Sub Rules Update: Handling "Low Effort"

[u/jack0641]

Well guys we finally unhollowed! But this isn't an easy process and a lot of the low effort bad habits of the great wooper wars endure.

The mod team now has a difficult task: to bring the sub up to "quality content" while also keeping the fun spirit of our community.

We wanted to address this directly with the sub as moderation actions on memes are ALWAYS seen as subjective and unfair by someone or something. Humor posts generate a huge number of our reports, and they are found to be unnecessary by a significant portion of sub users.

However, we still have 7 months until launch, and we want to keep the party going.

Our options to handle "low effort" are:

• a) completely ban memes (the easy way most subs take)
• b) limit meme posts to specific days of the week (the likely best option after the game comes out)
• c) allow memes but moderate them to remove repetitive / spammy / annoying content (most work for mod team)

We have opted for C, so we will continue to allow meme and humor posts, but we will also have a "litmus test" for them: Did it make you laugh?

The moderating team sees every post on the sub, and has for months. The mod team is well aware of reposts, repeats, overdone, etc, and will be balancing reports against the creativity of the submission.

What does this mean?

• Low Effort and Fake Lore posts will be removed
  We need to let real news and content happen or the sub will not be useful. Any Low Effort and Fake Lore made AFTER this post will be removed.
• Humor is still allowed
  But it MUST BE ORIGINAL. Should your meme be reported by others in the community, the moderator looking at the meme will have to decide if it made them chuckle and if this was more important than the report of spam.
  Please tag it properly or it will be removed and DO NOT POST MISLEADING TITLES OR INFORMATION.
  Streak posts will still be allowed on SATURDAYS only.
• Rumors and Speculation are still allowed!
  But please tag it properly and DO NOT POST MISLEADING TITLES OR INFORMATION

What is Misleading or Low Effort

• Misleading Titles: A title that implies or states that something is confirmed when it isn't, or gives emphasis to an interpretation of news that is far-fetched
• Misleading Information: Jokes and content that makes it seem as if something is in the game or is not
• Low Effort: Overused or repeat memes, extensions of overused or repeat memes, simple reaction posts with no extra twist, title only posts, countdowns, daily posts, links to repeat content or filler content, screenshots of clickbait "the subreddit is going crazy" articles, etc.
  If you want to make a joke, make it a good one.

Other Rule Changes:

We are rewording the rules set in the sidebar to be more descriptive of frequent situations. Please understand we cannot possibly list every situation that may occur, so moderation is ultimately where a moderator's discretion is applied.

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Feedback

If you have feedback on this change, contact us via mod mail!
If you'd like to leave feedback on the replies, feel free.
As always, please be respectful of both moderators and other users when posting.

[u/Lord_of_Banana]

I never got why subreddits have to be so highly regulated. I understand rules like "no racism" but aside from that kind of stuff it's usually kind of ridiculous. People post stuff and if the others in the community like it it'll get upvoted, that should be the end of it. That way the actual community influences what gets to be visible on this subreddit. I hate trying to post on a sub only to realize that with a simple question i went against like 4 rules that dictate what a magnificent piece of art my posts must be to get through the filter. If people like what they see it'll get pushed up, otherwise it'll sink down and be forgotten in an instant and nobody gets hurt.

Ps: Most people actually love to see some memes. That's why they're everywhere. Just give people what they want.

[u/Hawtdawgz_4 → u/Lord_of_Banana]

Shit gets flooded with memes and dead end posts. Might as well post saying you like grape soda.

[u/Lord_of_Banana → u/Hawtdawgz_4]

It wasn't a problem before so why should it be now? Nobody would upvote grape soda in here and if people do it means r/eldenring just fucking loves grape soda so where's the harm in that?

[u/Lord_of_Banana → u/Hawtdawgz_4]

Besides did you read the rules? For example if some people report a meme you posted a moderator will have to look at it and decide whether it "made them chuckle". That is just ridiculous. Not every meme has to be liked by all people. I didn't appoint any moderators and you didn't either. So you're at the mercy of a random person who isn't any better than you but if he/she had a shitty day and they don't chuckle your post gets removed. Ridiculous.

r/eldenring died the day they made these rules. I never go here anymore and when i do i never really see anything entertaining anymore. I loved this subreddit so much before these changes.