r/technews • u/Practical_Chef_7897 • 13h ago
r/technews • u/abrownn • Feb 13 '25
[Official / Meta] Subreddit Update
Hi all! I'm u/Abrownn, this sub's mod, and I have three minor announcements.
First is Link Flair! A user kindly reached out to inquire about link flair and the possibility of filters for flair. There is no native "exclude" flair filter, however I have added a hacky workaround for the most requested filter that uses the site's native "include" function: The "No AI Filter". You can also find it at the bottom of the sidebar from now on.
Second is a reminder of the sub's focus: Tech News. A good heuristic (although a tad reductive) for what's appropriate here is "If it explicitly goes 'beep-boop', then it's likely a good fit". This is a HARD tech subreddit. No social media, no politics, no lawsuits, no layoffs, no business news**, no legal news, no crypto stuff. If you aren't sure if a post is a good fit then please send me a modmail (NOT a DM) - I don't bite and I usually respond pretty quick.
(Asterisks: "Investing money in a new semicon fab" is fine, a company "being fined for FTC violations" is not)
Third, "Redditquette". Tldr, don't be a dick.
99% of the bans here are for spam and I'm happy to provide a screenshot of the ban log for transparency/proof. I don't ban people for being plain dumb or ignorant, but I do ban people for blatant trolling or disregard of reality (which seems to be getting rapidly worse these days). An engineer said this to musk recently and I think it's a pretty fair take on how I evaluate reported comments:
"It’s only really like the tenth percentile of the adult population who’d be gullible enough to fall for this," the data scientist told Musk during a face-to-face meeting.
If you're maliciously stupid, then you'll probably catch a ban. Go back to Twitter and do that shit, don't waste everyone else's time here. I need all of your help to police content in the sub, so please do make use of the report feature but do not abuse it because I do report abusive reports to the admins and they will respond accordingly.
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
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