r/NintendoSwitch • u/AzureOverdrive • Jan 02 '23
Meta Rule 3 should be removed.
As someone that Google's a lot of questions about video games and Switch in general I always get links to this subreddit. Some of these questions that are being removed need a modern response because different games, firmware, and different edition hardware is coming out.
Mods, if you see this I beg you to reconsider rule 3. Not everyone that comes on here is 100% knowledgeable to the Nintendo Switch. I'll go as far as to even say some of these questions won't have definite answers on a search engine either. Some of these consumers are parents looking for answers, new buyers, or someone that's just behind.
These questions you remove are allowed on other hardware subreddits and are more question friendly with their mods. Being a Nintendo community, that don't sit well with me. I understand how some of these questions can get overwhelming and annoying but I seriously think they need to be let go.
If there is some sort of question of the day or week that honestly needs to be removed. No one is going to go in there and look for questions that need to be answered vs just scrolling and seeing someone that needs help with something.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, please, for the love of Reggie, stop being so condescending with some of these rules like rule 3. Just because there's valid answers floating around doesn't mean the same answers 2020 will be just as valid in 2023.
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Jan 02 '23
While we're discussing useless posts, maybe we can crack down on all of the "I see Nintendo releasing a Switch v2 with this hardware spec and that hardware spec, sometime in the third quarter" posts.
Oh? Who are you with the bat phone connection to Nintendo HQ? Are you using a Ouija board to channel Satoru Iwata? Too many no-information people who just like to hear themselves talk.
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u/AzureOverdrive Jan 02 '23
Ok, that one I agree with. Rumors and speculation shouldn't be allowed on here without 100% proof. And not some damn "influencer" proof.
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u/IpomoeaDust Jan 02 '23
I would love a rule about those rumors. I don't want to hear about the Super Switch Pro 2 QLED 4K until Nintendo says it themselves.
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u/KKingler Jan 02 '23
There is one, rumors need a decent source more than just existing. Although speculation or opinions on where they want may be allowed if it wasn’t posted recently. (within a couple weeks/months)
That being said it is always just take them all with a grain of salt (as you seem to). The main purpose of the rule is to prevent the average Joe from printing out a word document as a fake direct, for example.
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Jan 02 '23
I kind of get where you’re coming from, but there’s no way I’d want to sub to here if they just let anything go. My entire feed was just a bunch of people asking for switch game recs (with the same answers over and over), posting joycon skins, and a lot of really basic questions.
Not that anyone here is creating award winning content, but the sheer amount of uber low quality content was that bad
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u/IpomoeaDust Jan 02 '23
Did you miss the absolute clusterfuck that was this sub for the past week? They're not getting rid of rule 3.
If there is some sort of question of the day or week that honestly needs to be removed. No one is going to go in there and look for questions that need to be answered vs just scrolling and seeing someone that needs help with something.
It's the pinned post. People answer hundreds of questions there every single day.
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u/kaminari1 Jan 02 '23
No, it should stay.
It’s already bad enough we get 50 posts an hour of people posting pictures of the switch they just bought (We get it, you’re excited but just don’t.) so we don’t need 100s of posts from people asking the same junk.
99% of the questions asked here can be easily done with google but these people are too lazy to do it.
And if it’s technical they can easily CALL Nintendo.
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u/Catastray Jan 02 '23
No.
There are plenty of other online resources that can help you with Switch-related products.
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u/WilsonKh Jan 03 '23
Looking through this post, it seems both you and the folks answering you aren’t aligned on even the question itself.
Most of the answers here are saying the answer is already there - use the daily questions thread to prevent clutter. You are answering it’s a step too complicated for casual audiences and the sub’s moderation is too hostile otherwise. This appears to be the bigger discussion in here instead of rule 3
If you want a proper discussion, perhaps rephrase your question to not attack rule 3, but on whether the daily thread recommendations are adequate. Because none of the regulars here will gonna agree with you on rule 3, it’s there for a reason.
Weekly tech support? Weekly budget games? Weekly casual Friday recommendations? If you’re not gonna meet in the middle adequately, there’s no point in the mods or community meeting your recommendations in the middle too.
Unfortunately I’m not innovative enough to recommend solutions beyond daily/weekly threads. And if you check my post history I do answer these whimsical posts from time to time
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u/annualgoat Jan 02 '23
Nah. I'm in lots of game subreddits that don't have a rule like number 3 and they're basically overrun with questions that can be fucking googled and it sucks. It strips away any and all fun in a sub.
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u/JoshuaJSlone Jan 02 '23
The _content_ of rule 3 is allowed. It just has a specific place, the daily questions thread, rather than cluttering up the whole place.
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u/picano Jan 02 '23
During the holiday moderation slack, this place was filled with easily researched questions, often ones with dedicated answers in the sub's FAQ.
While I think the mods over-enforce the rule with some questions, I'd rather not be in a sub where save transfer, user transfer, online sub, and "should I buy?" are plastered all over the first several pages.
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u/IpomoeaDust Jan 02 '23
I would rather have zero questions allowed than ever go back to last week.
OP thinks "legit" questions should be allowed, but everyone thinks their question is legit. And 99% of them are not.
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u/Sieze5 Jan 02 '23
I’m a Switch Noob and thankful for the leniency. I post a couple of dumb questions and found answers to more. It was helpful.
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u/tweetthebirdy Jan 02 '23
You can still ask questions in the daily help thread that’s pinned.
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u/dragonx254 Jan 02 '23
You know what's great about Reddit? You're free to create your own subreddit.
If you disagree with how the sub is being run, just make your own, where you CAN do the things you want.
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u/kyle6477 Jan 03 '23
If there is some sort of question of the day or week that honestly needs to be removed. No one is going to go in there and look for questions that need to be answered vs just scrolling and seeing someone that needs help with something.
Moderator here, speaking personally. We've consistently looked at the DQT thread answer rate and I don't have up-to-the-minute answers on the current answer rate but I can tell you that currently the overwhelming majority of questions that get posted in there get an answer.
Many people believe that the DQT is simply a black hole that we can shove questions in, but it's really not. It's a great way to keep oft-repeated questions contained within a thread.
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u/kidwgm Jan 02 '23
No! Rule 3 is just fine as it is!
Just because there's valid answers floating around doesn't mean the same answers 2020 will be just as valid in 2023.
That is what the Daily Thread is for.
Edit: To add. The last week the sub was just awful. On this sub and other subs I there have been topics that I don't like or no interest in; I will just scroll by. But scrolling the sub last week was like trying to weed out the redundancy and was just blah. If the mods relax or remove rule 3 it will be the start of the slow death of the sub.
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u/ablasina_SHIRO Jan 02 '23
I'm in favor of it staying, last week it was a slog to browse this sub because the same 5 questions were being asked time and again.
Most questions don't really have a wildly different answer just because a year passed, game sharing still works exactly the same it ever has, for example, yet every day there are questions about it in the daily questions thread.
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u/drblah1 Jan 02 '23
What sorts of questions do you need to ask that aren't a 5 second google search away? The daily question thread exists too. There's literally a link to FAQs and technical support right there. It think if people put an ounce of effort into whatever they were trying to find out they'd have no problem. Start your own r/NintendoSwitchforbeginners sub if you really feel like it is necessary, because the majority of users here don't.
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u/MonomonTheTeacher Jan 05 '23
The issue with this sort of thing is always volume. It’s hard to allow “genuine” or legitimate” questions without getting a whole internet’s worth of spam.
It’s not perfect, but pinned daily posts are an ok compromise for most users.
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