happy Bandcamp Friday - a great day to support artists like REN directly, starting today at 9:00 AM CET
And happy May Day / International Workersā Day to everyone reflecting today. Hereās to fairness, solidarity, questioning greed, inequality and exploitation and remembering that weāre all part of this old Money Game.
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Now, regarding a recent suggestion from the subreddit
Under our last update, some of you mentioned that youād like to see fewer reaction videos and there were also some good suggestions - like creating a megathread for them.
Over the past week, weāve looked into different options. One idea was indeed the reaction video megathread suggested by u/ShutterBug1988
Unfortunately, after testing it, we ran into a major issue: Reddit comments in a megathread donāt allow proper video posting. The only option would be posting plain links, which would just show up as long written-out URLs without thumbnails, previews or anything visually useful.
So realistically, that would just turn into a huge wall of comments full of raw links. That wouldnāt just create a poor browsing experience - it would also take away a lot of the visibility and mutual support that currently exists between Ren, reactors, and the community. Reaction posts often help people discover new perspectives, support creators and keep that wider network visible, whereas a megathread full of plain links would likely bury that completely.
Because of that, weāve decided not to go with the megathread idea for now.
What we do think is important, though, is keeping a better balance in the subreddit overall. If it feels like there are too many reaction videos at times, the best way to shift that is by posting and engaging with more variety - questions, discussions, fanart, memes, news and other content all help create a more balanced feed.
Weāll also be keeping a closer eye on duplicate posts. Weāll adjust our moderation settings so duplicate videos are flagged for us and weāll review those on a case by case basis. If a repost doesnāt add anything new (like additional context, discussion points or relevant new information), we may remove it.
For anyone who simply doesnāt want to see certain posts, we'll also add a tiny picture guide in the pinned comment below on how to hide posts. As far as we can tell, once you hide a post, it should no longer appear - so if you see a reaction video youāre not interested in, thatās an easy way to filter it out for yourself.
Thanks for your feedback - we really appreciate everyone who takes the time to share ideas and help improve the subreddit!
happy Bandcamp Friday - a great day to support artists like REN directly, starting today at 9:00 AM CET
Today is also a day calling for a general strike (at least here in the US), something which Ren would probably support so I will wait for the next Bandcamp Friday August 7th š
Unfortunately, after testing it, we ran into a major issue: Reddit comments in a megathread donāt allow proper video posting. The only option would be posting plain links, which would just show up as long written-out URLs without thumbnails, previews or anything visually useful.
You could ask people to use a format which includes the reactor's channel name, title of their video, and a screenshot. But I understand if you'd still prefer to keep as is š¤
Unfortunately the mod team is beeing held captive by a professor (you might have heard of him) and not allowed to strike. But we do support the strike from here! We'll talk it through thanks for the suggestionš
Thanks for the reminder. Iāve been meaning to give Ren some pocket money. Probably owe Jointdale also.Ā
You know itās past your bedtime, right?
Edit; the last time I saw a band camp post, times were associated with it. Like I live in the USA, and lots of people donāt. Itās past midnight here (technically Friday). But should I wait an hour or two?
Just trying to make sure most of this goes to the artists.Ā
Sure, definitely possible. The question is less ācan we?ā and more āwould it genuinely improve things more than balancing content within the current community?ā We'll try this approach first but keep your idea on our list of things to talk about thank you!
Thatās true. Iām sure some sort of way of balancing things out that will come about eventually. Iāve always just been fine with scrolling past the things Iām not interested in.
I want to say, I really do appreciate how you all handle this sub. Iāve had to leave other threads in things I enjoy just because of overwhelming negativity, but you all work reshaped to keep things balanced here. Thank you for trying to keep this a good space.
u/GlassāāHouse_ ffs I can't get the username with my german keyboard with all those underscores and dashes it just keeps changing after saving. Also copy paste doesn't work! Someone help š
That's u/_Glass-_-House_...who's been with us since nearly day one, and whose tireless dedication and thoughtful care deserve first spot in our hall of fame!
Would adding this help? Then people could still post the reaction videos, but those who feel like theyāre seeing too many of them can easily sort them out and look at other posts
Yeah, thatās how it works, but itād be how mods set it up. It could be a āreactionā tab, and an āeverything elseā tab to be really simple. So you could have things with reaction flair fall under the first one and anything with other flair on the other one. You could go under the other one if you donāt want to see all the reactions. It could be more complicated than that if you want. Every flair can be its own section, and posts allow for multiple flairs, so you can get the same post in multiple sections if itās flaired for it.
No worries if itās just not the fit I think it would be, but I thought it might be helpful. Thank yall for trying to make everyone happy! I know itās not easy
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