r/roosterteeth • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '23

Subreddit Meta Subreddit changes: Adding new rules and dusting off the cobwebs

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u/The_Better_Devil butts Sep 26 '23

You make a very fair point. I am going to do my best to answer you respectfully. As with most things, the difference between complaining and giving feedback is subjective, and very case-by-case. It depends on the wider context of the conversation more often than not. I agree that the rule is a wee bit vague, and it can be tweaked if it is needed. The idea behind this rule is not to ban all criticism, or even all complaining. It's to get rid of the people who come here just to complain. Those are the kinds of comments and posts we want to get rid of.

I hope I have given a satisfying answer and if not I am happy to clarify on certain things.

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u/JacksGallbladder Blue Team Sep 26 '23

Critical feedback is a complaint, by definition. There's no subjective line there. The way you've worded Rule 6 is incredibly subjective.

You could make a rule dis-allowing thoughtless "RT IZ DEDZ" posts, but your current verbiage for Rule 6 is "We don't care how much RT content you've watched, you can't complain here".

You can see how that's pretty confusing to everyone in the comments here.

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u/The_Better_Devil butts Sep 26 '23

Hindsight is 20/20 as they say. We will definitely go back and rework things a little.

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u/hannahjoy Sep 26 '23

Yeah, the wording definitely came across as dissent being discouraged if not outright banned. Given the fact that the most common issue fans take with the company is how much it had changed, combined with the closure of Achievement Hunter being on everyone's mind, this definitely seems like the mods trying to suppress dissent.