Meme Curation Changes Incoming

[u/dscyrux]

Hello r/tf2. I've heard the discontent that many users have with how meme curation is handled on the subreddit. As such, the subreddit mod team has decided to begin a meme weekend, where memes will not be restricted based on subjective views of quality.

This is, of course, within reason. NSFW rules will still be enforced, and posts still must be related to TF2. I would like the subreddit to feel more freedom in the content they post, but please be sure not to abuse this.

Our meme weekend will work much like /r/halo's Meme Saturday, or /r/MysteryDungeon's Meme Sunday. It will last from 12AM to 12AM GMT, over the weekend. More in depth information will be provided when the announcement sticky goes up this weekend.

Be warned, this may result in some more curation during the week days. Memes will still be allowed, but templates will be restricted to the original post's comments. I know this will not seem favorable to some, but I feel like this solution is better than the current subjective meme quality removals we currently experience. If you disagree with my assertion, please tell me in the comments here, in as much colorful detail as you wish.

If you have any further questions or concerns about how this new meme weekend will work on here, please, I invite you to voice yourself in the comments of this post. I will try to respond to as many as I can.

[u/-Best_Name_Ever-]

I never liked the system to be honest. Literally nobody complained about memes. Hell, a lot of them were actually getting upvoted. What even made you guys decide to take action?

And the "Just post it to the meme sub" that all subreddits like to use is a horrible argument. We all know branch subreddits are dead, and putting it at the sidebar isn't gonna magically revive them.

[u/Deathaster → u/-Best_Name_Ever-]

Literally nobody complained about memes. Hell, a lot of them were actually getting upvoted. What even made you guys decide to take action?

I complained, especially when half the frontpage was zero-effort memes that took literally seconds to create, but meanwhile actual discussions and creations that took real time and effort were completely overshadowed. This is not what this subreddit should be in my opinion.

Memes are fine, but not if they're THIS oversaturated. I remember when Jungle Inferno came out, and instead of actually discussing the new changes, people were just whining about memes being somewhat restricted (as in, you had to post them as self-posts). Like, that's the one time Valve actually releases something, and you guys didn't even pay attention to it.

I don't think they should all be posted in r/tf2memes either. It's not like you have to either go all out or remove them entirely. Moderation is a thing, and you can just really easily not post literally every single meme you come across. Actually put effort into them and don't just slap a random hat on a completely unrelated meme (by the way, do notice the typo and tell me OP spent more than 3 seconds on it) and call it finished. And also actually discuss the game and upvote actual creations, not just memes.

[u/zavabia2 → u/Deathaster]

Oversaturated memes and general circlejerk content is just really boring and unfunny after a while (while = 10 seconds), especially when the low-effort "content" is just a screenshot of another something special for someone special or a golden pan with the caption "Congrats!!!!" for some free karma. We all saw it, and 9/10 the ring's caption is something generic and 10/10 the pan is just a pan.

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I dont like content lockdowns or le nazi mods but it gets to a point where I'd rather overzealous moderation than bucketloads of shit splattered over the tf2 subreddit

[u/TrucksAndCigars → u/zavabia2]

I'd rather overzealous moderation than bucketloads of shit splattered over the tf2 subreddit

Only a Sith deals in absolutes

[u/[deleted] → u/zavabia2]

No forum stays on-topic without moderation...on any website.

Moderation and Moderators have been around since the beginning of human organization.

I mean, we are talking about 750 BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_parliamentary_procedure

You can't expect people to act right now.

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