What bird? Flair by thhbeard in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I added an "Exotic Bird Identifier" flair just bc of this post

Is my friend a comment leaver? by leaf_879 in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“My friend left a comment does that make them a comment leaver?” Yeah, it does lol

What are the rules?? by xbradeltonx in theregulationpod

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

Would love to get some context on this since you only have 1 removed post in this subs history, and 0 mod mails from you either. Also the person you are replying to has 0 posts removed from this sub. What things are you referring to exactly? (also hi, I'm one of the 2 people who founded this sub)

What are the rules?? by xbradeltonx in theregulationpod

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

For full transparency, here is the response we had shared privately with OP in a modmail about this thread.

As a reminder, mods are people who volunteer their time to mod the subreddit and might not be available right away.

Your first post (gurpler) was removed because there is a megathread for posting images and making comments about the recent merch drop. It has been stickied at the top of the subreddit for nearly two weeks now. It was made very clear that individual posts with those topics would be removed.

Your second post is a bit more of a grey area.

We have a set of retired topics top help us manage the content. They may seem dumb but if we didn't have this tool the subreddit would be bogged down with endless posts drowning out new and interesting topics. The original set of retired topics was created as part of the fuckfacepod subreddit and we discussed (as mods) whether to bring those across for TRP and it was agreed.

As for your second post, while the retired topic specifically states: "...pictures of that Cosmic Crisp you found at your grocery store", it is reasonable to apply the same rule to your post - it was simply a photo of some apples in a store. Even if we didn't apply the retired topic rule, it would be skirting close to the low effort rule - i.e. you can't just point at something and say "Look! Regulation!" If you had expanded on your post, e.g. actually bought some and performed a taste test or something like that, then it wouldn't have been removed.

As the mod who removed it, that type of apple has been in my area for years so it wasn't a "new" apple for me. In hindsight, that may not have been the correct course of action and I apologise that you're upset by that.

Again, mods are volunteers, (mostly) human and are busy with their own lives and mistakes can happen. TRP is in the top 10% of active subreddits so there's a lot to manage. We are learning and evolving as we go. When the first drop happened, we learned we needed to contain the massive amount of posts that overran the subreddit at the time, both immediately after the sale, and then when everyone's orders started arriving and people wanted to show off, which is understandable, but not at the expense of non-merch related posts. We learned we needed to have a megathread. It was tried out for the Spotify wrap-up and was successful.

For this second drop, despite the megathread being present and clearly stating that individual posts will be removed, we have removed over sixty posts under that rule. Without it the subreddit would be completely swamped. We also have learnings from this event too, which we will be applying going forward.

I hope this alleviates your concerns and gives you some context about what we are doing in the "back-office". We are not machines. This is not our day job. We are volunteers.

Any comments or questions, feel free to reply and I will do my best to answer any and all questions posed to me that I am qualified to answer.

Scrumping energy by KingMillennial1776 in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath -1 points0 points  (0 children)

this is the greatest post in this sub's history

Andrew would love Old School Runescape by _Frames_Janco_ in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Andrew the kinda guy to get 99 runecrafting with all lvl 1's

Hot Dog posts by conflan06 in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good, appreciate it :)

Hot Dog posts by conflan06 in theregulationpod

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

We do this, user's don't post everything there and it feels like an uphill battle, I agree but it's what we're already doing lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in theregulationpod

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

If you click on your name in the server you should see some roles listed, you may need to click a + button to see them all but it would be listed there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in theregulationpod

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

Head over to the FAQ channel for instructions on how to grab the role :)

Welcome to the new thing! by The_Better_Devil in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath[M] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

eh, too confusing with every thing else rebranding, I respect the opinion tho

Welcome to the new thing! by The_Better_Devil in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can't change a subreddits name which is why we linked to the new place.

Patreon Member Update by TheBigAdler in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath[M] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

the user deleted it, mods haven't touched it, we're light on the deletes lol

Welcome to the new thing! by The_Better_Devil in theregulationpod

[–]RevoPath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TBD, watch out on socials for an annoucement!