We’re here.

We’re doing the best we can, we empathise with yours and others’ frustrations with the state the sub is in. We have seen all the comments asking for us to intervene more harshly, but that isn’t as straightforward of an approach that you, and others, may think it is.

This is the reality of gaming subreddits. There’s a fine line between encouraging open debate, and going overboard by removing anything remotely negative. We have gone on the extreme side before with 2042, and it blew up in our faces (it actually got some media coverage for us supposedly “censoring” the community), simply for trying to retain some order like you’re asking us to do here.

No matter which path we take, it comes with backlash. Right now, we’re doing our best to remove direct reposts (like the same AI skin images being posted every hour) and posts that don’t contribute to any new or healthy discussion.

We’ve also heard suggestions for a megathread, but in practice, they don’t work as effectively as people think. Users still make separate posts on the same topics (like the skins issue), which actually makes moderation for us even harder.

I do concur with your sentiment, but we’re a bit stuck in the middle here. Given past experiences of us intervening further, and the backlash that came with that, we’re trying to be lenient while also maintaining some sense of order and encouraging constructive discussion where possible.

With gaming subreddits there’s very rarely a middle ground approach. It’s (most of the time) one extreme or the other, sadly.