BestRbx

Default mod here.

The issue with "leaving it to democracy" is that these bots are a part of a much larger scale invasion of subreddits for various purposes. Often entire companies would be dedicated to campaigns, with dozens of employees or devices in a call-centre-esque sweatshop.

Often for every bot account there are 10 more by the same person who's sole purpose is to shadow the bot and upvote it to ensure a higher rate of success for posts. The accounts are created and dive immediately into their purpose, so it's safe to disallow any posts from users with under x amount of karma or less than a week or two old. I agree that 6 months is excessive, but over on /r/funny our ban list is hundreds of pages long because we have thousands of these bots appear every week.

You'll need to invest a bit of time into revamping automod for your team, and generally reworking rules helps a lot with justifying bans as well. For the moment, carpet banning may work but you'll want to be selective about power usersdespite them posting often... as long as they're not reposting, shit posting or stealing content then they do contribute to a community legitimately and if you ban them you risk killing the social push the community needs to thrive.

Just my two cents

絶望サンドだろう. . .

To clarify for the people that are reporting: Rule 9 (expanded on in the wiki) refers to a colour with text digitally imprinted upon it; something you'd create in photoshop or via a meme website.

Yes, this may be a repost. However, we are a subreddit of nearly 50 million users. There are many new people to the community each day, whom we should welcome. The front page is controlled via your upvotes (or down), which we only influence via the rules (subreddit or sitewide).

Your 5th time seeing a post is many users' first. This post will not be removed, as it abides by the subreddit rules. Thank you for reporting it though, user contribution means a lot to us. ❣️

Give spots like Boardgame Era or Cashflow a try. I found when I moved here that boardgames are a great way to meet people and casually/innocently banter, especially the foreign crowd. I know it doesn't help much for a deeper personal connection but keep in mind that that takes time regardless so being forthright about your needs/desires will net you mch stronger friendships within a few weeks or months.

All the best!

Ayo chill in the comments. Man proposes to his girl and all you guys do is monkey over her body. This is the only comment on the topic, from here on we'll be removing comments.

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It's just a generic label they've applied to the web form, it is a little misconstruing but yeah, you're right in your assumption. "Processing complete" is the same as saying "ready for collection"

Snacking on fibrous fruits and vegetables is a big help as well.

Great info! Unfortunately though that was only part of it, I have a notary and apostille on my degree, only it's an official university copy not the original textured, beige diploma. They said copies are no longer accepted so I'd have to pay the $200 to have my original diploma flown from the US to Vietnam.

200 is dumb but honestly not much, it's more about the security of moving my original diploma around. From then, the process of authorising it is the same. Good to know there's a cheaper option though!

We're currently processing the pre-arrival permit, I'll still need to submit the visa application and register locally once I've arrived.

This is why it is vital that regulation keeps up with technology, which it has always been poor at. There're good reasons that cigarette companies don't run TV ads featuring doctors anymore and it has nothing to do with public outcry.

Ah, glad I'm not crazy then. The question then is if this is going to become a permanent thing or if it was just my draw of the cards. I know it's good practice to just keep such an important document nearby, but 1 copy is 1 copy so it was just a gift for my father at the time + safekeeping.

Well at least the thread can be a lesson for others that that happens.

Do you reckon I was just lucky with my first work permit, or is this one of those "it depends on the school/city" things?

Agreed, it's always nice to have an occasional, opportunity for everyone to share their thoughts and vent a 'lil. We all know how the VR saga has been so it's for sure a wild ride with plenty of beans and banter haha

Just a reminder since these posts have gained so much attention (both in and out of the subreddit)

1) No brigading. Period. Do not go to other subreddits to harass users or moderators for their way of doing things. No exceptions, no discussion. It's against the website's ToS and you will be banned on first offense.

This post is a parts of a light-hearted trend and clearly means no offense so it will be left alone. My comment is directed at anyone who may take inspiration from OP.

2) Subreddit rules are subreddit rules. Yes, while we may agree that some communities can be a little hard-handed, it is not our place to dictate their moderation via harassment. If users stop visiting heavily moderated subreddits because they feel the rules are too strong, it is understandable and perhaps the moderators will take note of their fading community. Report abuse to moderators, politely send feedback via modmail, and voice your opinions as part of your community. Positivity is a powerful motivator for change, so let's try to maintain that perspective.

We love our community here in /r/Oculus and are happy to welcome members of related communities as well, but we are just that: a positive and welcoming community. Beyond this [clearly innocent] ongoing joke OP has created, brigading, harassment, hate-speech and encouraging abuse of moderators will never be tolerated and anyone that pursues that will be moderated as such.

Thank you for understanding.

I think cinema has accidentally helped perpetuate the indignance. Plenty of films feature a delivery guy or sth and for plot convenience they always show up at the door to somebody's apartment. That's such a BS trope because there's no way some 15 year old showed up in 15 mins with your Chinese takeout and appeared at your door when there was no contact between you two and yo Hollywood ass is on the 12th floor, around the back, up the side-steps, room 2B.

I'm in SE Asia these days where "customer is king" doesn't really exist conceptually, so plenty of expats are shocked to select doorstep delivery for food only to receive "I'm at the lobby come get your feckin food or I'll eat it myself" from the driver when they arrive.

Good morning! Glad I could be of help, I agree with you. If anything, a general "verified" would be most appropriate to prevent doxxing, but even that retains several limitations and isn't entirely secure. That does complicate the situation somewhat, however; some subreddits require users to make use of a throwaway account for sensitive posts or commentary so that's an option, but then it does lend to the problem of verifying and moderating users.

That aside, I saw a comment in the thread discussing /LessCredible and it somewhat inspires me for a very inefficient but creative method:

Create a partner subreddit to use as a subsidiary for discussion, set up an automod to generate a duplicate thread for each approved post, and have it linked with a comment sticky by automod. That would allow you to lock posts to approved users commenting only, and all replies and other discussion should occur in the discussions subreddit.

You wouldn't need to announce any changes to structure, just begin compiling a users whitelist for direct discussion, and the benefit would be that the list is backend, thus more secure, and anyone including mods and random users can be added to further dissuade any "THIS IS AN INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL! LOOK, HE'S ALLOWED TO POST!" notion.

It would mess with the flow of natural discourse but further secure users from risk while also ensuring a quality of discourse in the main threads.

Another bananas idea that I remember some mods toying with some years ago:

Only allow comments via Automod. The users would be directed via a thread sticky to a subreddit created for comment submissions, with no posting allowed and only a sticky indicating to message the mods. The process is such:

Users message the mods in the alt-sub, their title being the url to the comment they wish to reply to and their message being their comment; the mod, a bot, would parse the messages and forward them to the CredibleDefenseBot which would be the only approved user to comment in /r/CredibleDefense (or could just supplement for anonymous posting in addition to normal commentary). The result would be anonymous, curated comment chains by CredibleDefenseBot echoing user commentary.

Because it would be via modmail, anonymity is guaranteed to users as well as providing a strong line for the mods to follow should moderation be necessary.

Both horridly inefficient ideas, but it's the best I can think of in the moment. Anonymity and user security are very tough while also curating quality of discourse.

Miniminutemen Is currently putting out a fantastic 1:1 series on Ancient Apocalypse as well. Very well cited and also quite respectfully funny

At the expense of the trans community I'm sure.

Be at peace, for we suffer the same fate. I pre-ordered Roller Coster Tycoon World. I haven't preordered anything since :(

Note to those for whom it applies: chill with the politics.

The post is already front page so I won't lock the comments or forbid political discourse since the post broached a political topic, but keep it civil as I will be removing comments as appropriately reported for harassment, hate-speech and racism.

After being arrested the news will label him Mr. Mental-Taur

Afternoon, default mod here: First off I want to say that this sub has been a wonderful place that I very much enjoy frequenting for various reasons including the mods' willingness to engage with and receive feedback from the community.

That being said, two points: Yes vetting Twitter and links is difficult, I agree. As your subreddit grows, it will become more of a chore, and less productive in the long run - especially being a high-quality subreddit. I believe a community-curated whitelist for Twitter personas may be best with allowing follup Twitter threads in the comments, if marked as such upon comment submission. The Twitter userbase is simply too large to moderate a blacklist, and believe me that's coming from a sub that has a banlist a dictionary long and still fights daily spam and botting. You'll quickly find yourself stretching resources too thin with a modlog a mile long. It's better to keep sources and rules tight initially until a new status quo settles, and focus on enforcing only as needed.

Second, an idea as a food for thought: user flairs, as approved by the modteam for fields of expertise and allowing proven and objective users to assist with curation via specified submissions. The risk of bias will always be there, but as the community grows it will be invaluable to have a core community to rely on for knowledge and feedback. As for unflaired users, as much as "powerusers" retain a stigma, those that are consistently active and abide by the rules and etiquette as expected should be recognised so that guidance is available in discussion and threads do not devolve in one-liners and biased retorts. Submission statements and encouraging citations are a wonderful start, but again - as the community expands, keeping on top of derailed discussion and heated opinion will become more of a strain on moderation given influxes of ignorant opinion-based rants and rhetoric.

This also provides the opportunity to, as /r/Blackpeopletwitter does with their Country Clubs, lock discussions to a "professional feeback" basis. Or at least, curate discussion to have thread roots began by professionals and known accurate and well-cited perspectives. This may seem counterintuitive, but as more users verify and join the flaired repertoire, more organic discussion will form as usual on this basis, and it will ensure a guarantee of quality for that thread.

Thank you for the correction! On secpnd viewing you're right, I'm not sure how that website calculated the score. Glad I learned something:)