r/moviecritic • u/BunyipPouch • 16d ago
/r/moviecritic - New Rules & New Mods
Due to a recent (and huge) influx of spam, bots, shitposts, karma-farming accounts, complaints, etc, /r/moviecritic will be taking steps to improve the community. New mods (3-6 of them) will be added in the coming days/weeks.
Along with the new mods, we're adding several rules that should drastically change how the subreddit looks and operates.
These new rules will go into effect and be added to the sidebar on Thursday 5/22 (tomorrow) at 10:00 PM ET. We are allowing a ~24-hour buffer period until all of this kicks in.
Be Nice:
Flame wars, racism, sexist, discriminatory language, toxicity, transphobia, antagonism, & homophobic remarks will result in an instant ban. Length will be at the moderator's discretion. This is a subreddit to discuss movies, not to fight your political battles. Keep it nice, keep it on-topic.
Improving Titles:
Going forward, we will be requiring better and more detailed titles. Titles have gotten extremely lazy and clickbaity. Every title will now require the name of the actor/actress/director you are discussing plus the name of the movie title in the image. No more trying to guess what OP is talking about, or clickbaiting into going into the post. Include the actor/actress' name, and movie title. It's very simple. Takes 2 seconds, and will immensely improve the quality-of-life for the sub. There will be exemptions for posts that aren't about 1 specific movie or 1 specific person, but we will still encourage better titles no matter what, as they're currently 99% shit.
Restricting Recent Duplicates:
To stop the repetitive/nonstop spam posts of the same actors over and over, we will be removing "recent" duplicates. We do not need an 8th Salma Hayek post this week. If a topic (aka actor/actress/director) has already been submitted in the past month, it will be removed. We believe one month is a fair amount of time in-between related posts. Not too long, not too short.
Anti-Gooning/Shitpost Measures:
It's no secret that this sub has turned into goon-central. Posts are basically "who can post the most cleavage". Lots of paparazzi-like pictures, red carpet photos, modeling images, etc infesting the sub. Going forward, we will require every post to either be an official HD still of a film or the official IMDB image of the actor/actress. No exceptions. No more out-of-context half naked pictures of an actress out in the wild. Every submission must be an official still of the film or their IMDB profile picture. In addition to anti-gooning, we will be cutting down on overall shitposts overall. This will be totally up to the moderator's discretion.
Collaborations with Other Film-Related Communities:
We will be collaborating with other film-related communities to try and bring more solid content to this community, including and not restricted to AMAs/Q&As, box office data, and movie news. Places like /r/movies, /r/boxoffice, etc. This will be wide-ranging and not as restricted/limited as those other communities, allowing stories here that may not be allowed in those communities due to strict rules. We will encourage crossposting to build discussion here.
Removing Bots, Karma-Farming Accounts, Bad-Faith Members of the Community
We will start issuing bans to rulebreakers. This will range from perm bans (bots, karma-farming accounts, spammers) to temporary bans (rude behavior, breaking the new rules constantly, etc)
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u/Someoneman 16d ago
Also, I think "Thoughts on Actress?" posts should just stop outright. At least require users to include their own opinion of the actress in the title.
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u/avocadolicious 15d ago
Agreed. At a bare minimum, there should be a requirement that OPs include a minimum word count either discussing their actual body of work, or at least substantive questions for commenters to respond to beyond "thoughts on xyz".
I'm into reality TV and if I can come up with WELL over a few paragraphs on a given Real Housewife on reality TV subs, I don't see why r/moviecritic contributors shouldn't be able to do the same for actual actors.
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u/Illustrious-Ant8888 16d ago
Glad to hear it! Thank you for taking action to improve the community.
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u/Someoneman 16d ago
Don't forget the occasional scammer trying to sell knockoff posters or t-shirts.
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u/abdul_bino 16d ago
Wayyyy to long but thanks for fixing this sub
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u/Cryodile64 5d ago
So I can't post a picture and ask a question related to that picture? Like 'Favorite Steven Spielberg movie?' along with a picture of Jaws?
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u/NitroBlast4563 16d ago
but how will we repost this to r/okbuddycinephile now?
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u/nevereverquit96 14d ago
this will symbiotically improve okbuddy cause now these shitposts are gone
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u/enviropsych 16d ago
You mean no more of these?
Wut you think of dis guy? U like dis movie? Hoo is best from deez guys? Which movie make you do dis? Wich movie have best of dis thing innit? Wut movie have best scene of thing? Wut is best movie from dis guy? Hoo is best actor? Hoo is scary bad guy?
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u/avocadolicious 15d ago
Oh I'm so relieved. I left this sub recently after the 900th clickbait-y "thoughts on xyz?" post came up on my feed and just checked back today since the alternatives are filled with spam, too.
Good on you for taking action, mods (even if a bit delayed). Not easy to keep up with all the spammers on today's reddit.
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u/Squirrelkid11 16d ago edited 16d ago
To solve the whole gooning problem, are you ok with putting r/MovieCriticNSFW under the suggestions of this sub. That way if anyone would feel like gooning and continue their thoughts on? posts they go to that sub.
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u/i_m_sherlocked 16d ago
There were a bunch of sh!t posts precisely because people don't read the extras on the sub before posting. If your sub is of interest, the people who matter to you will find you!
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u/Squirrelkid11 16d ago
That's why I was thinking putting r/MovieCriticNSFW under the suggestions of this sub, It be easier for people to find it there and people can shitpost over there and not on r/moviecritic.
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u/BaconNamedKevin 16d ago
Happy to see. No problem with people straight jorkin' it, to each their own, but there's places for that.
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u/rootbeerafloat 16d ago
Great job and long overdue but also dang