SmartOnliners: March 2016

Thursday 31 March 2016

Wolf checking out partially submerged camera. Photograph by Ian McAllister.

http://bit.ly/1VebEUI via /r/pics http://bit.ly/1oq4eAW http://bit.ly/1rr742s

This is welding well-done.

http://bit.ly/1RPAf01 via /r/pics http://bit.ly/1X1zceH http://bit.ly/1rr742s

I-I..I would like to announce that /r/pics has opened link posts again. In addition, I would like to announce a ... dramatic shift in power. A-all glory to /u/gallowboob

H-hello subscribers,First of all I want you to know I am s…safe and unharmed. I am not reading this from any kind of script.I would like to announce that, on behalf of all the karmawhore--- I mean...The Great Overload Karmawhores of Reddit, /r/pics will be opened again for posting.We owe our…deepest apologies to those we hurt, by allowing self-posts only. This grave mistake won’t happen again. Starting right away, /r/pics will be the headquarters for karmawhores on reddit. I understand this will not be an easy transition, but it can be done. Glory to the karmawhores! C-centuryclub shall rise again!…I-is that it? Was that good? … … … W-wait? No..no you said I…Please d---BANG via /r/pics http://bit.ly/1q7LiIV http://bit.ly/1rr742s

That face when you discover treats can sink

http://bit.ly/1Vd6rNb via /r/pics http://bit.ly/1Vd6pF1 http://bit.ly/1rr742s

/r/pics is now text-only

Hey all!We get a lot of feedback. Sometimes through reports, sometimes through modmail. All of this feedback is taken in, and talked about.Over the past few months, we have been getting a lot of feedback about the quality of the subreddit. Some people are not happy with the quality of the content on the subreddit, some people don't like the quality of the comments, etc, etcSolving this issue is no simple task. We brainstormed, came up with ideas, and voted on them. Nothing would really pass, something would come up, or another idea would just not be possible on the reddit platform.So we reached backWhat have other subreddits done to increase quality?Some tighten up on rulesSome create a poster whitelistMost became selfpost onlyAt that last point, when we finally came up with the idea it was clear then. The best way to increase the quality of /r/pics was to make it self-post only.Starting right now, /r/pics will only allow self posts.We are doing this to help stop and even reverse the decline of the sub.Banning linksIn addition, self promotion and spam has been a big problem lately. We have been absolutely flooded by run of the mill spam, as well as karma farmers - new accounts that steal comments and pictures in order to gain karma and sell their accounts.This kind of spam is incredibly hard to deal with. We decided along with self post only, we would just ban all links entirely.Thank you./r/pics mods via /r/pics http://bit.ly/1RQa7oK http://bit.ly/1rr742s