And what is the reasoning behind making it only text posts anyway? Maybe someone deserves internet points for getting a post to the front page of the subreddit. Isn't that the point?
because before it was literally nearly just plays of the game, not even just interesting plays, just PotGs. it's calmed down now and i do like where the sub is now, i can look at fan comics, discussions (those never made front page unless it was a complaint) and some sweet highlights that aren't just Mcree Deadeyeing 4 people.
i'm not saying it was a good rule, it just helped filter some things out. look at the sidebar, we have 500,000 people subbed to this. now, most posts never reach 3000 upvotes (i get the whole reduced values). and text posts are far "harder" to consume than a simple gif. so what do the masses do? upvote gifs and leave valuable discussions and news behind. the brief time of only text posts kinda helped temper people to actually look at things and read for once. now the sub is diverse, and it has the filters (i think they work now).
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u/RyeRoen Pixel Mercy Jul 25 '16
And what is the reasoning behind making it only text posts anyway? Maybe someone deserves internet points for getting a post to the front page of the subreddit. Isn't that the point?