So we’ve had a week or two now as the new mods, and the posts keep coming, and we seem to be keeping things flowing well in here.
We do have a re-occurring theme here. People posting questions and missing the basic rules, then wondering “Hey, why my post get deleted? I followed the rules.”
99% of the time – you didn’t. Common questions to ask yourself before hitting submit:
**Is the title an actual question?** – If it itself is not, your post will be removed. Rule #1.
**Can the question be reasonably answered with a Yes or a No** – If it can, your post will be removed. Rule #4
**Are you claiming to do research and asking a question in the form of a survey or linking to a survey?** If the answer to that is yes, don’t! That not even a numbered rule, that’s a pre-rule. GTFO.
**I had to make a new account, but I used to be really active, so I thought I could post.** – Nope. Get karma elsewhere. It’s easy. Shitposting abounds.
**Have I posted 20 questions in the last two days, but put down no responses** – You might not be an actual bot, but you act like one. This is especially true if the questions are click-baity. Yes, that’s subjective. No we don’t care. GTFO
We hope our valued members have enjoyed this little diatribe, and this clears up why your post was rejected.
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Simple enough.
I can’t wait for everyone not to read this
I didn’t see a question in the title of this post. Is that ok?
Everyone blink twice if you are not a bot.
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You should sticky this post.
This past week I saw multiple posts asking commonly asked questions. Must be a wave of new members or something
A mod post here that didn’t start with “sup shitlords”, that’s refreshing. Hopefully this means the new mods are older than 12.
I like turtles.
But I can’t read anything that has rules
LALALALALALALALALALALALALALA
Jokes on you. I don’t make posts
Hey, mods! Why don’t you suck on this >!lolipop I got you, because you’re doing a great job and deserve a little treat :)!<
I was born to lead not read
Good stuff. Now tell us how you really feel…
>a week or two now as the new mods
I am guessing this is in reference to protests, and an indication that Reddit forcably reopened this sub?
I don’t understand the requirement for karma… like for any subreddit.
Why?
So no more meaningful or deep questions. Just yes or no comments.
Finally, a post that doesn’t come close to violating Rule 14! What are the odds??
I asked good gift ideas for men and y’all took it down. What ??
So this post doesn’t seem to be a question, doesn’t it violate the rules?
The irony of this post… yeah look at yourself, bud.
Wait we have rules now?
So I thought the tag on this sub was something like “we don’t know the answers but we will respond anyway”
Maybe some people misread that to say “we don’t read the rules but we will ask anyway”.
I checked the sub and the original ‘motto’ was removed.
Too long, didn’t read.
This is just part of modding. Wait until you cite a rule, explain the violation and link the offending post/comment and still get modmail asking “why was my comment removed?”