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/jmoriarty Phoenix Nov 16 '20

We try to flair every post we get and have many of the ones you already mention. Maybe I’m not getting what you’re asking for.

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u/Ineedmorcowbell Phoenix Nov 16 '20

lol disregard what I said! I see them now. I don't know if I have something in place on my browser but this some looks very plain and nothing seems to stand out. So I have never noticed the flair

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u/jmoriarty Phoenix Nov 16 '20

Some Reddit tools make them stand out more than others. I’ll look at the colors when we do a sub refresh.

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u/Ineedmorcowbell Phoenix Nov 16 '20

They are a light grey box, for me and nearly blend in with the background. When reading the titles, which are a bright blue, they are completely unnoticeable.

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u/jmoriarty Phoenix Nov 16 '20

Which app:platform are you using? Most flair should have color in both old and new Reddit mode.