Florida: The Sunshine State

Hey r/Melbourne,

Turns out we, your unpaid janitors, are actually landed gentry! And we've been given orders from the throne that we have to open and we should only do what the community wants and never, ever dare to talk or do things beyond this community!

So we asked the community what would you like the sub to be about. And in a completely unpredicted outcome (or very predictable given we're Australians and Melbournians) the overwhelming vote was that r/Melbourne should only have posts about Melbourne (Florida). (Follow up options was loud bangs and Batman in honour of our near miss in history with being called Batmania)

Now of course all our sub rules still apply and honestly none of the mods have ever been to Melbourne (Florida). So how are we going to make sure that the posts obey the 'Talkin Melbourne' rule?

Glad you asked!

We suggest all posts be of something obviously from Melbourne (Florida) - road signs, places that are clearly labelled as being from Melbourne (Florida), animals you could only see in Melbourne (Florida). If they aren't, then they'll be removed.

Does this seem weird? Yes - but hey, as of last week, we got upgraded from unpaid janitors to landed gentry so you know, we're living in weird and stupid times.

Are we really going to only be allowed to post about Melbourne (Florida)? Yes. That's what the community voted for. And as per statements from Reddit's CEO, we wouldn't want to go back to the bad old days where the desires of the platform's every day users were being eclipsed by landed gentry moderators.

But was that vote TRULY from users?

You know, funny you should ask that. Cause this sub gets a lot of bots and brigaders. So how do we actually know what the community wants really?