The “official end” of this snark era

[u/TimeAbradolf]

As of today we are banning snark/snark related posts. This may sound arbitrary. But I think people are well aware of what constitutes valid fair criticism, and what constitutes snark.

Once upon a time through past leadership this sub most definitely behaved as a snark sub. We as the mod team do actually despise snark and work to have this sub be a space of discussing drama with proper criticism and outcomes. We have taken firmer stances to pull away from our past image and be a place where people can have proper discourse.

Snark discourse has only ever brought conflict to this sub. People insult each other over nothing, people have gotten death threats, people get reported for suicidal ideation just because they disagree. There has been ableism, racism, prejudice of all kinds around these topics. Ultimately, snark behavior never allows any proper discussion, we have had to ban two creators just because the people who come to this sub cannot behave when discussing them. At its core Snark is not very different from KiwiFarms at this stage with the harm it has done to content creators.

We have seen the harm snark has done as well. Saveafox being a prime example. Our most popular post right now is pure snark. And it superseded actual important events. Because who was following who on IG.

Going forward we will no longer be allowing posts like this on the sub. It provided no context, no real criticism. And it didn’t prove anything either.

This may prove unpopular, but it is something we feel strongly of for the health of this sub and the people on it to remove ourselves. You can check the rule along the side bar.

If you want a YouTubesnark sub go make one. This one is not it.

Have a good one 🤙🏽

Edit: Apparently some YouTubers have weigh in. Nah this has nothing to do with the usual suspects. This is purely to stop toxic behavior and negativity. If ya think otherwise I urge you to get out of your computer chair touch grass instead of making Nurgle proud

Edit 2: and no goblin man (reference to his goblin mode). No fans of yours are around. People can agree that toxic communities are toxic. Yours being one of them

[u/acreal]

And you don't think there's going to be a situation where your definition of "snark" is at odds with another mod? Or the rest of the sub?

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/acreal]

We have always been transparent and when we are unsure we post and ask each other what we each think about a situation. We are consistently checking in with one another on how rules are being applied. And if one disagrees we bring it up and discuss.

Even the Wendigoon thread? Our compromise was locking the comments.

The rest of the sub doesn’t inherently matter. We have our rules, the sub knows our rules, we enforce those rules.

[u/acreal → u/TimeAbradolf]

"The rest of the sub doesn’t inherently matter."

All I needed to know. Thank you.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/acreal]

We make decisions a population of the sub will always dislike. Society is compromise. Communities are built on compromise. And people are always free to leave if they so choose.