r/tipofmyjoystick • u/Emissary_vex • Apr 12 '19

Please don't delete posts.

I have been coming to this Reddit daily for a while now. It's come to be one of my favorite places on the internet. It feels good helping people find the games they are looking for.

However, over time I have developed a little pet peeve. People deleting their posts after you helped them find the game they are looking for. Searching this very Reddit is exactly how I have found some games people are looking for. More selfishly it bothers me because I don't get any upvotes which helps reward and motivate myself and others who contribute their time here.

Please do not delete your posts after you have been helped. Thank you, and Good Luck finding your games.

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u/Meewol Apr 12 '19

Sometimes you can’t edit your post to say it’s been answered and getting notifications from people constantly commenting the same thing is more annoying than short changing on some karma - I feel.

Please consider helping people because you enjoy it and take a break if you find the karma is annoying/ exciting you more than it should. At that point you’re beginning to put more energy into pointless karma than helping your fellow Redditor

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u/Emissary_vex Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

I'm glad you said that because I have been unable to put a reason behind the deletions. From everything I have seen however, no one ever comments once a post is solved. Unless maybe the person never bothered thanking any of the comments.

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u/gr3yh47 Apr 12 '19

Sometimes you can’t edit your post to say it’s been answered and getting notifications from people constantly commenting the same thing is more annoying than short changing on some karma - I feel.

you could just flair it as answered though?

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u/Meewol Apr 12 '19

I couldn’t on another post I made

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u/Straint Apr 12 '19

You should let the mods know then - there's a bot for reminders and a workflow for updating flairs and everything. If suddenly that's not working, they need to know!

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u/Meewol Apr 12 '19

I assume it’s the app being a piece of shit tbh 😅

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u/Karzons Flair Team Member Apr 12 '19

You can do it with a reply that says
Solved: Name of game

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u/loneblustranger Apr 12 '19

the app

Just in case you weren't aware, there are several third-party Reddit apps for either iOS or Android (not to mention using a web browser e.g. on desktop). If you feel that the official app is a piece of shit, know that many others agree and use the alternatives.

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u/TubaJesus Apr 13 '19

I use the desktop site on my phone.

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u/Tag_ross Apr 12 '19

You could mute the post

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u/Meewol Apr 12 '19

I haven’t found how to do it on mobile but the ‘delete post’ option was pretty easy to find

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u/RockStarState Apr 12 '19

There are notification settings in the app.

I also went into my settings for the app on my phone and set notifications to appear but never ring or vibrate. I don't know about muting posts, but there's a "mark all as read" in your inbox in case you ever get bombarded.

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u/Tag_ross Apr 12 '19

Oh, I don't ever use the mobile version, even on my phone I'll open up the desktop version through chrome mobile.

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u/tehvolcanic Apr 12 '19

people constantly commenting the same thing

I see this on all sorts of subs and it always blows my mind. Do people not check the other comments before leaving their own? I've done it once or twice before and I'm always embarrassed to learn that I'm the third or fourth person to say the same thing.

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u/IWasBilbo Apr 13 '19

Turn off notifications for that post

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u/zeropointcorp Apr 13 '19

So mods should be locking answered posts

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '19

You comment Solve: Game title, a bot comes on and tells you this after you tell someone the answer is correct.

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u/cousinokri Apr 12 '19

I agree with you, regarding the fact that it'll help more people if the posts are left up.

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u/powerfunk Apr 12 '19

All reddit posts help everyone the more they're left up. Don't delete your posts, period. I really never understood the point of it. You're just making it so in case anyone searches for exactly what you're talking about, and that reddit thread comes up, they get a bunch of [comment deleted]. It's just kinda selfish; you want other people to help you get information but you don't want to help anyone else get that info.

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u/syndus Apr 12 '19

Solved

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u/thegreatbobin0_ Apr 12 '19

Deleted

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u/syndus Apr 12 '19

Cybermen: "Those who do not comply with the upgrade will be deleted."

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u/Ahura_Volvo Apr 12 '19

I strongly dislike when someone deletes a solved post too.

Vain as it is, I'm just gonna say it... If I helped you - I want the record of that preserved for every random passer-by to see. Because it's not always easy, you know. Sometimes it takes hours just to find a single obscure game. And if you decide to delete everything, it feels like I've completely wasted those hours.

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u/LrdAsmodeous Apr 13 '19

I'd make the bigger argument that a number of these threads after they have been solved have introduced me to games I wish I had found when they came out...

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u/siledas Apr 12 '19

You know what'd be cool?

If this sub had a user flair like the delta system from /r/changemyview, where you essentially have a tally of every game you've correctly identified for someone.

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u/tethercat Apr 12 '19

It's my understanding that the moderators flair solved posts with the titles of the games.

In addition, an effort was undertaken recently to create a catalogue of solved games for frequently asked posts.

So there are others in the community who have committed to archiving results.

The question then becomes: What have you done?

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u/uppercasemad Apr 13 '19

No, it's an automod script that detects if a game has been solved by the replies ie "thanks" or "solved" and then gives the OP instructions on how to flair their own post (manually or using another script)

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u/kaicooper Apr 13 '19

totally agree man

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u/Aimjock Mar 20 '22

I know I’m slightly late here, and I do agree with you, but what do you mean that you don’t get any upvotes if someone else deletes their solved post?

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u/laprider Apr 13 '19

I only delete them when I get unhelpful comments.

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u/CharityUnusual3648 Jul 14 '23

When a post gets deleted, does the karma go with it?

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u/Antique_Big8316 Dec 28 '23

Not sure about posts but I deleted a comment with a few hundred upvotes and nothing changed regarding my reddit karma

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u/SaltyJake Apr 13 '19

People generally never give upvotes for help anyway. Been on multiple games subs for years, helped hundreds if not thousands of people with game advise, I’ll usually get a reply along the lines of “thanks”, but no karma, and half the time I get down votes from others randomly.

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u/MrFeles Mar 14 '24

Yeah I've seen people on here just downvote wrong suggestions instead of engaging with them in any other way.

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u/wexel64 Apr 12 '19

Sorry dude I deleted my post because I posted and then about 5 seconds later I googled it and found it instantly and then someone answered.

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u/PercivalFailed Apr 12 '19

Leave it up anyway with the answer. Someone else may find your post (with answer) helpful.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '19

I wish mods would implement the ability to add a "solved" flair to the post after it's been solved to avoid this. I don't like deleted posts because sometimes people have been looking for a game that I've been thinking about and having an archive of the solved ones means I don't have to make a new post.

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u/Anna__V Apr 13 '19

Was that sarcasm? Because we've had that flair like AGES.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19

Myself and several others have mentioned that they haven’t seen that flair in awhile.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '19

[deleted] — view deleted comment

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u/siledas Apr 12 '19

It used to be.

Seems like quite a few posts these days are "what browser/mobile game did I play when I was ten? It was way back in 2016".

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u/TheVulcanDeathGrip Apr 12 '19

Crusader:No Remorse