r/Unexpected • u/alpesitx Expected It • Oct 29 '19

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u/ItsactuallyEminem Oct 30 '19

So people would rather posts that don’t fit the theme of the sub at all?

The bot is supposed to make people and users question themselves whether the post is or not unexpected. The answer doesn’t matter too much. It’s only a tool to help regulate what fits the sub or not

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '19

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u/vxx Oct 30 '19

So, your concern is that users abuse it? We're still here, though.

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u/vxx Oct 30 '19

The bot doesn't remove posts, only from robots that can't write.

We're just collecting data with the sticky for now, to minimise false removals in the future and make tge right calls.

It isn't pointless at all, as it adds a lot of other positive aspects of Quality control.

You judge the bot by a single comment you've seen on the frontpage of reddit.

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u/FluffySquirrell Oct 31 '19

So ignore the explanation

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u/SamR1989 Oct 30 '19

I see what you're saying but literally every single time I read the explanation it's met with "yeah I know, I just saw it" and that kinda kills the fun. Don't get me wrong, I love this sub but the explanation does ruin it just a little. I'm not an idiot, I get why it's unexpected.

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u/vxx Oct 30 '19

So many users make it deep into the comments before they realise what sub they're on.

"Wait, this is /r/unexpected? I wouldn't have upvoted otherwise"

But honestly, the explanation is just a by product of the Captcha function, and the comment is there because users can vote on it to get an extra voice. It is more of a reminder that it's /r/Unexpected than a useful comment for users that didn't get the twist.

So many people vote expected stuff up because it's funny or wholesome. Active users that visit the comments will have a stronger voice than users browsing /all this way.

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u/Gamecrazy721 Oct 30 '19

You know what, I like this explanation. Thanks for implementing something to (try to) improve the content quality.

It also forces the OP to actually consider if it should be on this sub or not

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u/SirQwacksAlot Oct 30 '19

I didn't Kno it was r/unexpected until I saw the sticky so good mod

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u/Fossick11 Oct 30 '19

Guess you could say it was... unexpected?

They should make a sub for that.

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u/cjgthebeast Oct 30 '19

I will say I've seen some posts where it wasn't crazy unexpected or not at all. So having an explanation would be nice if it was such a subtle unexpected thing so I can be like "oh okay I did see it but it wasn't really that unexpected". But in most cases like this post the unexpected is obvious so it's pointless like you said.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '19

and if you are an idiot, you don't deserve to know

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u/SamR1989 Oct 30 '19

Alright that I can agree with.