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The original was posted on /r/hobbydrama by /u/Tokyono on 2024-07-12 10:45:48+00:00.

Hello everyone, the mods have been discussing all of the comments in the Town Hall thread and we took a long look at the rules and (another) look at the sidebar.

Here are our proposals:

• Merge rule 2 and 3. Both are basically saying the same thing.
• Cut rule 4, as it was confusing people (doxing and redacting personal info was already concluded in rule 13- more on this in a moment).
• Change rule 9 from no “Influencer / YouTuber / Reddit drama” to just no “Reddit drama”. We’ve allowed VTuber posts for a while and that’s just a subset of youtuber/influencer drama. Reddit drama won’t be allowed under any circumstances as a) r/subredditdrama exists and b) encouraging brigading is against reddit TOS and is notoriously hard to police (I have to deal with this on another sub I mod and it’s a real headdache to constantly monitor).
• Move up rule 12 and make it rule 2. We cut the sidebar description and put it at the top of the rules. One of the biggest concerns raised in Town hall was that newcomers would be confused by the numerous rules of the subreddit, and the unclear definition. We agree and we feel the content of the subreddit should be much clearer to new members. We are also considering getting rid of the “not a hobby” section and just changing it a line of “If you don’t feel your potential post fits the sub, then please message the mods and ask” or something like that. We are aiming to encourage a more diverse range of topics, possibility just banning stuff such as politics, and banned topics (rule 14).
• Loosen up rule 13. We would change it to: “Sources must be provided if possible.” This would be put in place to encourage more personal stories a la the days of old, while also limiting the risk of mis- or disinformation about topics with some kind of public record. Personal info (in screenshots etc) would still need to be redacted as far as is practicable. The bit about “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” will still be included.

Please share any suggestions or critiques that you have.

With my own $0.02 I just want to add for rule 9 that I believe so much youtuber/influencer drama is so petty and biased that it doesn’t really fit the subreddit.

Town Hall link here