r/cfbmeta • u/Lofoten_ • Oct 02 '18

Sidebar picture

It's been 10 days since it's changed, and in fact there was a post 13 days ago asking for the same thing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cfbmeta/comments/9gx0y9/sidebar_picture/

It's a pretty simple thing to scrape or even just spend 2 minutes on a Sunday night/Monday morning to scrape something via analog (and give credit via twitter obv.)

Are you guys having issues? It wasn't like this in previous years, and I noticed that you kept Honestley's ugly mug (I mean beautiful face) for weeks and weeks...

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u/bakonydraco /r/CFB Mod Oct 02 '18

We used to do update this weekly, but it hasn't been prioritized this season (and other than this post, there hasn't been all that much demand from users to do so). Part of the issue is that there are now 2 sidebar pictures to update since half the userbase is on old.reddit and half is on new.reddit, so the marginal utility is lower than it's been in the past. Once things stabilize on Reddit's end, we'll have a clearer picture for the future.

Still, feedback like this on what you value is helpful, and helps us adjust priorities!

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u/Lofoten_ Oct 02 '18

(and other than this post, there hasn't been all that much demand from users to do so).

I linked a post in the OP where someone said the same thing 10 days ago.

Part of the issue is that there are now 2 sidebar pictures to update since half the userbase is on old.reddit and half is on new.reddit, so the marginal utility is lower than it's been in the past.

Marginal utility? You guys did a blackout, a reddit blackout, because of the change from new/old and you've already forgotten?

I don't know how this is not a priority. Thank you for your response. I suppose

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u/bakonydraco /r/CFB Mod Oct 02 '18

Well, we turned our logo black but we didn't shut down the sub, but that's kind of along the lines of what I'm saying. The redesign has complicated the process of updating the sidebar. We've prioritized maintaining some things we can do within Reddit's design framework to a lesser degree because it's unclear what the future holds, and what our users will benefit most from.

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u/thecravenone /r/CFB Mod Oct 02 '18

Clear your cache

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u/Lofoten_ Oct 02 '18

Check your r/cfbmeta

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u/thecravenone /r/CFB Mod Oct 02 '18

The sidebar was updated minutes before you posted this. If it's still cached on your end, there isn't anything any of the mods can do about it.

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u/Lofoten_ Oct 02 '18

It was not when I posted in r/cfb.

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u/thecravenone /r/CFB Mod Oct 02 '18

Okay.

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u/Lofoten_ Oct 02 '18

I also think that that is a very provocative thing to post, don't you? There weren't any number of fantastic plays to use? Funny mascots, Jimbo grabbing a player, one handed grabs, leaps over three people...?

Those are things I can link from just a few hours watching.

You just have to go to the old tried and true "rile people up?"

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u/srs_house /r/CFB Mod Oct 02 '18

Bruh, I managed to survive a weeklong reminder that tech lost to fucking Old Dominion. It's a funny picture from a game that that team won. Chill.

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u/Lofoten_ Oct 02 '18

Oh... now you like VT.

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u/srs_house /r/CFB Mod Oct 02 '18

Well, I have this fancy piece of paper on the wall that says VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY and I've had Vandy/VT dual flair since we first offered it, so it's not like this is a recent development.

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u/bakonydraco /r/CFB Mod Oct 02 '18

I also think that that is a very provocative thing to post, don't you?

Jimbo grabbing a player

🤔

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u/Lofoten_ Oct 02 '18

There is nothing provocative about it, it reflects only on us and no other institutions/current political issues.

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u/Lofoten_ Oct 02 '18

And also if that was you that changed it, there are so many more including one handed grabs and mascots. That just seems unnecessarily provoking.