Hello everyone. So over the last year or so we've had numerous suggestions/complaints about the subreddit - specifically towards the rules and moderation. Some of which, we the mod team, agree with. But we've also gotten contradicting feedback too. Which is to be expected in a subreddit of 221,000+. But in order to understand how people feel and to get feedback in an objective manner, the mod team have created a survey and are asking you, the community, to answer it and let us know how you feel.
We are also asking you this because you guys are the community, not us. So you should have some involvement/say in how the sub looks like in certain matters.
The survey is linked below. It is 12 questions and they're all multiple choice so it shouldn't take you that long to answer. All questions are required but some questions do have "No opinion" as an option so if you do not feel strongly about something, you can simply choose that and move on. We have also given our own thoughts about things so please read a question carefully before answering.
This is to help us help you so please answer the survey. It will be open for 2 Weeks.
Now some questions you guys may have:
"What's the point/Isn't this too much/I don't think we need more moderation."
With the amount of complaints we've had, we do think it's best to at least get some feedback. A lot of the questions are to do with clarifying certain rules as we do admit they're ambiguous. If you are truly happy with the sub, fantastic! Truly, the mods are happy that you're happy. But for people who aren't, this is a way to let us know.
"It's saying I have to log in to my Gmail/I don't have a Gmail account"
This is just to make sure one person gives us one response and we don't have people doing the survey multiple times in order to push the sub a certain way (and yes some people will do that). The mods, however, do not collect nor see your emails. I repeat, we do not collect nor see your email.
If you don't have a Gmail but wish to participate, send us a modmail (not a comment on this post, a modmail) and we'll send you a non-email required survey. .
"I want to give my own written thoughts but there is no space in the survey for it."
We wanted this survey to be as objective as it possibly can be. With the option of giving feedback, we could get multiple unique responses and it'll be much harder to decide what actually should be considered as it will benefit the majority or what is something very specific that will just make a minority happy.
If you have any feedback you feel strongly about, this post's comment section and our modmail are open to you.
"I don't want to answer all the questions but everything is required...."
This is to ensure we get as many responses as we possibly can. Some questions have "No Opinion" as an option that you can click.
"I don't like any of the options/Why aren't there more options?"
First of all, too many options is just going to end up splitting the votes too much. So we've tried to be as fair as we could and give you a choice where most of you can find one you're happy with.
"The timeframes are too less/too much."
Again, we tried to give a range of choices without it being too much. Please just vote for the one you can live with the most.
"What exactly will the list of tired/repeated/spam topics be?"
We'll decide that closer to the time. But think shipping wars, reposted memes, who's your favourite x, who would win etc etc.
"Can we give suggestions to tired/repeated/spam topics?"
Sure. But the initial list will be small. This is so that we don't overwhelm people with a big list as gradual changes are much easier to get used to.
"Can we get fancasts/"what should I read" posts/leaks/insert things here outright banned?"
We don't want to outright ban things because it can feel restrictive. And we know a lot of you find the fancasts bad or the "what should i read" posts spam but for the fancasts: people enjoy them and it's 24 hours of it a week. That's a fair compromise for everyone.
As for the "What should i read" posts, we have a reading order linked twice on the subreddit sidebar. People don't read (or they don't read anything besides what they post) or they're looking for a friend/human interaction. But we'll implement a thing that links you to a reading order before you make a new post on the sub each time. This won't stop everyone but maybe it'll stop some. If people are truly against it, we'll revisit this.
And as for leaks, we are aware they're excessive. Hence a question in the survey about them.
"Will you guys post the results/What guarantee is there that you'll listen to us?"
Yes we will post the results. The mods have agreed that we'll listen to the will of the people. And with the results posted, you'll be able to check it against the new rules.
"What happens if the vote is split between two options/"No Opinion" wins?"
The mods will make a decision.
"New rules? What new rules?"
We may add 1-2 rules but the majority of the rules we have now will remain the same. It's just that some, particularly the low effort and spoilers rules will be greatly clarified so everyone is on the same page.
As for what exactly they will be, again, we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
"Why don't you guys just add more mods/We need more mods."
That is very likely going to happen. We just want all this done and rules clarified before we onboard new mods. If you're interested/have queries about this, please just wait till we make a post asking for new mods.
Anymore questions? Feel free to send us a modmail or drop it below and we'll answer it when we can.
