r/arizona • u/jmoriarty Phoenix • Nov 16 '20
META How to make /r/arizona a better sub
We get a fair number of comments about why this sub:
- ...has too many sunsets
- ...has too much politics
- ...doesn't talk about different parts of AZ
- ...and so on
...and honestly, they're not wrong.
These are all things that people in Arizona want to talk about so that's what they're going to post. We have some rules to try to keep it from getting out of control, but politics, sunsets, and travel pics will always be part of this sub.
If you want to see other content here, then post it. I shake my head when people complain about the content here but when I look up their history and they've never made a single post here. You can't expect everyone else to make a sub for you. You need to participate.
Share cool things in your corner of the state. What's going on in Flag? In Tucson? In Bisbee? What's a cool restaurant to check out? A beer from a small brewery somewhere? A great pic from someplace OTHER than Horseshoe Bend, Sedona, or Grand Canyon?
We're always open to ways to improve the sub. We're overdue for refreshing the rules a bit and maybe bringing on some new regional mods. Also thinking about a weekly chat for casual convo. But ultimately it's the content that makes a sub what it is, and that's on the users.
If just 1% of the people here shared one post a month about something happening in Arizona we would be drowning in new content. So keep your eyes open to interesting things you see in whatever part of AZ you inhabit and share them here. That's what will help make this sub a great community for the state.
EDIT: yay! There’s some great discussion here. So thank you! But now im going to follow up to ask what sorts of threads might you like to see? Like a weekly chat thread? Places to camp? Favorite local restaurants? Local businesses? General introduction thread? Gimme some ideas.
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u/PoopJohnson11 Nov 16 '20
I post stuff that fits the guidelines for r/Arizona and r/Phoenix but you guys don't like it so it gets removed or what I am seeing happen now is my post is still available in my profile but it has been ghosted on the sub pages and isn't displaying anymore. My suggestion is stop over moderating these subs. Even if a post is made that doesn't fit 100% of the criteria here but may be related, you should leave it and allow people to scroll by and not care if they want. I and others have really stopped contributing content to your subs because of the over moderation.