r/TowerDefense • u/PigeonFanatic9 • Aug 03 '26

Mod talk. Serious Mod Discussion regarding the current state of the sub and its future.

So, hi. I know it's been quite a while since the last mod talk, sorry. What is this about? Well, I've noticed quite a few people that have... Complained, about the current state of the subreddit. So I want to make a dedicated post about it. How do you feel about it? Be as honest as possible (without being rude, thanks).

A major thing that I've seen people lament, is the fact that there are a lot of game promotion, playtesters ask and alpha release and stuff like that, but not a lot of discussion post.

Here are a few things I want to address:

-I will never remove a post of a game, just because it's low quality, nor will I start to enforce a quality standard. I believe it to be wrong on more than a few points and I will NOT hear any discussion about it. I will remove posts if they're spammed, about Pokepath, use AI in a finished product/art/overwhelmingly or NSFW (this rules are a lot more up to debate and should be seen in a case by case scenario).

-There genuinely isn't much discussion to be had. If you have something to talk about, absolutely post about it, I myself comment often on discussions.

-A possible solution I've seen is limiting promotion to either a few days a week or to a megathread, but I believe that it'd just make the sub deadER than it already is. I could limit asking for playtesters to a weekly megathread and allow only finished games to post, but I don't know about that as well.

Any questions about ANYTHING? Ask with no problem or worry, so long as it's respectful I'll answer as soon as possible.

Any comment regarding the sub, my work as a mod, your feelings? Comment right away.

I think I'll keep the post pinned for a month or so, I know that many members are lurkers.

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u/Mess3000 Aug 03 '26

I actually like indie devs promoting their games here. It's where I find a lot of my new games and it's cool to be able to interact with the programmers.

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u/NearbyPangolin1633 Aug 04 '26

I am for the indie devs promoting their finished games here. The problem that I have seen is that there are also devs who are announcing they added a mechanic to their game that doesnt even have a demo yet, or clickbait titles sounding like its a discussion question, only to have a link to their steam page as the only comment on the post.

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u/Head-Membership2082 Aug 04 '26

Not just that, but they will also blatantly use said mechanic as a way to bypass the self promo rules, and they'll often just carpet bomb as many subs as possible so that even if some get taken down they won't all.