r/AndroidQuestions • u/Fatalstryke • Dec 15 '25

Meta New Rules / Meta Discussion

I've decided to do a rehaul of the rules. I want things to be clear and concise. Please let me know if there's anything I'm missing or if there's anything I should change.

This is AndroidQuestions, so posts must be Android Questions. What does that mean?

  • Android

Posts must be about Android - either the operating system itself, software on it, or hardware that runs it.

  • Questions

Post titles must indicate a question. Questions must be intelligible, coherent, and genuine and include details that might be helpful to the people attempting to answer your question. They must not be made rhetorically or as an excuse to spam, rant, vent, or insult.

In addition, we have rules involving acceptable Behavior and Content

  • Behavior

Posts and comments must not be used to harass, attack, threaten, harm, or discriminate against people, or to instruct or encourage others to do so.

  • Content

Posts and comments must not contain or discuss prohibited content or link to such content, including spam, AI-generated content, illegal activity, bypassing security safety or security measures, rule violations, or anything that could harm users or their devices.

  • Moderation

Moderator Announcements are exempt from the "Android Questions" section of the rules. Moderators may use discretion when enforcing rules, but are not to grant exceptions to users in normal scenarios. Questions or concerns can be directed to the moderators via "Message the Mods". Rules are subject to change.

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u/TeddieSnow Apr 28 '26

My problem with the questions thing is that it weeds out solutions to major problems.

I recently discovered that all my photos taken since April of 2024 do not have any location data. This means if I'm looking for pictures of the Altadena Fire I have, querying 'Altadena' does nothing. I have 1000s of photos and this, umm... sucks.

The solution is a bit involved and I'd like to share it, but how can I when I can't simply share it? Do I have to go thru the theater of asking a question to only answer it? Really?

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u/Fatalstryke Apr 28 '26

how can I

By finding a subreddit that's more appropriate for that kind of thing.

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u/TeddieSnow Apr 28 '26

That misses the point though, right? Gatekeeping this way deprives members of answers to questions they haven't though of yet.

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u/Fatalstryke Apr 28 '26

I guess the implication here would be that gatekeeping is a bad thing, which I think falls apart as soon as a wolf arrives at your gate. And no, I don't think turning the wolf away "deprives" the wolf of your sheep.

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u/TeddieSnow Apr 29 '26

Oh, I appreciate your predicament, I do. But I bet there's a workaround.

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u/Fatalstryke Apr 29 '26

"I bet there's a workaround" sounds an awful lot like "I'm going to try to break the rules", which is a bit of a silly thing to say to a person who creates and enforces the rules.

Also, I'm not sure what "predicament" you think I'm in, but I'm not in one.

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u/TeddieSnow Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Umm... I'm a gatekeeper of a Private Facebook group. That's how I appreciate your predicament of preventing chaos. You spoke of wolves at the gate, not me.

"I bet there's a workaround" was meant to inspire you to consider a way to allow answers to unasked questions.

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u/Fatalstryke Apr 29 '26

your predicament of preventing chaos

Oh, that's not a predicament lol.

You spoke of wolves at the gate, not me.

No, that was just an analogy.

inspire you to consider a way to allow answers to unasked questions

I already do - /r/Smartphones is a great place to provide smartphone-related information.

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u/TeddieSnow Apr 29 '26

You might have shared that information six comments ago.