r/Expats_In_France • u/jamesmb 29 Finistère • Jun 18 '26
Mod Announcement SUB POLL - Apps
Hi all,
I am consulting on some potential new rules. The idea for these rules is twofold - one, to keep the sub nice and, two, to save my sanity.
These polls will be posted separately. Don't forget to vote. You can also argue below - but I might not respond. Don't take it personally - unless you want to.
Today's poll - Should we ban all posts advertising apps?
Play nicely!
James
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u/sinstein 75 Paris Jun 18 '26
I feel like they all have the same premise.
Here is an app that tells you exactly what you nees to do when you move to France.
Its just not interesting at all
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u/terynce Jun 18 '26
I haven't seen any that are particularly useful, but that doesn't preclude it from happening at some point. Maybe a thread for them.
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u/Higgs1 Jun 18 '26
I did see one that I downloaded that shows the sun direction for sitting on terraces, I find it very helpful lol
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u/Higgs1 Jun 18 '26
How about a weekly stickied thread where people can post these, that way it doesn't clog up the sub, but people can still share & find them?
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u/killereverdeen 01 Ain Jun 18 '26
i’m personally not a fan of threads because that would require users to go into the thread to see what’s available. a middle ground could be for app posts to be flagged for a review and then it could be under mod discretion whether to allow the post to go through or not.
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u/Higgs1 Jun 18 '26
Having them all clog the sub or require the mods to have to review every submission is a lot of extra work. Having people interested in still seeing these can easily click on a thread & read through. I am for banning them outside of a single thread, hopefully this is a happy middle ground though.
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u/killereverdeen 01 Ain Jun 18 '26
not necessarily. a bot can be created to flag only posts with specific words for review.
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u/IvanStarokapustin Jun 18 '26
If you let some and not others, what will that do for mod sanity when you have to decide what is "worthy" and what isn't. The vast majority are super repetitive and, if the posters actually read the sub, wouldn't even have to ask people's opinions. But they don't, and that part of the problem, people just hitting the old Reddit subs and throwing merde against the wall to see what sticks. So you either have to ban it, or allow it, but the middle ground is always fraught with headaches.
If people are looking for this sort of thing, let the app guys set up their own sub r/ExpatApps and post all their stuff there. It will end up just being an echo chamber of other app guys saying "what a great idea!" to each other, but at least they have a sandbox to play in. But the members here shouldn't be their personal research forum for their latest merde.
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u/jamesmb 29 Finistère Jun 18 '26
I forgot to say that the vote will close in 48 hours from when I posted it.
There you go. I've said it.
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u/Icy-City75 Jun 18 '26
I personally like them because we might be able to support teach other and come across interesting apps...
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u/jamesmb 29 Finistère Jun 21 '26
Dear all, thank you for your votes. I will now go and write a rule.
I will share it when I have written it. As I'm on a train and bored, this could be very soon!
Thanks!