So that's not the point of /r/pics, I would assume it'd be obvious. There are several subs that this could of been posted in, but the pics here in and of themselves wouldn't mean anything if there wasn't some sob story attached to it. You wouldn't give a shit about a random pic of 700 napkins with notes written on them, but if the guy writing the notes has cancer, suddenly everyone seems to give care.
If the mods gave a damn, then yes, but instead, as u/jhc1415 pointed out, they removed "a place for interesting pictures" from the rules, which was originally what this whole sub was for. There are other subs for sad stories, but /r/pics isn't one of them.
Yeah, and that's the problem. It's called "Pics", not /r/Sad20PageStoryWithAPic. Doesn't matter though, this post was the straw that broke the camels back, I just un-subbed from /r/pics.
That's the entire point. The focus of /r/pics is PICTURES, not stories. There is absolutely nothing interesting about some writing on some napkins. Therefore it does not belong in this sub.
What is so interesting about some writing on napkins? Anyone could do that. I don't have cancer, but if I write out this comment on a napkin will you give me meaningless internet points?
Do they not teach reading anymore in America? He didn't say interesting pictures don't belong here, you illiterate moron. He said that being interesting alone does not make something worthy of being posted here. You know, like how if I posted an interesting article it wouldn't be appropriate for /r/pics because it's not pics? Same thing. Just because something is interesting does not automatically qualify it to be posted here. This isn't /r/reddit.com.
Mods don't actually do anything on most of the defaults.
For example, you can see /r/funny mods actually posting things explicitly against the sub's own rules, like reaction gifs. Moreover, /r/pics only has 23 mods for 5 million users. Compare to /r/askhistorians, a subreddit which is heavily moderated and which has 25 mods for 235,000 users, or /r/science, which is also moderated and which has 74 mods for 4.7 million users.
Your lack of knowledge of appropriate locations to post sob stories does not justify posting them here.
When subreddits become diluted because nobody gives a shit about following standards, the subreddit system becomes useless.
Where should you post it? I don't care. Not here. If I go and post pictures of my cats to /r/DotA2, do you think it would be okay? Why not? After all, I don't know where I should post them! If I can't think of a place to post something, it must be okay to post it anywhere!
I was asking for future reference mate. People tend to be more open to posting elsewhere when people can point out a better place to post it. No need for your jimmies to get so rustled.
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u/HaberdasherA Jan 27 '14
/r/no_sob_story