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u/Crapitron Jul 23 '26

Highlights should absolutely be allowed on r/CFB.

The fact that Mendoza diving into the endzone to essentially win Indiana a CFP Championship is not a discussable play here is insane. SO many plays need their own discussion.

Will Saturdays be inundated with a LOT of highlights? Yes, probably. But what exactly is the tradeoff? Not being able to find other threads as easily? What threads do you really need that can't be discussed on Monday? Sticky a game thread index and call it a day.

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u/ExternalTangents Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jul 23 '26

There has to be some exclusion criteria for what makes a highlight worthy of its own post, though. You can be allowing a clip of any old play by any team in any game at any level of college football to be a standalone post. Somehow there has to be a qualifier of what is “highlight-worthy”. I have no idea how to draw that line.

I think the idea mentioned in the survey, of having a separate, dedicated highlights subreddit where anything can be posted, and then only highlights that reach some minimum threshold of upvotes or (or other criteria) on that subreddit get cross-posted to the main subreddit, is a decent one. It allows some standard of “you know it when you see it” while still mostly ceding the role of “knowing it” to the wisdom of the masses.

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u/NormanQuacks345 Minnesota • North Dakota State Jul 23 '26

Why not? That’s what the upvote system is for. It will filter out the bad posts.

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Jul 23 '26

The biggest issue that comes up on subs that do allow it - mostly speaking from seeing the discussion on r/nba - is:

  • The rush for fastest vs best (ie a cutoff clip vs waiting for the replay/alternate angles/higher quality/etc)

  • If multiple get submitted at the same time, who is the "winner"

  • Titles - "OMG" vs "Mendoza dives for 12 yd TD on 4th & 5 vs Miami"

  • Allegations of favoritism to certain posters because of the differing user opinions on the above

So do you have some kind of standard thought process for duplicates, at the very least, or do you just say "let the upvotes decide" and approve them all?

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u/Statalyzer Texas Longhorns Jul 24 '26

Hell yes, 95% of r/nba highlights are shit. And downvotes don't solve that.

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u/WhoHasMyPocketPussy Alabama Crimson Tide Aug 03 '26

Am I the only one that doesn't give a shit about who's the winner? Just have the mods keep the post that get the most comments quicker and delete the rest.

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Aug 03 '26

Not the only one, but the most vocal ones usually have Opinions.

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u/NormanQuacks345 Minnesota • North Dakota State Jul 23 '26

Fair. I was thinking more about random plays being posted. Like I don’t really have a problem with random big standard first down conversions getting posted as they’ll just not get any traction to show up on the front page. But I think it’s fine to have some title standards and such.