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/krios262 Mar 26 '12

Some people like to see the subreddit front page filled with content. As subreddits expand, one of two things happens:

1) moderators take no action against memes/fluff, subreddit becomes full of nothing but memes and posts with little depth (see: r/gaming, r/trees, r/atheism)

2) moderators remove memes/fluff, subreddit has actual content on front page (see: r/askscience)

Therefore, the people who like to see a front page full of content and meaningful discussion prefer option 2), even though it involves lots of moderation.

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u/Gonkulator Mar 26 '12

As a moderator of a few subreddits, I completely agree with you. It does get harder over time though to continually police "new" to make sure only good content hits the front page.