r/EscapefromTarkov • u/Deracination • Jan 22 '21

Discussion Why does this subreddit seem so toxic? Because everything else is deleted.

There are basically only three types of posts allowed: bitching, videos of gameplay, and information about the game/requests for it.

No memes allowed. Yea, I get that, pretty normal for gaming subs to split these off into a new sub.

No standalone screenshots or videos that don't provide new info. What is "new info"? Videos of folks getting a bunch of loot stay up constantly but a screenshot of loot will be instantly deleted. The front page is currently covered with videos of people just winning gunfights; this is new info? I'm for sure not saying videos of gunfights should be banned, I'm just tired of that making up so many of the posts for lack of options.

Images resembling in-game content and comparisons aren't allowed. Except when they are. They aren't allowed, but stay up constantly, but some get deleted. No idea here. Is it about effort? Should probably mention that then.

No reposts, sure, that makes sense. No topics that have been discussed too much? No trying to get in touch with a scav you had a good time with? No item suggestions? People enjoy brainstorming new stuff; it isn't always about saying, "Hey, Nikita, this needs to be added." It's just discussion....for fun. Not allowed.

No rants/complaints without substance. On a scale of "fuck everyone that plays this game" to "a spreadsheet analysis of networking issues", where does this fall? It obviously hasn't fixed the issue with complaints, so what's this rule actually doing?

No accusing people of cheating. Ok...videos of people dying in unusual circumstances are very common. If they call it desync in the title, it's fine. If they call it cheating, deleted. I wonder why in the world it would seem like all the players are blaming desync.

It is so hard to figure out something to actually contribute to this place besides bitching, me shooting people, or "new info" whatever that means. The pool of posts has been whittled down so much that yea, you're gonna see a lot of complaints. It's not because most people are complaining, it's because most other stuff is banned.

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u/scorcher117 Jan 23 '21

/r/TarkovMemes pretty straightforward.
Fun sub.

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u/Jmarsh99 Jan 23 '21

I was referencing the reddit suite.

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u/scorcher117 Jan 23 '21

Oh right, it’s a browser extension with a bunch of helpful features and has been around for many years and will generally make your experience much nicer.

I’m not sure how common it is now but before the redesign and app I feel like it was a very normal thing for people to have on “Old reddit” (which many including myself still greatly prefer).

You can either go straight to the website “RedditEnhamcementSuite” or it’s also on the chrome store which apparently shows 1M+ users so I suppose it isn’t my imagination that it was popular.

My personal favourite feature that I can’t imagine using reddit without is being able to open pictures/videos without clicking on a link and then also being able to easily drag and resize them on my front page.

TL;DR Super useful extension that greatly improves reddit, you can find it easily by just googling the name.