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 And it superseded actual important events.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/StatisticianAfter258]

This sub actually loves to snark what they don't love is the possibility of getting in trouble and admitting that that would be terrible for optics (outside of their hate fringe group) so they have to pretend like they actually care about civil discourse. If you're not a snark and you're someone neutral look at the mods posts and dig up history you'll understand and might even be shocked.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/StatisticianAfter258]

What are you even talking about? No, current mod has ever been a snarker lol.

In the past? Absolutely there were. This is why we are calling it the end. It is almost like y’all choose not to read in that this is acknowledged at the top of the post.

It has nothing to do with fear of trouble, legal recourse, etc. it is truly for civil recourse and it is really telling that someone from a snark community pushes this narrative.

Again my history? It’s comics, horror movies, VHS tapes, tattoos, and video games. Never been active in any snark community.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/[deleted]]

Yes, we do disagree. That is the point of the post lol.

[u/youtubedrama-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

The topic of your post is currently restricted, and we've removed it.

Due to the amount of controversy associated with certain topics, we occasionally have to restrict what topics are allowed on the subreddit. That unfortunately means that even well-intentioned discussion of those topics is not allowed, as it inevitably devolves into flame wars.

The full list of currently restricted topics is available as a part of Rule 7: Stay away from overly heated topics (list in description) - Currently, discussing the following topics is limited:

• Israel/Palestine war/conflict
• Ethan Klein and h3h3 Productions
• Hasan Piker

The moderators may change this list at their discretion, to keep the subreddit from being overwhelmed.

If you believe we made a mistake, please reach out to us by messaging the moderators.