We want your opinion about making SRD better! First, a bit of housekeeping

Rules Changes

SRD began 12 years ago, and it's been through many changes. But at the heart of it all, we've been the place for posting, discussing, and laughing at drama on reddit. Sometimes the drama is major (such as the API protests) or silly/strange .

We introduce and retire rules in an attempt to maintain a certain level of quality. The "surplus popcorn" rule has been one of them. However, it can be confusing for users to understand and hard for mods to enforce.

As of today, the "surplus popcorn" rule is no more. Drama will no longer be judged based on its subject matter being overdone. The rules about biased posts, and especially about "callout posts" will still apply. So long as you're actually linking arguing/conflict, and not merely pointing out shitty bigoted comments, your post will stay.

We are also relaxing rules for commenting. "Off topic grandstanding" is no longer a rule. (Most of the reports we get for this are people using it as a super downvote, or trying to get mods to babysit their argument with another user). The "insults/flamewars/flamebait" rule is changing, from being removed on sight to being removed on mod discretion. (For similar reasons as before: users will get into petty arguments with each other and then begin reporting to get their opponents comments removed. Mods are no longer obligated to remove those comments or to try to maintain a certain level of civility).

We might bring back these rules in the future if there is a need.

State of the Subreddit

How do you feel about the state of the subreddit right now? What can mods and the community do to make this an active, thriving place with good quality popcorn?

Some obvious suggestions are making the rules easier to understand (done!) and adding a ton of new moderators (coming soon!), but we want your thoughts and suggestions. Even if you'd like to rant about where this place as gone terribly wrong, it's still valuable feedback.