r/Pics is doing a new poll to divide their fate, the are 3 options:
- Continue allowing only pictures of John Oliver looking sexy.
- Allow any media of John Oliver.
- Suspend all of /r/Pics’ subreddit-specific rules.
They’re just gonna set the sub on fire!
I say they go NSFW to prevent advertising
That’s what they would do if they’re /r/PICS (“Posts Illustrating Community Sentiment”).
Reddit admins have said they won’t allow subs to become NSFW if they aren’t actually NSFW. But “Posts Illustrating Community Sentiment” can be anything, even outright porn. And of course, the good moderators at /r/PICS would never allow outright porn without properly marking their subreddit as NSFW…
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That has worked out very badly for some of the larger subreddits who have done it.