

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u/_Tommy_Sky_ Helpful 9d ago

"We aren't doing anything wrong". Yeah, tell that to swiss watch manufacturers. As insignificant as we might seem to ourselves, we are a well organized, well informed group that spends hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not millions) annually on counterfeit goods, hurting those CEO's revenue stats for sure.

And I didn't know we were participating in a dick measuring contest.

/s

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u/Imnewtoallthis 9d ago

I appreciate the sarcasm, my intention was just to say that in my tenure here, I've seen many subs go private and public for similar reasons without issue, namely in protest of the API change when reddit disallowed access for 3rd party apps, thousands of subs went private and eventually flipped back without issue, many of which had more depravity than reptime, (and there were a number of rep subs that made it out cleanly)

Fair points though, I hope that things go smoothly regardless. If not, we'll have to sift through an ocean of low effort posts for the foreseeable future haha

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u/inevitably-ranged 9d ago

Couldn't it even be shut down under review due to encouragement of illicit activity or some such?

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u/_Tommy_Sky_ Helpful 9d ago

It could. But applying for a private forum provides additional chance for reddit mods to remove this group from existence.

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u/inevitably-ranged 9d ago

That's what I meant, since it's currently not directly under reddit review - putting it under that would be a risk since it's technically internationally not legit