[SUBREDDIT DISCUSSION] "Common topics" and similar posts
Hi all,
Jey Uso doesn't deserve to fight Gunther. Damian Priest doesn't deserve the hate. Pat McAfee is really annoying. There are too many Samoans in WWE. L.A Knight deserves more of a push. John Cena had the BIGGEST heel turn in WWE history! 2009 bald Orton was a menace! LOGAN PAUL IS A SHITTY PERSON!
Also, this is my mount rushmore of WWE legends.
Okay, you get the idea. We've all heard these opinions endlessly on the subreddit. I'm a mod here, but I'm also just a casual browser. The mods are fully aware that some posts are extremely common.
For a while, we've operated on the idea that any post that contributes discussion is a good post, even if the opinion seems crazy or unpopular. Our only standard of effort has been "Put effort in and add discussion." This has basically meant even if you have 2 sentences of your opinion, that's enough to get your post approved.
However... we also see the growing annoyance from users as we get our daily post about how the theme songs aren't good anymore. We do have a rule against reposts of things that have been recently posted, but we usually only enforce it for news posts. Sometimes we also create megathreads for specific topics when they're hot like the one we had for John Cena turning heel for a few days. Unfortunately, though, these methods are rarely efficient. We can't make a megathread about Jey Uso or say "ONLY ONE JEY USO POST PER DAY."
We believe that everyone should have a right to express their opinion here. We also understand that this subreddit is a form of entertainment, and it gets annoying to see the same opinions expressed over and over and over and over again. If a topic is popular, then people naturally want to talk about it a lot, and we've always tried to respect that.
...It does get really annoying, though.
That's when we turn to you - the users. Truthfully, we here at the r/WWE mod team are just a bunch of fucking guys who don't really have a good solution. We want to know how you use the subreddit and what you want to see out of this dilemma. Less posts allowed? More effort per post? More megathreads? Are you just a reader or a regular poster here?
Please, let us know your thoughts! We want to give you a voice as we are extremely grateful for your participation and contributions in the subreddit. How do you want to see quality moderated here?