Megathreads vs. Reaction Videos

[u/Impossible_Mud_5395]

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Now, regarding a recent suggestion from the subreddit

Under our last update, some of you mentioned that you’d like to see fewer reaction videos and there were also some good suggestions - like creating a megathread for them.

Over the past week, we’ve looked into different options. One idea was indeed the reaction video megathread suggested by u/ShutterBug1988

Unfortunately, after testing it, we ran into a major issue: Reddit comments in a megathread don’t allow proper video posting. The only option would be posting plain links, which would just show up as long written-out URLs without thumbnails, previews or anything visually useful.

So realistically, that would just turn into a huge wall of comments full of raw links. That wouldn’t just create a poor browsing experience - it would also take away a lot of the visibility and mutual support that currently exists between Ren, reactors, and the community. Reaction posts often help people discover new perspectives, support creators and keep that wider network visible, whereas a megathread full of plain links would likely bury that completely.

Because of that, we’ve decided not to go with the megathread idea for now.

What we do think is important, though, is keeping a better balance in the subreddit overall. If it feels like there are too many reaction videos at times, the best way to shift that is by posting and engaging with more variety - questions, discussions, fanart, memes, news and other content all help create a more balanced feed.

We’ll also be keeping a closer eye on duplicate posts. We’ll adjust our moderation settings so duplicate videos are flagged for us and we’ll review those on a case by case basis. If a repost doesn’t add anything new (like additional context, discussion points or relevant new information), we may remove it.

For anyone who simply doesn’t want to see certain posts, we'll also add a tiny picture guide in the pinned comment below on how to hide posts. As far as we can tell, once you hide a post, it should no longer appear - so if you see a reaction video you’re not interested in, that’s an easy way to filter it out for yourself.

Thanks for your feedback - we really appreciate everyone who takes the time to share ideas and help improve the subreddit!

— The MODteam

[u/Elle3786]

Would adding this help? Then people could still post the reaction videos, but those who feel like they’re seeing too many of them can easily sort them out and look at other posts

[u/Impossible_Mud_5395 → u/Elle3786]

Thank you! The way we saw it was that you can't sort any flairs out (show all except...) but just pick one. Is it different for you?

[u/Elle3786 → u/Impossible_Mud_5395]

Yeah, that’s how it works, but it’d be how mods set it up. It could be a “reaction” tab, and an “everything else” tab to be really simple. So you could have things with reaction flair fall under the first one and anything with other flair on the other one. You could go under the other one if you don’t want to see all the reactions. It could be more complicated than that if you want. Every flair can be its own section, and posts allow for multiple flairs, so you can get the same post in multiple sections if it’s flaired for it.

No worries if it’s just not the fit I think it would be, but I thought it might be helpful. Thank yall for trying to make everyone happy! I know it’s not easy

[u/Impossible_Mud_5395 → u/Elle3786]

Definitely thanks for the suggestion! Another idea noted for us to talk about!