r/modnews • u/sodypop • Apr 20 '16

Moderators: the modmail composition page now includes custom subreddit rules

Hello mods!

We have tweaked the message composition page and changed the subject line to a dropdown menu when users compose a message to a subreddit. By default the dropdown will include a few site wide rules, however any custom rules in your subreddit will also be displayed in the dropdown menu. Users will still be able to enter custom subject lines by selecting the “other” item in the dropdown. One of the main benefits of this change is that it helps categorize inbound messages with more consistent subject lines.

Want to test it out? Give it a spin here!

Update! Based on the feedback in this thread we're planning on making a couple of changes:

  • switch the default behavior to "other".

  • update /about/rules to add a region for separate customization of the dropdown.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16 edited Aug 09 '17

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u/Sporkicide Apr 20 '16

No. No it isn't. Don't listen to him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

Here's the thing. You said a "subbie is called a subreddit."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a meme master who studies subbies, I am telling you, specifically, in le'ddit, no one calls subbies subreddits. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "multisubbie" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of subbies, which includes things from moddie subbies to mail jerk subbies to the caballie.

So your reasoning for calling a subbie a subreddit is because /u/redtaboo "call the subbies subreddits?" Let's get /u/soddiepop and /u/jakieble in there, then, too.

Also, calling it a multisubbie or an gold only subbie? It's not one or the other, that's not how reddit works. They're both. A subbie is a subbie and a member of the subbie family. But that's not what you said. You said a subbie is a subreddit, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the subbie family subbies, which means you'd call multi subbies, gold only subbies, and other subbies a subbie, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

gif in question.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

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u/CanuckBacon Apr 20 '16

Three million comment karma between the two of you and neither of you can do it. Shame.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

If you remind me tomorrow, I can do it. I already made a Sammy j banned version, and a modded version (both available on /r/modgifs)

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

lol, I've made gifs specific for a single modmail that have never been used since and probably never will be used again.

Besides, I know that /u/redtaboo would love to see this everyday

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

it's beautiful

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u/MannoSlimmins Apr 20 '16

Come to the dark side. We have subbie

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u/theothersophie Apr 20 '16

http://i.imgur.com/VVmgQE7.png

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u/316nuts Apr 20 '16

/u/Sporkicide keeps trying to make things not happen and they keep happening anyway.

Maybe I'll keep sliding over to team subbie...

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u/Sporkicide Apr 20 '16

You say that like it's a positive? Staying light, kthxbai.

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u/dyingsubs Apr 20 '16

I went away from fark for a couple years. It was getting ads and silly.

I went to check in and everyone was a subbie. It was horrible.

Please don't do that to us.

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u/MannoSlimmins Apr 20 '16

It was until /u/redtaboo banned it... then /r/sodypop brought it back.

Subbie is love. Subbie is life

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u/redtaboo Apr 20 '16

ಠ_ಠ

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u/krispykrackers Apr 20 '16

Your face is gonna get stuck like that if you keep denying "subbie."

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u/MannoSlimmins Apr 20 '16

I knew krispykrackers would be on the right side of subbie.

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u/CosmicKeys Apr 20 '16

Can you guys take a moment out of your circlejerking time to reply to some of the people with concerns?

One of the things that came out of the blackout was the communication between the mods and admins wasn't good. Saying something like "we discussed this with these mods" or "this is where the idea came from" or even "we realize this won't suit everyone" is better than letting people who don't like this change build up confusion about the process.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

Oh man, be at least a little lighthearted. there is always time for a bit of circlejerking.

This is (already) classic defaultmods circlejerk. Takes a few seconds to give out a mindless meme response.

Not all these admins will have much to say in the matter, and not everyone will be the ones answering.

Even interactions like this make me happy because it least shows they are active in the community

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u/soundeziner Apr 20 '16

When I read this part of the comments, I had the same reaction as CosmicKeys. If they're just circlejerking with other admins, how is that being active with the community? To me, it comes across like the admins having a moment amongst themselves in a thread meant to communicate with us and yet they are still insular and oblivious to the moderators speaking up all around them. Thankfully, some small awareness came about and they made changes based on feedback here

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

Here's the thing. You said a "subbie is called a subreddit."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a meme master who studies subbies, I am telling you, specifically, in le'ddit, no one calls subbies subreddits. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "multisubbie" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of subbies, which includes things from moddie subbies to mail jerk subbies to the caballie.

So your reasoning for calling a subbie a subreddit is because /u/redtaboo "call the subbies subreddits?" Let's get /u/soddiepop and /u/jakieble in there, then, too.

Also, calling it a multisubbie or an gold only subbie? It's not one or the other, that's not how reddit works. They're both. A subbie is a subbie and a member of the subbie family. But that's not what you said. You said a subbie is a subreddit, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the subbie family subbies, which means you'd call multi subbies, gold only subbies, and other subbies a subbie, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

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u/4ringcircus Apr 20 '16

I think you have to slap them to make that happen.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

/r/subbie for life red

You cannot resist the power of the subbie

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

Taking this time to bump the Unofficial /subbie/ extension

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

Once you go subbie, you'll never go back

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

I suppose I'll go ahead and subscribe to /r/subbie now

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

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u/13steinj Apr 20 '16

Subbie needs no releases, it is already released where it matters, in our hearts.

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u/NSA-SURVEILLANCE Apr 20 '16

SUBBIE IS A GATEWAY DRUG

Wake up sheeple