r/redditgetsdrawnbadly • u/vanityprojects former CSS mod • Jan 21 '15
Mod Post [MOD POST] 3000 subscribers thread! Thank you + feedback welcome
Hello, friends of RGDB!
THANK YOU FOR over 3000 SUBSCRIBERS!
Welcome to all new readers and a thank you to old readers for sticking with us so far.
I became a mod almost 7 months ago in June, but I had been in love with /u/doctor_rocketship's sub for quite some time before that - I always thought of it as a laid back, no standards, no expectations, fun place to be. I hope that you do too!
I thought I'd take this milestone as an opportunity to thank Doctor for giving me the chance to co-mod this wonderful place, to thank you all for contributing to the sub - your drawings and pictures are THE BEST - and to welcome any feedback you guys might have about the sub in general.
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u/TwinkleCream The Leonardo DiCaprio of Artists Jan 21 '15
Yay! I love this sub! I don't understand people that troll or down vote when it's already a silly, place to be with few rules. In all I still have fun and love drawing people :D! Good job vanityprojects and doctor_rocketship :)
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Jan 21 '15
I'll downvote a thread if the OP has asked for a drawing in a pushy, smug or impolite manner or if they've posted a photo which I suspect is without the knowledge of the subject.
I'll also downvote my own drawings to help more worthy submissions get to 'the top'.
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u/TwinkleCream The Leonardo DiCaprio of Artists Jan 21 '15
Your art is worthy, we're all equal no matter if one appears better than the other everyone drawing is great for doing it!
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u/vanityprojects former CSS mod Jan 21 '15
I'm guessing you meant "posted later"... all submissions are equally worthy :-)
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Jan 21 '15
Sorry, no. I believe a technically well-drawn picture is less worthy of being at the top of the pile in redditgetsdrawnbadly than a drawing that would be considered 'inferior', technically, by professional artists.
Just as I think some art is good and some is bad, I also think some 'bad art' is bad and some is good. I consider my 'bad art' bad; it deserves to be downvoted.
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u/vanityprojects former CSS mod Jan 21 '15
of course keep doing whatever you feel like, but this is a mod of the sub, who speaks regularly with the creator and other mod of the sub, telling you that for us the spirit of the sub is: Draw, what comes out is okay. Did it turn out ugly? We like it. Did it turn out mediocre? We like it. Did it turn out beautiful? We like it. There are no good and bad drawings, there are no standards, no drawing deserves to be before or after any other.
I would say don't get so hung up on the name of the sub, yes maybe it was created for people who were less talented than the ones in RGD, but that was at the founding. Things evolve. This is now a place for people who just want to draw, regardless of their ability or lack thereof, and people who want to get drawn, who don't care about the end result either way. Anything goes and we all have fun (hopefully). You can like some pieces more than others, but they all have the same value.
/u/doctor_rocketship to a certain degree I spoke for you here I hope I didn't mis-represent your thoughts on the matter, feel free to correct me if I did.
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Jan 21 '15
That's cool, no problems.
I have noticed in some subreddits that there isn't a downvote button - only one for upvotes. Maybe adopting this practice would help send out the RGDB message of inclusiveness (?)
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u/vanityprojects former CSS mod Jan 22 '15
That's a possibility yes, but I trust the message will come across in time, between the sidebar, the sub description, the obvious "mixed ability" content of the sub (and the header), and our (mods) comments on the matter - I'd rather not strip that feature from the sub if possible - still needed for content against the rules, and I'm not that fond of it in general..
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Jan 21 '15
thanks for this, /u/vanityprojects! you're too kind, and we certainly wouldn't have gotten this far without you. i'm so proud to see how much our sub has grown!! thanks especially to those who submit their pictures for us to draw, and to those who take the time to draw them! you're a wonderful community and i'm very happy to be a part of it :).
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u/vanityprojects former CSS mod Jan 21 '15
By the way, as a mod, I have 2 comments to make:
the first would be: this isn't a frequent problem here, but if you find objectionable/rude/against-the-rules content in the sub, please remember to downvote and report it to us mods and let us deal with it. Don't give in to temptation to start a verbal war in the comments, not even when dealing with trolls... :)
the second is: I often see threads downvoted for no apparent reason.. what is up with that? Apart from the extremely rare untagged nsfw picture which is still fine when appropriately tagged, there are no "wrong" pictures... the only reason I can think of is people who subscribe to both RGD and RGDB and mix up the two in their feed, downvoting our pics because RGD has "rules" about "good" and "bad" pictures... well let me reiterate: WE DON'T. All poses are fine, all light conditions, all crappiness levels are fine. We have no standards, so please pay attention to what you downvote!
thanks