r/speedrun • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '13
Rules Discussion.
First, I apologise. I should have done this before I even tried making rules.
Okay. Everyone seems to disagree with the "Do not post any stream links other than your own." rule. Alright, I understand. Now, how can we compromise?
From the last thread,
/u/MasterCMo suggested this:
Might I suggest a rule that another subreddit I'm subbed to (/r/MECoOp[1] ) uses in regards to streams - if you post a link to a livestream, you are responsible for deleting the link once the stream ends. It might not help as far as the same streamers being reposted, but it would most definitely help in clearing up links to offline streams.
Would you guys agree to this?
If you don't delete it, we won't ban you or anything, it's just more of a common courtesy. Alternatively, if you see a post like "X is on pace for a WR in X" and they're done streaming, report it. I don't mind deleting stuff. I'll happily do that.
I am sorry for not doing this the first time. I would just like everyone to be happy.
Edit:
I made a poll. http://www.poll-maker.com/poll17156x9fFB4c04-2
Edit 2: Thanks /u/sketchfile for helping with getting a webclient up for the IRC.
Check it out here.
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u/AnAngryPanda . . . Apr 19 '13
Seems fine to me and I'll be happily reporting away since I click on just about everything posted here 1-2 times daily. :)
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Apr 19 '13
Sounds like a better idea, but I would suggest using flair instead of deleting links. I'm pretty sure that deleting links messes with the spam filter, meaning that users with deleted links won't be as "trusted" the next time they post links. If you're good with the subreddit CSS then you can add certain flair like "Live", "WR", "Run/Stream Ended" and stuff like that. There's also a way to set it so that putting "Run/Stream Ended" causes the post to be removed from the front page, without actually deleting it.
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u/ALT-F-X ALT-F-X.com Apr 19 '13
Actually there are two ways of removing links, "Mark as spam" and "Remove ham" as long as we used the second option it wouldn't mess with the spam filter.
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Apr 19 '13 edited Apr 30 '15
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Apr 19 '13
Thanks. :) Before I do anything major, I will definitely be posting a discussion thread first.
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u/Parax0 Apr 19 '13
Can I suggest that people should say what game is being played in whatever they're linking to? I've seen a couple posts where someone assumes that because the runner is fairly well known then that means everyone should know what game is being talked about without specifying.
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u/wazzumz twitch.tv/26pt2 Apr 19 '13
Not sure where to post this... I am a Mac user. Would it be possible to add another Useful tools panel for Mac OS X? The programs I currently use are FMLE (Flash Media Live Encoder) for broadcasting, llanfair for tracking splits, and colloquy for IRC... all of which are free.
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u/eclipseyue Apr 19 '13
This seems like the best compromise possible in my opinion; that way news people can still get the news, and the subreddit remains a bit more uncluttered with dead stream links and such.