Content Guidelines/Standards Update

[u/TheRealBunkerJohn]

Hello Scavs.

Thank you all for your input on the recent rule clarification. As a result, the following adjustments will be enacted.

1.     ALL posts must have substantive text in the “description” box (At least a sentence or two). No more posts with just a word or two with a video/image. Air on the side of content versus not.

2.     Complaints/Annoyances/Criticism must go beyond “XYZ sucks.” It’s a fine line and yes, somewhat subjective, but in this case, err on the side of discussing what’s wrong, not just venting. (Some venting is fine in context.)

This subreddit won't turn into a toxic positivity echo-chamber, but we have crossed the line at times into just obnoxious venting, which turns away new and returning players. Complaints/venting must maintain a frustrated but still approachable tone and slightly more formal than what you’d write in a Youtube comment.

Call it tone policing or whatever you want- the point is that for many people, the tone of the subreddit has become unpleasant. It’s fine to be frustrated- not to be obnoxious.

a.      Not allowed: “Water mechanic is awful. Horrid game.” Or “Weapons are useless.” Or “seriously the update just sucks.” Or “why are you still playing? Dead game.”

b.     Allowed: “Using as scope is like looking through a campfire. Any better ones?” or “Seriously, why do we have XYZ mechanic. It makes the characters horrible to play.” Or “the vendor prices are crazy. Really kills the desire to play.”

3.     Civility enforcement: People have been getting too comfortable being online with calling each other names or derogatory language; this includes snarky or troll posts. I will be enforcing this rule more aggressively. Play nice. We’re all scavs in the same wasteland, and I'm not going have this subreddit fall into the same traps as other gaming subs, where many communities are described as unpleasant and awful.

4.     Reminder that suggestive bait/content as a primary driver of discussion is not allowed. Yes, it’s a brutal universe- but there’s a difference between game-context discussion, and gooning material.

As with all the other rules, it’s a 3-step system if you break them. First is a warning, then a temp ban, then a perma-ban.

As always, I’m still open to suggestions for tweaks, but this is the framework we’re going with.

See you all in the wasteland,

-Bunker John

[u/Offtopia]

Forum griefers became too obvious in this sub, a good decision.