Hi there,

Based on the feedback from the post I made earlier in the week asking what the community thinks about the flair system, I've decided to update the flairs to be "ironic" ones that emphasise the nature of people being tricked by the subreddit.

So now the flairs are these options:

https://preview.redd.it/tbswr4tnmfhc1.png?width=333&format=png&auto=webp&s=d5120402d1e9be57dc34f3d28f5d06d81d0943e9

Have retagged a few of the current posts that are on hot to show examples, when making posts these are now the flair options.

Please feel free to make suggestions for more flairs along these lines in the comments here and I'll happily add them - I only have enough brain cells to come up with a handful after all. Also if you think the colours are stupid then say so as well, happy to change them.

Also: If it turns out people really don't like this idea I'm open to reverse it (ha) and return to the old flairs as well.

Hi there, it's your tyrannical overlord here with a brilliant idea...

I've been thinking about the subreddit's flairs and feel like it would be much more interesting to have them play into the "trick" aspect of the subreddit where people get confused and think the videos aren't reversed.

So the flairs instead of describing the animal involved would be things like "Disturbing", "Horrific", "Evil", "Not reversed" and "Real" (And any others, feel free to suggest your ideas in the comments for trick/ironic flairs if you like the idea).

Maybe this is a terrible idea, hence why I want to put this to a community vote and hear your thoughts rather than just doing it. One negative is I know for a fact that it would result in more reports as some people would fall for it. So kind of a good thing I've recently hired some new slaves valuable employees for the mod team, eh?

Anyway, vote below in this totally not biased poll:

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I made a post earlier in the week looking to see if I could find any new mods to help me as I was sort of fed up of being the only one keeping this sub running.

I was pleasantly surprised to get quite a few messages and replies from people offering their help and after a rigorous and exhaustive selection process where I totally didn't just choose the first three who replied, there are now three new mods on the subreddit!

Join me in welcoming the three brave individuals who have chosen to protect their virginity:

u/mizinamo

u/imperchaos

u/AssistanceLegal7549

The benefits of having these extra guys to help out means more power abuse quicker responses to reports and quicker approvals if a post gets incorrectly filtered out by reddit among other things and should help to prevent posts sitting for hours unmoderated because I happen to be asleep.

Anyway, I hope you can join me in welcoming these guys to the team!

PS: Don't swoon over them too quicky now that they're reddit mods, form a line.

(PS PS: Thank you to the others who offered as well, but I think that the mod team size we have now is more than enough considering the low post rate on the subreddit, sorry!)

Hey there,

So believe it or not I'm the only active moderator on this subreddit, the only reason the sub even is in a healthy state is because first of all people are very good with reports (thank you!) and because Reddit's automatic spam filters have gotten pretty good - plus the fact that posts are only made rarely here helps a lot. Shoutout to Automoderator as well, the real G of the team.

Anyway, I'd really like the help of some others - preferably people who have some idea about moderating although if you have a reliable looking post history that's good enough for me. Even better if it's anyone who's made posts here as that's proof you understand the idea of the subreddit.

Basically all it involves is keeping an eye on the mod queue and approving comments/posts that get filtered out for various reasons (new user etc) and ignoring the inevitable reports where people get confused and think the posts here are animal abuse, or removing the occasional "lost redditor" post where it's completely random content that isn't suitable for this subreddit.

For the new mods I'll be pretty laid back, if you want to take more responsibility for the subreddit feel free pretty much, just discuss big changes or ideas you have first in a DM or in the mod mail.

Either reply here or send a message to me if you're interested, thank you.

Edit:

Well, received a surprising number of offers already and have decided to add three new mods! Sorry to anyone seeing this post a bit late, but for now I've found enough mods. Thank you for everyone that's offered, it's great to know there are lots out there who are willing to help.

Will introduce the new mods in a post once they've accepted the invites.