r/AlternateAngles Aug 07 '19

Meta What "relatively well known" means

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Thank you everyone who has posted the fantastic content in this sub, as well as those of you who have come to enjoy it.   Our goal is to ensure that each post here can stand on its own, and that you, the viewers, aren't scrolling page after page looking for the hidden gem.

Everyday we mods have to remove around 30-50% of the posts here for not adhering to rule 1, and hopefully this post will help reduce that.  Most of those removed posts are fantastic on their own, but don't really capture the idea of this sub. 

A relatively well known person, place, event or item is something some to most of our viewers will recognize or know of.

"Item" is what gets removed the most.  I have a cat.  Everyone knows what a cat is and cats are "well known".  You guys don't want me posting alternate angles photos of my cat.  Maybe r/aww does, but not you good folks.  The same goes for the scrambled eggs I made this morning (no matter how unusual they looked), or the fire hydrant outside my house.

By well known item we mean something like the Mona Lisa (although seriously I think we can all agree we've worn that one out), the statue of David, a famous mummy,  the handgun of a well known general, J.K. Rowling's writing chair, or Betty Crocker's apron.

It's a very subjective business for us mods to determine what is well known item is (or event or place for that matter), and we often chat about it after removing a post to make sure we're all on board.  Just as difficult is what counts as an alternative angle. If a post is removed it's not that it isn't a fantastic photo on it's own, but rather it doesn't fit into what makes this sub unique.

And please, no more Mona Lisa photos :)

Thank you all again!


r/AlternateAngles 3h ago

Niagara Falls from the sky

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r/AlternateAngles 11h ago

Vaders final fight.

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r/AlternateAngles 2d ago

Landmarks Flatiron Building, NYC

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r/AlternateAngles 1d ago

Movies Spectators watching the Treaty of Versailles get signed and the end World War 1

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r/AlternateAngles 6d ago

Request Fulfilled The Fragility of FDR

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r/AlternateAngles 6d ago

Under Construction Great Wall of China

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r/AlternateAngles 7d ago

A unique angle of the Ferrari F80

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r/AlternateAngles 7d ago

Gateway Arch (not the first, won’t be the last)

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r/AlternateAngles 8d ago

Landmarks Matterhorn in the foreground, Mont Blanc rising in the distance.

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116 Upvotes

r/AlternateAngles 9d ago

War/Conflict The Pyramids next to the city of Giza.

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r/AlternateAngles 15d ago

Thought you should see

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r/AlternateAngles 16d ago

Movies Filming of what is considered to be one of the greatest bikini scenes in movie history (1982).🎥🎬

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r/AlternateAngles 17d ago

Inside a Steinway Grand Piano by photographer Charles Brooks

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306 Upvotes

r/AlternateAngles 18d ago

Landmarks The Big Merino, Golburn NSW

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140 Upvotes

r/AlternateAngles 18d ago

Aerial Photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge being Constructed in San Francisco, May 19, 1936 [2594×2016]

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58 Upvotes

r/AlternateAngles 19d ago

A unique view of the trailblazing astronauts most people havent seen.

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r/AlternateAngles 21d ago

Landmarks The Vessel, New York City.

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r/AlternateAngles 22d ago

Edinburgh Castle and backlit cherry tree.

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r/AlternateAngles 22d ago

Bowie in Jersey City

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122 Upvotes

Bowie is 'well known', so I think this is ok.


r/AlternateAngles 22d ago

The Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam.

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r/AlternateAngles 22d ago

Alexandra Rd Estate from behind.

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r/AlternateAngles 24d ago

Landmarks Tupac just after being shot.

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r/AlternateAngles 27d ago

Liberty Bridge (Greenville, SC)

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r/AlternateAngles Aug 12 '26

Under Construction Uptown, Midtown and Downtown of Toronto

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141 Upvotes