Hello /r/EarthPorn subscribers!First off, thanks to all the folks who responded to last week's survey. A total of 840 responses were collected, and this far exceeded what I had even hoped for! I hope you enjoyed the pictures posted in response too!Now to the real point:Due to a growing number of complaints about device names mentioned in titles, we are considering banning device names from future /r/EarthPorn submission titles.You can see the brainstorming thread we have set up at /r/PornOverlords, our public meta subreddit, here: http://ift.tt/2aeNfhj is the crux of the suggested rule change:I personally think we should:Implement a publicly stated rule banning device names in titles, and an AutoModerator rule to remove any thread with a photographic device named in the title.trigger words would thus be: "phone, iPhone, Samsung, Sony, Xperia, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh, Kodak, Fujifilm, Leica" etc.the removal would then state clearly the post was removed for containing a device name in the title, with a suggestion to delete and resubmit with a more appropriate title.Why? In my personal opinion, it negatively affects the subreddit because a large part of the comment threads talk only about the device name, and not the picture or the location shown. Allegations of astroturfing, viral marketing and similar corporate efforts spring up left and right in such threads. The main argument against such a ban is that it additionally complicates submission rules, and they already aren't easy here.Here is an example of a post which, if posted in the future, would be removed by AutoModerator, and the OP would be told to resubmit without the device in the title: http://ift.tt/2adRJld such, we'd like to hear your opinion in the comment thread below (or on the /r/Pornoverlords thread), and to get your vote in this strawpoll:http://ift.tt/2aeN7Pa for your time! And I hope you all continue to enjoy the subreddit! via /r/EarthPorn http://ift.tt/2adS07T
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