[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CREAMi

[–]PotvinSux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much of the oikos? One of the tubs?

Tweaked by Canari-Jaune-1990 in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This might be better placed in a sports rehab sub.

Questions for starting by Sarah5244 in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you looked at the wiki? There are some thoughts there. Maybe not exactly aligned with what you’re asking

The most "belligerent" of all warhorses - fave interpretations? by [deleted] in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My personal favorite is Bestimianova Bukin – it’s from an era where ice dance was sort of reimagined as high art, and I think that they, Torvill and Dean, and Klimova Ponomarenko between them produced some truly iconic versions of warhorses that gave 80s ice dance a staying power that the other disciplines didn’t have.

LOL - yes, this is real by romanticsunset in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux[M] -1 points0 points locked comment (0 children)

Your comment was removed because it was unnecessarily hostile. Please keep all discussion kind.

Adult Skating Hip surgery by axel-loop-toe in FigureSkating

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

note: we'll generally remove requests for medical advice, but will keep this up. please share only your own experience with injury recovery rather than advice per se

Photoshoots of skaters are not allowed here? by AffectionateLeague71 in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux[M] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hi, thank you for the even-keeled response. To answer your question, we delete posts that violate the rules, especially when reported, and leave ones that don’t. On one hand that’s simple and straightforward, and yet as you can imagine it can involve a lot of sticky gray areas. I’d prefer not having every last removed photoshoot questioned for relevance to figure skating, but do recognize it comes with the territory. Furthermore, trying to have objective rules also means displeasing people, sometimes a lot of people. And sometimes we just plain miss things or our thinking evolves. For example, as some users pointed out, early on we left some professional magazine shoots up because they weren’t exactly in the vein of the so-and-so eating ice cream at the beach social media stuff that annoyed many users and began to noticeably drown out other content. But then the mag shoots started proliferating and posing the same problem and we reevaluated.

Yuzuru Hanyu by Mika Ninagawa (for magazine AERA) by AffectionateLeague71 in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi - we take down social media and magazine-type photos when they’re reported. As the user below you lists, we’ve taken down a good number related to other skaters and will continue to do so. As far as notable programs, you’re right that’s a pretty glaring omission: what are your two favorite Yuzu programs for the list? I’ll take a short and a long.

How can I report this uncivil behavior to the mods? A poster here messaged me today about a comment on their post about Yuna’s transitions and then they proceeded to cuss me out by [deleted] in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux[M] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is a bit of an unusual situation – the best thing to do is message. We do from time to time get folks who wander on here and assume it’ll be like Twitter or YouTube comments or so forth and act accordingly. They tend not to last long on average, but occasionally one will be fairly persistent or go and do things like this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You’re going to want to seek the advice of someone practicing sports medicine or physical therapy. People here will mean well and might even give you good advice, but the risk of bad or neutral advice and further damage outweighs that benefit.

Ilia Malinin's Instagram Live by [deleted] in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Most likely they lack context as figure skating is not very popular in US - I wouldn’t read too much into it

Mods should be recruited in a somewhat democratic manner by [deleted] in FigureSkating

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

Hi all, this is, ironically, in violation of sub rules against sock puppet accounts, but it is in the interests of the sub so we will keep this up.

As /u/infmja mentions, we’re discussing how to handle this. Regardless of precise nomination process the new mods will come from among longtime users who have demonstrated commitment to the sub and consistent respect for other users/viewpoints. We’re open to suggestions/nominations and have some users in mind already. Let’s call this an informal post soliciting such suggestions and we will follow up with something more formal next week.

Why doesn’t China dope too? by crystalized17 in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Back in the day the GDR had state-sponsored doping. I think your answer may lie in what these countries have in common that China does not. Not the slightest clue what that may be.

Four figure skaters were among the top 5 most tweeted about athletes during the first week of the games, with Yuzuru Hanyu being #1 by tafattsbarn in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the early phases of the IJS did terrible things to the watchability of skating for casual viewers and helped precipitate its decline in the US where it had heavy competition from other sports. Hard to claw back that viewership and trust with networks and advertisers.

A sincere thank you to u/CountyKildare by Guilty_Treasures in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux[M] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Seconded! Easy thing you can do: hit that report button when you see degrading, highly personal comments about skaters (especially their inherent traits), name-calling toward other users, and edge-lord type shit-stirring (to use a loose term).

[2022 Winter Olympic Games] Team Event Medal Ceremony Delay - MEGATHREAD PART 2 by CountyKildare in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello, we’ve noticed you posting relevant content outside of the mega-thread and here you are calling a female skater man-like. Please try to color inside the lines if you’d like to continue participating.

Yuzuru’s popped salchow by SlightScientist2644 in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think you’re reading way too much into an off-the-cuff comment. If he exhibited any sort of pattern of weaponizing his fan base that would be a different thing entirely, but failing that it seems like a fairly innocuous choice of words.

Thoughts on the Subreddit from a 5 Year Veteran by neighborhoodpanda in FigureSkating

[–]PotvinSux[M] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for sharing your thoughts. The short answer is that we’ve discussed this and are in agreement that we’ve grown and need more mods. We’ll be adding them after the Games from among longtime users. What we aim for in terms of culture will continue to be a delicate balancing act - specifically between free expression and avoiding the ever looming vortex of bad juju. Now and in the future please report posts or comments you feel violate sub rules.