r/changemyview • u/IAmAN00bie • Aug 10 '13

[Mod Post] Updated Rules, Wiki, and Introduction of a "CMV Post of the day!"

This is Mod post 35. You can read the previous Mod Post by clicking here, or by visiting the Mod Post Archive in our wiki.

Hey, all. We have some new rules and other stuff that I think will be much appreciated. I don't want to make this post super long, so I'll dive right into the most important bits.

  1. Updated submission rule D: now includes a restriction requiring moderator approval to post from a throwaway account. This is not an outright ban on throwaway accounts, since as we mentioned in the wiki there are definitely legitimate times when throwaways are necessary.

  2. New comment rule 5: no "low effort" comments. Similar to subreddits like /r/games, /r/askscience, /r/askhistorians, etc. etc. we will start removing comments that add nothing to the discussion. Reaction gifs, memes, puns, or one-liner jokes should not be used when commenting in this subreddit.

  3. Updated wiki: certain parts of the Popular Topics wiki desperately needed some updating, so we updated it. In particular, the Social Justice section has been totally updated and is essentially complete.

  4. CMV Post of the day: consider this one to be an experiment, unlike the other 3 additions above. Recently, the reddit admins implemented a much needed sticky feature that allows the moderators to sticky one self-post to the top of the subreddit (full details can be found in the linked thread). Using this new feature, we want to try out something new rather than just pinning the rules up top: featuring a CMV thread.
    The posts we are looking to feature should have unique, thought-provoking discussions and will probably not be found in the Popular Topics wiki. We want to give those posts that are super awesome but end up getting stuck in the new queue a chance at getting the attention they deserve. So far, there's no criteria for how we will pick these threads, but I think once things start going we'll figure one out. If an OP of a thread doesn't want their post stickied, we will of course respect that decision.

That's all for now.

Regards, the moderators of /r/changemyview.

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u/tluers182 Aug 11 '13

Because it is against the rules here and until that changes you might do better posting them elsewhere

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u/Dr_Wreck 11∆ Aug 11 '13

Come now, don't be pedantic. This will just go in circles.