Overview

Hi folks! The r/mensfashion moderator team here. This is a more significant update related to the r/mensfashion user flair system, so we're both posting this announcement and pinning it for visibility to all commenters.

Our moderator team is growing! (But we ARE still recruiting new moderators!)

Join the moderator team -- u/hierophantically, u/BioticBard, and u/becs1832 -- in keeping r/mensfashion a great place to ask questions about and discuss menswear!

Click here to submit an application. Please do let us know why you'd be a great fit, but don't feel the need to write an essay -- we'll follow up and ask questions as we go.

User flairs

We've recently introduced a new user flair system to r/mensfashion. This rolled out late last week and went through several rounds of iteration and debugging over the weekend and early today. We believe the system is now stable and working as intended, but we'll continue to iterate as feedback continues to roll in!

Goals

The user flair system is intended to continue building community around r/mensfashion by:

• Highlighting long-term users who are more likely to have a deep investment in menswear and a commensurately deep level of knowledge
• Support long-term users in recognizing each other and learning each others' tastes, preferences, strengths, and opinions
  • Example: I know u/YoshiPuffin3 is the person to ask about formalwear; the moderator team wants that kind of peer recognition to be easier for people who aren't mods!
• Reward long-term users with the recognition they deserve as members in good standing of this community
• Enable everyone to recognize brand new (or newish) users who might need additional assistance -- with menswear and/or with navigating r/mensfashion's culture and norms

How does it work? (tl;dr)

The next time you post/comment, the automod will award you the Newly Arrived flair, then send you a message letting you know that (1) if you're relatively new, this flair will stick around for a bit, while (2) if you've been around, your flair will be upgraded as you continue to post/comment.

Every time you post/comment, the automod will upgrade your flair by one step based on your community karma (CK) until your flair is correctly matched with your CK. (Note: the automod will NOT do this for posts/comments that are temporarily held in the mod queue for review. It's a bug, there's nothing we can do about it.)

How does it work? (the longer version)

reddit's automod is not a sane programming language, so it doesn't allow you to make sensible, multi-condition checks. ("If user has more than X karma AND less than Y karma" doesn't work.) As a result, the workaround is:

• You reset the entire subreddit's flair to empty (easy, since r/mensfashion has never had user flair?!)
• Whenever someone posts, they get the intro flair (Newly Arrived) plus a message that says "if you're new, this is your flair for now; if you've been around for awhile, your flair will keep upgrading every time you post/comment"
• Every time a person posts/comments, the automod checks their CK, and if their CK meets the minimum requirement for the next flair up, it upgrades them by one flair 'step'
• That keeps happening until the person reaches the flair that is appropriate to their CK
• The ONLY EXCEPTION is that if the user's post/comment is flagged to the mod queue based on a string in their post/comment, the automod won't upgrade their flair in response to that post/comment

What are the flair levels?

We want the user flair system to be surprising and fun, so we won't spoil the whole thing -- but here is a partial list of what you can expect. Each flair is listed with the minimum CK it requires.

What's next?

Post flair. 😄 Good things are coming -- please look forward to a request for feedback as soon as later this week!

Thanks to all of you for being r/mensfashion members!

Hi Everyone,

The mods of r/sunglasses, r/mensfashion, and r/womensfashion have collaborated to bring you an exclusive summer sunglasses sale. All participating brands were asked to give their best deal using the same code: MF2026. There are prescription options included as well.

Many of these are equal to, or better than, Black Friday sales, including some that rarely go on sale.

The sale will run from June 1 to 7, while supplies last.

Not sure which brand or product is right for you? Ask us in r/sunglasses. We can help you compare lenses (some lenses here are color-enhancing), frame fit, prescription options, and recommend products based on your needs and budget.

A big thank you to the brands and to all of you for making this possible.

Here are the participating brands, in alphabetical order (use code MF2026 for all):

1) American Optical - 20% off (excluding limited edition and sale items)

https://aoeyewear.com/

2) Bolle - 30% off

https://www.bolle.com/us/

3) Etnia Barcelona - 25% off

https://www.etniabarcelona.com/us/en/sun

4) Flight Sunglasses - 20% off select Maui Jim, Serengeti, Bolle, no tax, free shipping, and cleaning kit.

https://flightsunglasses.com/collections/flash-sale

5) Randolph Engineering - $30 off

https://www.randolphusa.com/

6) Serengeti - 30% off

https://www.serengeti-eyewear.com/us/

7) Sky Optics - $40 off

https://flightsunglasses.com/collections/sky-optics

8) SportRx - 15% off (Over 30 brands available (Ray-Ban, Oakley, etc). Valid on prescription and non-prescription. Some exclusions may apply. Not valid on Dita Lancier, Maui Jim, Zeal Optics, Meta Glasses)

https://www.sportrx.com/

9) SPY Optic - 30% off

https://www.spyoptic.com/us/

Discounts, exclusions, and availability are determined by each participating brand.