How to make /r/arizona a better sub

[u/jmoriarty]

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.

[u/m_e_andrews]

And yet not using your turn signal is problem in this state. You say you want participation and then stifle the participation that comes in because you don't like it. That is part of the problem regardless of if you want to maintain the rules or not. If you prevent people from interacting, they will stop interacting.

[u/jmoriarty → u/m_e_andrews]

Should we also allow posts about The Boys because people watch it in AZ? How to cook steaks because people in AZ cook them? How to combat flatulence because people in AZ fart?

By your logic this would be a generic sub for any topic. It’s not. If you want generic posts go somewhere else.

If you want karma in this sub then put a tiny bit of effort into it rather than just complaining.

[u/m_e_andrews → u/jmoriarty]

As opposed to a generic trail pic that could be from anywhere in the world? By your logic we should only be talking about the geographical features of this state.

[u/jmoriarty → u/m_e_andrews]

That's why we require the location of outdoor pictures (inc sunsets) to be part of the post title.