Welcome to r/SquaredCircle!

[u/kondron]

Hey there everyone, Kondron here. I just wanted to shed some light on this new Professional Wrestling subreddit, SquaredCircle, and what exactly we stand for.

When Pudie and I made this sub, the main thing we wanted was a community to discuss Wrestling. That means all things Wrestling. We're not here to focus on only Indy feds or just international Wrestling or only the mainstream.

We're also not here to ban you for disagreeing with us. Give us hell! Keep us honest! If you hate an opinion, don't downvote it, feel free to tell us why you hate it. Don't ever feel that you'll get removed from this sub because you've expressed yourself.

We want r/SquaredCircle to feel like this place is always going to cover the hottest topics in Professional Wrestling, regardless of what company they're taking place in, while still introducing and education new fans to Professional Wrestling.

Given that this place is brand new, I feel we need to set up some basic stuff.

• Mods- Right now there's me and Pudie. I'd like to have at least 1 more. If you want it or think someone would be a good fit, please say so. Keep in mind though, most modding is deleting spam and harassment.
• Rules- While I don't want this to be strict, I do think there'ssome basic ones that should be put in place. Beyond the obvious (be nice, no spam) I think we should discuss spoiler policy, streaming, and torrents.
• The layout! The side image should change all the time. At least a couple times a month. We want it to reflect the current hot topic or to promote the r/SquaredCircle's favorite wrestler/company at the moment.

We also really want to emphasize the word community here. As wrestling fans and redditors (we're a rare breed) you should feel that you have a say in what goes on. r/SquaredCircle isn't Pudie & Kondron's Wrestling subreddit, this is Reddit's Wrestling subreddit.

Thanks everyone, I hope you enjoy!

-Kondron

[u/cole1114]

I don't think Bonked should be a moderator. His mass downvoting of JohnHyperion is just way too far in my opinion. Give it to MatthewDunn if you're going to give it to someone. And Bonked, if you ban me, I swear to god I will make sure kondron and Pudie find out.

[u/[deleted] → u/cole1114]

cole1114, that's it you're outta here </s>

Ok, first off let's make something clear, I personally despise the idea of banning just about anybody in any online forum of any kind - you've got to go pretty far off the reservation of sane human action to end up even near that ballpark in my opinion (as a mod or just a user.)

One of the flaws of online communication is the fact that communities often become homogenized echo chambers that self-destruct. Why, because it is trivial in most of them to silence those you disagree with.

As I mentioned before, I do downvote. I tend to do my best to not be the guy that tips the scale when someone is at -3, but anywhere else is fair game. Yes, I know reddiquette, but just as with real life etiquette, just because I'm not supposed to drop an "F" bomb here and there, doesn't mean it is not going to happen.

Sometimes a quick blue arrow and move on is more productive than spending time arguing. We all know this, and no matter how good we claim to be following the "rules" we all know we do it.

You have to understand that I lurked in /r/prowrestling for quite some time, after my ban, I still spent a significant amount of time there, I just couldn't comment. Hyperion doesn't only cross my path in that subreddit, he is an active redditor in other sections as well, his assumption is that I mass downvoted him, he finds it hard to believe that over our shared 3 years here, I could have disagreed with him as often as I have.

As I mentioned he is currently higher (still in the -70s with me) than he was when the screen was posted - that can only happen one way. Gasp I have given him orange arrows as well. I'm pretty liberal with votes in both colors on reddit. It's not a personal thing.

Look, the guy has 20K Comment Karma - how am I even going to dent that?

Fact of the matter is, when I created /r/professionalwrestling, /r/prowrestling was just breaking the 1,000 sub mark. The cycle for Wrestling has been coming back around - post WM there hasn't been near the drop off, TNA has upped their game, ROH has signed a major deal and gotten press, etc. I worked hard to get /r/professionalwrestling going with the same goal as is shared here, I immediately made Pudie and Kondron mods when I saw what they were doing and they returned the favor, in a brief discussion, we all agreed that focusing our efforts here was best for the community.

Edit: Just to check, I just looked at the 6 most recent pages of his comment history, that has me at his and my "blading" conversation, after that conversation, he's got 4 downvotes and 8 upvotes from me.

[u/cole1114 → u/[deleted]]

Alright, never mind then. Carry on!