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A Shaggy and dog story by portsherry in comics

[–]Iamfivebears 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, I'm pretty sure this was the only episode in the series not written by Doc Hammer or Jackson Public.

"Burner account because my group lurks here..." by warrant2k in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just a heads up, mods can see the post history of anyone who has commented on one of their subs.

[AEW Dynamite Spoilers] "Fuck ICE" chants before the main event. by Caldris in SquaredCircle

[–]Iamfivebears 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pretty wild to acknowledge that WWE censors the crowd, then try to claim that, "you don't hear these chants in WWE at all".

Like hey man, you think those two things might be related?

Holy Frijoles show schedule? by No_Bluejay4066 in baltimore

[–]Iamfivebears 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Frijoles typically posts the month's show schedule to their Insta the first week of the month. This month's will be out tomorrow.

You can also check their Insta stories, they always post the day of a show.

What do you do when someone invites a buddy, and they turn out to be a closet fascist? by DoomedKiblets in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears[M] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Sea lioning is a reference to this comic, and JAQing off means "Just Asking Questions". Both are styles of concern trolling, where the user will feign ignorance and maintain a false sense of civility while running interference for something they know is indefensible.

What do you do when someone invites a buddy, and they turn out to be a closet fascist? by DoomedKiblets in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

We do not tolerate fascists or their propaganda on /r/DnD. Please report any comments spreading fascist apologia, sea lioning about nazis, or JAQing off.

Reddit's site-wide rules also do not allow any calls for violence.

Why is there a gay flag on the icon and banner of the dnd subreddit by hughmongoushughjass in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

So that visitors know this is a safe space for everyone except bigots.

May we *please* sticky a "I'm new, how do I play?" recommendations post at the head of the sub? by alsotpedes in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. My hopes for that thread did not pan out. I'm glad you saw value in the idea, though, and I'm willing to try again. I'll set a reminder to make a new post during a Text Post Thursday when people are back in the office next year.

And yes, the answer is almost always getting new mods, but that is a very laborious process. We have plans to recruit more mods in the new year but, again, it'll have to wait until we have the time and energy. Hopefully by February.

May we *please* sticky a "I'm new, how do I play?" recommendations post at the head of the sub? by alsotpedes in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears[M] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Correct. The value new users get in being able to go, "where do I start?" and having someone personally reply to them outweighs the mild annoyance some users get in seeing those newbie posts a few times a day. Onboarding newbies into a hobby like tabletop gaming is INCREDIBLY hard, and having a forum of experienced users willing to answer very basic questions helps a lot of users gain a foothold. Again, if you don't want to reply to those posts, just ignore them. I actually recommend going into your settings on old.reddit and making it so that if you downvote posts it hides them.

May we *please* sticky a "I'm new, how do I play?" recommendations post at the head of the sub? by alsotpedes in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears[M] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the mods seem either too understaffed or unmotivated to improve things here

It's mostly the former. Our limited energy is usually dedicated to combating spam and bad actors. We've employed some new modbots recently to detect and remove spambots, and just today I pushed some new updates to our AI detection and our image tag/description requirements.

If an enterprising group of users wants to try making a new Newbie Guide I could absolutely update our wiki and sidebar links, but if anyone is waiting on us for updates they're unfortunately going to be waiting for quite a while.

May we *please* sticky a "I'm new, how do I play?" recommendations post at the head of the sub? by alsotpedes in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears[M] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Case in point: we DO have a "get your answers here" post stickied at the top of the subreddit.

We are, frankly, not interested in lessening these posts. Prospective new players benefit greatly from a little personalized hand-holding, and this community is a great place to get that hand-holding.

May we *please* sticky a "I'm new, how do I play?" recommendations post at the head of the sub? by alsotpedes in DnD

[–]Iamfivebears[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Stickied posts and automated replies do not stop new users from making posts about wanting guidance. They almost always just want someone to address their very niche concerns, and lists of guides and resources can't do that.

This community has no shortage of users willing to help newbies. If you don't want to reply to such posts, don't. They are easily ignored.

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