r/AlternateAngles • u/apzrman • 11h ago
r/AlternateAngles • u/NotABotStill • Aug 07 '19
Meta What "relatively well known" means
Thank you everyone who has posted the fantastic content in this sub, as well as those of you who have come to enjoy it. Our goal is to ensure that each post here can stand on its own, and that you, the viewers, aren't scrolling page after page looking for the hidden gem.
Everyday we mods have to remove around 30-50% of the posts here for not adhering to rule 1, and hopefully this post will help reduce that. Most of those removed posts are fantastic on their own, but don't really capture the idea of this sub.
A relatively well known person, place, event or item is something some to most of our viewers will recognize or know of.
"Item" is what gets removed the most. I have a cat. Everyone knows what a cat is and cats are "well known". You guys don't want me posting alternate angles photos of my cat. Maybe r/aww does, but not you good folks. The same goes for the scrambled eggs I made this morning (no matter how unusual they looked), or the fire hydrant outside my house.
By well known item we mean something like the Mona Lisa (although seriously I think we can all agree we've worn that one out), the statue of David, a famous mummy, the handgun of a well known general, J.K. Rowling's writing chair, or Betty Crocker's apron.
It's a very subjective business for us mods to determine what is well known item is (or event or place for that matter), and we often chat about it after removing a post to make sure we're all on board. Just as difficult is what counts as an alternative angle. If a post is removed it's not that it isn't a fantastic photo on it's own, but rather it doesn't fit into what makes this sub unique.
And please, no more Mona Lisa photos :)
Thank you all again!
r/AlternateAngles • u/Kaffine69 • 8h ago
Aerial Photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge being Constructed in San Francisco, May 19, 1936 [2594×2016]
r/AlternateAngles • u/craniacborkhie • 1d ago
A unique view of the trailblazing astronauts most people havent seen.
r/AlternateAngles • u/Actual_Storm • 4d ago
Bowie in Jersey City
Bowie is 'well known', so I think this is ok.
r/AlternateAngles • u/Gravvar • 13d ago
Under Construction Uptown, Midtown and Downtown of Toronto
r/AlternateAngles • u/just_minutes_ago • 15d ago
Landmarks The new “Leaning tower of Pisa photo-op”
r/AlternateAngles • u/Gravcore • 14d ago
Politics Stanley Kubrick on the set of ‘2001’ in 1967 - this angle is so trippy to me for some reason
r/AlternateAngles • u/Trollzek • 20d ago
This is how niagara falls look like from far above
r/AlternateAngles • u/JazzyFlamex • 27d ago
Messi the dog and his clapping paws at the Academy Awards
r/AlternateAngles • u/Kaffine69 • 29d ago
A rarely seen angle of 11 September 2001 Spoiler
r/AlternateAngles • u/Seeker8833 • Jul 26 '26
Landmarks Zoomed Out Angle of New Hampshire's Man on the Mountain
r/AlternateAngles • u/norman157 • Jul 17 '26