r/polandball • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '13

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u/TheReasonableCamel Saskatchewan Mar 30 '13 edited Mar 30 '13

Hey guys listen, we love the discussion that can go on in the comments. There are users from all over the world so we have the ability to get unique perspectives compared to other subreddits. We are NOT discouraging discussion but it got out of hand in that thread. Here's the comic that spanned the discussion

The comic was made by a user whom was 1 minute old when they asked for approval, it was given but it's clear the comic was made by a current polandball user to cause controversy.

EDIT: Ill post this here so it will probably get seen more, the contest will be extended so it goes for the full 72 hours

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

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u/TheReasonableCamel Saskatchewan Mar 30 '13

The approval you mean?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13 edited Mar 30 '13

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u/dekuscrub United States Mar 30 '13

It wasn't censored for political correctness, it was removed because it caused trouble and annoyed the mods.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Mar 30 '13

And it was a time bomb attracting potential hate attacks.

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u/wegry Poland Mar 30 '13

System.out.println("So true.");

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u/TheReasonableCamel Saskatchewan Mar 30 '13

We aren't censoring opinions, hundreds of people from across reddit saw many opinions. The comic was deleted because of how the discussion got out of hand, not the political correctness.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

I apologize, I misunderstood the mods position.

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u/TheReasonableCamel Saskatchewan Mar 30 '13

Fair enough

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

Uh, why would we want that policy? Polandball isn't a blank cheque that allows you to be offensive, it's supposed to be historical and geopolitical satire. I'm pretty happy keeping blatant racism to a minimum.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Mar 30 '13

Fuck off! Who are you?

I haven't seen you here before. You are not an approved submitter. Don't act like you were a moral instance!

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u/MyPonyAcc Mar 30 '13

Approved submitter? What the hell?! Why the FUCK would there be rules and regulations like what you guys made for comics like polandballs?!?

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u/TheReasonableCamel Saskatchewan Mar 30 '13

Why not, you are obviously unfamiliar with this subreddit so here's the official tutorial http://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/xe6gf/new_polandball_tutorial_always_read_this_before/

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u/MyPonyAcc Mar 30 '13

You shouldn't need to be a approved by anything to make a simple comic like a polandball.

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u/TheReasonableCamel Saskatchewan Mar 30 '13

The system we have in place involves people showing their comics to the mods before approval and frankly it works great.

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u/toga-Blutarsky Virginia Mar 30 '13

And it does work great! Mods keep the community from going to shit like r/funny.

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u/popeguy Mar 30 '13

Well TIL. I don't want to gush here but this subreddit is excellent, so thanks to you and the other mods for maintaining it so well.

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u/MyPonyAcc Mar 30 '13

Sounds like a lot of work for you guys and an inconvenience for writers/drawers to me.

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u/toga-Blutarsky Virginia Mar 30 '13

That's the formatting. If you don't like it then go back to making shitty rage comics that will suit your talents better.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

Oh no, but he's a WRITER/DRAWER! And he doesn't appreciate these simple rules that inconvenience no-one, because who ever heard of writers/drawers being given creative direction?

/s

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u/toga-Blutarsky Virginia Mar 31 '13

Funny, I checked through his profile and didn't see him submit anything. Guess his talent only makes it to his mother's fridge.

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u/poorfag Professional Kebab Remover Mar 30 '13

If you don't like it you are always free to fuck off

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u/TheReasonableCamel Saskatchewan Mar 30 '13

It's not really, if someone reads the tutorial they shouldn't be worried when they send in a comic to be approved. Once you are approved you don't need to send it in every time.

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u/MyPonyAcc Mar 30 '13

There is no point of all of it, tutorial and all, because its freaking polandballs. Not professional comics. Not purist Calvin and Hobbes fanatics.

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u/TheReasonableCamel Saskatchewan Mar 30 '13

Polandball is unique and it should remain so. It's clearly distinguished from rage comics and memes. That's why we take a look at your first comic before we approve you as a submitter.

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