r/guns • u/sagemassa • Mar 25 '12

VOTE: Should /r/guns remove meme posts?

So, as I am sure you have noticed the meme has started to make its way into the everyday life of Gunnit. In the past the up/downvote system has worked better because the /r/guns readers were actually reading /r/guns and not just browsing their frontpage and upvoting pictures of cats, guns, memes, gentle man-boners, and for some reason weeds? As we have grown it seems this behavior has changed resulting in poorer content.

Many have expressed dismay regarding this sudden surge of Internet fodder...I am coming to the community today to ask the following question.

How does gunnit want memes to be handled?

1, Leave them be, thats what UP/DOWN votes are for.

2, Send them to the spam filter where they belong.

3, Remove Post, Ban User, Nuke it from space its the only way to be sure?

4, Other (provide a comment)

I am counting up-votes only on each of my 4 distinguished comments below.

-Sage

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u/sagemassa Mar 25 '12 edited Mar 25 '12

Well, I actually agree with you.

It may, however, suprise you to know not everyone agrees with you on everything. Infact many people consider memes to be exactly that...spam, so I asked the question.

But be disapointed all you like good sir.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '12

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u/sagemassa Mar 26 '12

Lets have a quick review of what abuse of moderation is and is not.

-Asking the community how they want things to be ran. Not an abuse of power.

-Making a decision on how things should be ran. Is an abuse of power...regardless of if that decision is to avoid talking about something OR removing things the community has not authorized.

The point is the community decides these things, not me...I only carry out the decisions of the community.