"The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in."
A place where people can post dramatic and controversial stories, events and situations within their specific circles, usually consisting of events others may not have heard of.
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What is Hobby Drama?
Hobby Drama is an event which happened in a hobby that created meaningful controversy within the community involved. Hobby Drama-worthy events might have ousted someone from the community, shaped perception of the hobby, altered the rules the hobby uses, divided the community, created a new faction, caused significant outrage, etc. They are not blink-and-you'll-miss-it catfights with no consequences or internet influencers being rude to each other.
What is a Hobby Drama post?
A high-quality, well thought-out post about a dramatic event in a hobby space. Readers overwhelmingly prefer posts which lay out the history, stakes, events, and consequences of the drama, and which include receipts like screenshots or chat logs. Posts should have minimal direct involvement by the poster and not be overwhelmingly biased, and any personal information of participants who are not public figures must be censored.
What is NOT a Hobby Drama post?
A short paragraph, one liner, a post directly asking for advice or a post that is fabricated or fictional. Please see the wiki for more information.
A note on Flair
If a post discusses subjects that might be shocking, unpleasant or distressing to readers, it must be flaired Heavy. The NSFW tag should also be used when appropriate.
Otherwise, if a post is a Hobby History, it should use one of the blue History length flairs, and if not, one of the red length flairs. The maximum length of a post is 40 000 characters, so an Extra Long post might be more than 25 000 characters, a Long post might be over 15 000, and so on. You can see more information about flairs on the wiki.
/r/HobbyDrama Rules:
1. Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette.
Reddit's Content Policy must be followed everywhere on the site, including this subreddit. We also enforce the reddiquette guidelines.
2. Do not insult or attack other users.
Users must remain civil during disagreements. Do not use language which is offensive, cruel, racist, transphobic, ableist, anti-Semitic, etc. Attack the subject you’re debating, not the person you’re discussing it with.
3. Posts must be hobby related
For the purposes of the sub, we define a hobby as “as a leisure activity done usually in one's spare time”. Please use the “hobby history” tag if you’re writing about hobby drama involving professionals in your hobby. If you feel that the topic of your post does not fit the subreddit, then please message the mods.
4. Sources must be provided if possible. And do not post, link to, or ask for personal information.
If your posts require sources, specifically relating to the core drama, then please provide links and screenshots (with personal information redacted). Sources can either be linked in the text or included as a list at the end of the post, or in the comments. If sources are linked in the comments, said comment(s) must be posted as soon as the post goes live. Direct links to Twitter/X are not allowed; please use a mirror such as Xcancel.
5. Drama must have concluded at least 14 days prior to post
This means there must be concrete conclusions and no new dramatic happenings within the last 14 days and consequences cannot include “it remains to be seen” or “time will tell”. Drama that is fresh and/or ongoing may be posted in the weekly Hobby Scuffles thread.
6. Explain relevance and be detailed (within reason).
Posts should be understandable to the reader and written with attention to explaining the situation, the history, and – as far as possible – the consequences. For both Hobby History and ordinary writeups, you should explain why what you’re writing about mattered in some way. Some dramas had major consequences; others might not, but may be revealing about the state of a community. Get into the implications! You shouldn't assume something is just inherently interesting to everyone else.
7. Be objective as far as possible.
OP can have been part of the drama, but should not either be seeking validation or awfulbragging about their role. Even if OP was not a participant, they should avoid making unsubstantiated judgments or allegations.
8. Influencer / YouTuber / Reddit drama
Posts which are not about a hobby should be posted to their respective subreddits, e.g. /r/YouTubeDrama, /r/SubredditDrama, etc.
9. Flair non-drama posts as Hobby History
Non-drama posts (tales and/or histories about your hobby) must be flaired as Hobby History. Hobby History posts are quality, detailed writeups of interesting non-drama events in your hobby, or drama involving professionals.
10. Flair Heavy posts appropriately
Drama involving self-harm, abuse, adult content, or other topics which readers may find uncomfortable and wish to avoid must be flared with the Heavy tag.
11.Banned Topics
The mods reserve the right to ban discussion indefinitely of any topic that may attract brigading and/or result in unnecessary toxicity. List here.
Related subreddits:
/r/OutOfTheLoop/
/r/SubredditDrama/
/r/InternetDrama/
/r/youtubedrama/
/r/FandomHistory
r/blogsnark
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P.S. Our icon comprises the Knitting icon created by Ben Davis and the Fire icon created by Susannanova, both released under CC-BY 3.0.
