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r/Pics is having a new poll to decide their future (www.reddit.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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r/Pics is doing a new poll to divide their fate, the are 3 options:

  • Continue allowing only pictures of John Oliver looking sexy.
  • Allow any media of John Oliver.
  • Suspend all of /r/Pics' subreddit-specific rules.

They're just gonna set the sub on fire!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I say they go NSFW to prevent advertising

[–] kent_eh 1 points 2 years ago

That has worked out very badly for some of the larger subreddits who have done it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That's pretty huge, since they're probably the biggest subreddit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel like suspending the specific rules is the only viable long term protest. As much fun as John Oliver pics are, eventually people will tire of the meme.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Say that to r/AlzheimersGroup

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Dang I didn't realize how big of a land slide the last poll was.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/14b2a6q/poll_decide_on_the_future_of_rpics/

-19.6K for returning to normal operations.

74K for John Oliver pics

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit is writing their own rules and they’ll rewrite this one to get their way. They’ll just force it back to SFW and remove any mods who undo it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

By forcing them to moderate their own subs, they would have to (ideally) pay their own employees to do so. Not only would this be expensive, but it would hurt them in the eyes of investors right before they go public.