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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!

    • EnglishMobster@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      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…

    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 year ago

      That has worked out very badly for some of the larger subreddits who have done it.

  • GuyDudeman
    21·
    1 year ago

    That’s pretty huge, since they’re probably the biggest subreddit.

  • Orvanis@lemm.ee
    16·
    1 year ago

    I feel like suspending the specific rules is the only viable long term protest. As much fun as John Oliver pics are, eventually people will tire of the meme.

  • AdequateSteve@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    Reddit is writing their own rules and they’ll rewrite this one to get their way. They’ll just force it back to SFW and remove any mods who undo it.

    • Dr Cog
      2·
      1 year ago

      By forcing them to moderate their own subs, they would have to (ideally) pay their own employees to do so. Not only would this be expensive, but it would hurt them in the eyes of investors right before they go public.

  • can@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Should users happen to decide on the third option, /r/Pics will officially become /r/PICS; “Posts Illustrating Community Sentiment.” Literally anything that doesn’t break the site-wide rules will be allowed… so while you’ll still be able to share your three-act musical about John Oliver, you’ll also be able to share AI-generated videos of anime girls yodeling (for example).

    I love this so much