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Banning Gfycats, Why? (self.formula1)

Valtteri BottasBottasWMR が 投稿

The mods had a reason to ban images, but gifs? There is no sense whatsoever behind that decision.

The banning of Gfycats. It serves no purpose. I don't think that I've ever seen a shitpost gfycat. Out of the last 25 gfycats posted on the sub, 22 got more than 30 points. Of these 22, 18 were race gifs. 3 of the 4 that weren't were Indycar race gifs. That means that approximately 85% of gfycats are quality, original content. I can virtually guarantee that those have the best ratio of that. And the sub enjoys those! Not even the thickest-of-skulled readers look at a race gif and think "What a shitpost! /r/formula1 needs more quality content!". Plus, you really can't post a meme/shitpost with a gfycat. What's the purpose of banning the gfycat domain?

I took one of my free weekends to write a damn program to capture, upload, and post these gfycats. I didn't do this for internet points, I did it because I want the sub to have quality content. Game/race gifs are one of the 2 big attractions of sports subs, the other being discussion, and taking away them is huge. Sure, I can change the program to make it a text post, or to upload to Streamable, but why should I have to?

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[–]Daniel RicciardoGmetal 346ポイント347ポイント  (21子コメント)

Wait what? That's absurd, do the mods actually read this sub? Some of the best content is Gfycats, especially after a race.

[–]Max VerstappenAethien 81ポイント82ポイント  (4子コメント)

The gif replays of awesome parts of the race are half the reason I come here. It's so nice to see the big moments again.

[–]WilliamsAlx306 14ポイント15ポイント  (2子コメント)

I don't watch free practice and rely on anything interesting being gifed and posted on here.

[–]Max VerstappenAethien 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

Even when I watch free practice I do so paying little attention as I'm working so I still rely on gifs posted here.

[–]Valtteri Bottasseiskaseiska 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I usually watch free practice but it's nice to come back here to take another look of interesting things, and those gifs are best way to review few seconds moments over and over again.

[–]Daniel RicciardoMonkey_seat 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

/r/formula1GIFS will be happy, I imagine!

[–]Jules BianchiNicologixs 57ポイント58ポイント  (1子コメント)

Exactly. Most of the posts that get to the front page of reddit are the gifs.

[–]Daniel RicciardoGmetal 48ポイント49ポイント  (0子コメント)

In their pursuit to remove image spam, they are throwing the baby out with the bath water. Absurd.

[–]fansworth 9ポイント10ポイント  (2子コメント)

its like 90% of the content here, especially just after a race weekend, i cant understand their thought process

[–]Heinz-Harald Frentzenskgoa -3ポイント-2ポイント  (1子コメント)

its like 90% of the content here

Yeah, totally can't understand the thought process... /s

[–]WilliamsdsiOneBAN2 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, who wants good post-race content on their subreddit? That shit is for L O S E R S

[–]HaasMowwMoww 15ポイント16ポイント  (2子コメント)

They clearly don't, and any time they're questioned about this they get defensive and say we're "being dismissive." It's ridiculous.

[–]FerrariThedominateforce 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

Fucking insanity.

[–]Kevin Magnussenthrexd 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

It's a subreddit, not the end of the world

[–]MantridDrones 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

the replays are one of the main reasons I come to reddit, so although it's not the end of MY world it's their bread and butter if no one turns up anymore

[–]Manor_Neurox_ 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

Just in case someone's out of the loop, they're not banned as such, you just have to post images and gifs in a selfpost now (as opposed to directly linking it).

They're still allowed, but the mods thought (for better or for worse) that it was best to have them as selfposts as they don't give you karma and you can write a description without it getting lost in the comments.

[–]Kimi RäikkönenGenrlWashington 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is one of the reasons that I stopped frequenting /r/cars. It just feels like the mods are being petty.

[–]themindisaweapon 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Agreed!

[–]Jenson Buttonlightningp4w 58ポイント59ポイント  (3子コメント)

I agree 100%. I enjoy the little moments shown in the gfycats that I otherwise might have missed when watching the races. It's nice to have these small points and to read the related discussions.

If anything should be banned, it's jokes about how slow McLaren is.

[–]daern2 17ポイント18ポイント  (2子コメント)

15 grid place penalties this weekend and they haven't yet turned a wheel.

The jokes write themselves at the moment... :-/

[–]Jenson Buttonlightningp4w 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Okay but the joke's pretty old now after all these months. Yeah, they're in a bad way. It's not funny anymore.

[–]Kimi RäikkönenGenrlWashington 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

come on, we may have known about for a few months, but McLaren is just catching up.

[–]jesscoffman 143ポイント144ポイント  (15子コメント)

I don't think you're going to get anywhere with the mods but I'll give you some internet points for trying. I'll also add that I think the banning of imgur and gifs is silly. Maybe it would be wiser to have reddit have a filter you can simply turn on/off to show/hide direct image posts.

[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne[M] -139ポイント-138ポイント  (14子コメント)

I certainly don't blame you for feeling like you won't get anywhere with us with the way the last day has been.

I wrote this comment before I scrolled down to read yours. Does this impact your view at all? If not, do you think you could share some things we mods could do to help with that problem?

[–]Jenson Buttonlightningp4w 24ポイント25ポイント  (7子コメント)

I could just like to say that I appreciate the fact that you are being open minded about this situation. It's nice to at least feel like everyone is being heard!

[–]Teslatic 14ポイント15ポイント  (2子コメント)

You mods really need to ask yourselves who this subreddit is really for, and how important it is to uphold a completely arbitrary set of "standards".

[–]Heinz-Harald Frentzenskgoa 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

They did. They came up with a different answer than you did.

[–]Kevin Magnussenthrexd 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Those "standards" are not just made up. The quality of posts on this subreddit have been complained about for the last year that I've been on here. This is the mods attempting to respond to those criticisms.

[–]MantridDrones 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

i could tell you how to reverse the problem

reverse the damn problem everyone's complaining about

simple, no?

[–]big-o-notation -4ポイント-3ポイント  (1子コメント)

David Attenborough: Watch how the power hungry mod emerges from its lair. It's looking for some fresh posts to remove.

[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

I wish you could come in good faith. If you read my linked comment, I agree with OP. What I did is make a good faith effort at a reasonable, honest response.

There's no call for the hostility. We can talk about this like calm people. I asked if people thought it helped and if not, how could we help? Does that seem power hungry?

[–]Daniel Ricciardohcarguy 15ポイント16ポイント  (2子コメント)

I love gyfcats

[–]fansworth 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

i love the pictures too, i dont understand how this was even considered, sometimes there are shitty ones, but there are shitty posts all over reddit, i just ignore them.

there are so many great pictures/gyfcats over a race weekend, i get to see so many things that i missed live. i cant understand this rule change at all.

[–]Daniel Ricciardohcarguy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah pretty much, all the not so great ones get downvoted anyway. But if a "shitty" post gets upvoted, is it that shitty in the first place? I mean... if the majority of people like it, it shouldn't be a problem.

[–]Lewis HamiltonNikiLouder 85ポイント86ポイント  (21子コメント)

Wtf? Seriously? What the hell is the matter with these guys?

[–]US F1Typically_Wong 87ポイント88ポイント  (18子コメント)

Clickbate articles only. No high quality pictures showcasing how awesome F1 is allowed!

[–]Kimi RäikkönenheWhoWearsAshes 19ポイント20ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sweet Sweet Sweet! I always said this sub needs moar clickbait.

[–]Nico RosbergHeikkiKovalainen[M] -86ポイント-85ポイント  (16子コメント)

Guys is unfairly representing the rule change really what's best? It's a trial, we have to see how it goes then alter it as necessary. We need to all be completely on the same page on how the rule is implemented at each of its iterations.

So why do you say that no high quality pictures are allowed? All pictures are still allowed. It's literally the complete opposite to what you said.

Both the evolution of X post and IncredibleThings's image dump posts have been improved due to this rule and are clearly still allowed.

[–]Michael Schumacherw197 17ポイント18ポイント  (15子コメント)

I have been noticing there have been image threads with good images removed. People tried to post that one of Ricciardo gesturing with Italian hands a few times and it kept getting taken down. I don't understand why when it was genuinely funny. What we want to stop are the "Here is Kimi standing somewhere" "Look I'm in the grandstand" images, not the actual good content. I mean even when they used a self post the images still kept disappearing.

[–]Nico RosbergHeikkiKovalainen[M] -76ポイント-75ポイント  (14子コメント)

I have been noticing there have been image threads with good images removed. People tried to post that one of Ricciardo gesturing with Italian hands a few times and it kept getting taken down.

That wasn't a good image thread. That was so low quality it was ridiculous, it had nothing to do with this rule.

What we want to stop are the "Here is Kimi standing somewhere" "Look I'm in the grandstand" images, not the actual good content.

We're hopefully stopping that on Monday with our updated posting guidelines.

I mean even when they used a self post the images still kept disappearing.

Because they were removed for low quality not the rule.

[–]Fernando AlonsoMP4-4 38ポイント39ポイント  (5子コメント)

why don't we disable commenting too? sometimes people post shitty comments nobody wants to read

[–]Michael Schumacherw197 48ポイント49ポイント  (3子コメント)

Because they were removed for low quality not the rule.

Shouldn't the upvotes/downvotes decide that? I thought that was a great gif and showed off interesting driver personality. Drivers are the main reason most of us watch the sport afterall.

[–]Stefan BellofSchlenkerla 18ポイント19ポイント  (0子コメント)

Shouldn't the upvotes/downvotes decide that?

I thought that would be the proper action if you want to follow reddiquette

[–]I_Plunder_Booty 12ポイント13ポイント  (1子コメント)

Do you honestly think that by banning content that "you" deem low quality will miraculously make the content posted here better? That's stupid. It will just limit the amount of content posted. By sitting back and doing your job as a mod instead of making heavy handed posting guidelines in an effort to prove to yourself that you're a good mod...the good content rises to the top and the shit sinks to the bottom naturally. This is all about your egos as mods and you thinking you know better then the community you mearly moderate..not lead.

You're not Obama, you're at best the attorney general. It's not your job to lead a sub towards your vision of what it should be, you mearly police it and punish rulebreakers.

[–]HaasMowwMoww 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

The problem is that the mods don't understand what website they're running. This isn't a hardcore F1 forum. This is a community forum focused on F1 on reddit. You guys are so out of touch, it's wild.

[–]Nico RosbergHeikkiKovalainen[M] -14ポイント-13ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes and that's the point. We have let it go from a great F1 forum to a a mediocre one at best. So yes, we are somewhat out of touch with how it currently is and we expect since most of the users that are here enjoy the shitness that a lot of users are going to be upset with the attempts to remove some of it.

[–]Jules BianchiNicologixs 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Power has gone to their heads and they are just slowly going to ruin this subreddit while they think they are improving it.

[–]Max Verstappendeknegt1990 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

[–]ENOTTY 51ポイント52ポイント  (2子コメント)

This anti social media push in /r/formula1 makes me suspect that Bernie is a secret mod.

[–]Kimi RäikkönenheWhoWearsAshes 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's you!

[–]Robert Kubicacongratulati0ns 65ポイント66ポイント  (10子コメント)

Gfycats are literally my favorite part of this subreddit. Thanks for ruining it mods.

[–]Michael Schumachermathdhruv 3ポイント4ポイント  (9子コメント)

/r/Formula1gifs

[–]BikerOfAmsterdam2 49ポイント50ポイント  (8子コメント)

exactly. instead having stuff on one place. lets split the community in several places.

great idea.

/s

[–]WilliamsCubejam 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

I actually set up that subreddit to avoid spamming the subreddit with endless submissions of gifs/webms.

I found that so many gifs were being posted, it would get in the way of other content, so I set up /r/Formula1GIFS to alleviate any such issue with spamming (still good) content.

[–]BikerOfAmsterdam2 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

it's not that i am not visiting that subreddit. there are some really nice stuff between, I approperiate you and others work, but sometimes i think some of these gifs should be here. Let the discussions flow and even a simple gif could be pretty interesting after a read.

but hey, who am i to say logical and sensefull stuff.

[–]WilliamsCubejam 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's true, the top content in whatever medium should always be found here I agree entirely. Video, article, photo, commentary, review. Whatever it is, it should be here.

That's what completely baffles me about this decision. The very best content on this subreddit tends to be GIFS and photographs.

[–]Swagdonkey400 38ポイント39ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm with you. It's stupid.

[–]Team Lotushelljumper230 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

I second your sentiment. I am a bit on the fence about the whole image ban, but Ill give it the week the mods want and we can try it.

But you have a good point, Gyfcat is almost always quality content.

[–]daytona81 12ポイント13ポイント  (1子コメント)

Can't we just create our own F1 subreddit and call it r/F1 as opposed to r/formula1 and not do this fucking stupid shit that the mods are doing. Have we learned nothing from the Digg disaster?

[–]Heinz-Harald Frentzenskgoa 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes, please do that.

[–]FerrariHouseOfBounce 29ポイント30ポイント  (3子コメント)

You can post but they have to be a text post like this.

I dont like it very much. You deserve a reward for your work.

[–]Michael SchumacherDurandal1707 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

"reward"

[–]FerrariHouseOfBounce 18ポイント19ポイント  (0子コメント)

It feels good to get Karma and have your post seen ¯\(ツ)/¯

[–]Heinz-Harald Frentzenskgoa 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

and "work". Didn't know that taking a direct link to an image/gif someone made and reposting it for karma is that difficult.

[–]Niki LaudaTmsan 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

If I miss an incident during a session I couldn't watch, I always check this sub to watch the incident on gfycat/streamable, that's such a ridiculous thing to ban. I wonder what the traffic numbers are like on a day with a session versus a day off? I can't be the only one who comes here to watch the gfycat webm's during a race weekend...

[–]Kamui Kobayashizantkiller 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

If think it should be about the value and relevance of the image/gif.

A gfycat of something from a current race session is valuable and relevant and so should be allowed. A gfycat of Hamilton dancing is neither valuable or relevant (maybe in some circumstances but the day the FIA decide a dead heat via a dance off is the day I stop watching) and so shouldn't be allowed in any form.

Similarly the weekend timetable is valuable and relevant and so should be allowed as a direct image (/u/BosleyTree may prefer to add extra context by having it in a self post which is fine). An image of Webber with a cat is neither valuable or relevant so should not be allowed in any form.

[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne[M] 52ポイント53ポイント  (14子コメント)

This is a good point. Whatever shape the rule may finally take, I think you make a very strong point and I think gify's should be excluded from whatever final rule (if any) there is. Like you said, it probably doesn't make sense to include them. Your point about time and effort to bring content to the community cannot be ignored and BTW thanks for that time and effort.

This is a great post and I thank you for taking the time and effort to be constructive. This is super helpful, I especially appreciated that it was data driven and avoided straying into emotional territory. It made your argument much stronger.

[–]Badoit1778 35ポイント36ポイント  (11子コメント)

padding, negotiation tactic.

you want images banned, so you ban gifs too and then we complain and you say, fine you guys win we will unban gifs yay!

but, images are banned - so you get what you wanted.

[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne[M] -24ポイント-23ポイント  (10子コメント)

I think that's a cynical way to look at it and, frankly, assumes a lot more cunning on our part than you can really give us credit for.

What happened is we made a trial rule change, someone posted a very well reasoned piece of dissent and I responded honestly to it. That's it.

[–]Lewis Hamilton10phillyphan 13ポイント14ポイント  (8子コメント)

May I ask as to why pictures can be allowed still but only as self posts? I don't really care about karma and any of that, but for me, who usually goes on mobile, it is easier to see when it is a linked post with a picture.

I just feel like taking away being able to do that would do two things:

1) make it look a bit sloppier when pictures are trying to be posted

2) (Ok, this is more a question) what difference would it make?

Thanks for looking at this!

[–]fansworth 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

pictures are easier to browse when not self posts too, you can spot a crappy meme as a thumbnail for example and avoid it, if its a self post you need to take the effort of clicking the image and loading it first.

[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne[M] -1ポイント0ポイント  (5子コメント)

The mobile question is a tricky one. Not sure what to do about that.

As to the purpose or difference we hope/expect it to make - the notion is to promote a higher standard of submissions where images are concerned. A self post has room for an OP to add additional information to support the post. The second part of this is that direct image posts are very quickly digestible. So they tend to be quickly upvoted, often much faster than higher-effort, less easily digestible content like any kind of user-created analysis or similar.

The end goal is to create a better atmosphere for high quality content to thrive.

[–]McLarenDoctorRobert420 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

So a pin-pointed, high-quality, mobile-friendly moment from a race is "not the kind of content the subreddit wants"?

I don't get to watch races anywhere near as much as I want, and the gfys posted here are so useful that honestly they're why I come to this sub 9/10 times. Is there any actual reason behind this?

[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

In the top post in this comment thread I say that I am in favor of not banning gifys. So, I'm already on record being in agreement with you.

[–]Max VerstappenNautster 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Would you guys review the decision in, say, 2 months to see if this actually made a difference in quality? Because of it doesn't, it just makes the sub harder to scroll through.

[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

We're trying it for a week.

[–]MAD623 -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think that's bullshit.

This is my first post and probably last in this subreddit but I found the discussion or r/all.

Who in their right mind doesn't like images and gifs? If I ever gave you upvotes it was because of those.

[–]HaasBaltimoreBirdGuy -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Do you browse /r/cars at all? They have a similar rule and it prevents the sub from being flooded with "spotted" posts. When people do post something, it makes them take an extra 30 seconds and think about and write a sentence or two about why they are posting it. Overall, I'd say it's been a successful rule over there. I think if they unban gifycat and thus allow race gifs, we should be gettign the best of both worlds for the most part.

[–]choufleur47 -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Stop your power trip. No one was complaining except mods that spend way too much time here. I come here for gifs and pics too. Let us downvote what we dont want to see ffs

[–]SaviourMach 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

At least you know and admit you fucked up big time. Solid move on your end, too. Without GFY this sub simply wouldn't be the same.

[–]Ferrariumarshaikh 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah. This makes no sense.

As a frequent mobile user of reddit, this is extremely painful on multiple points. Gfycats and direct image posts were a lot better.

Mods, can't we have a vote for this after the trial is over? I know that right now there's way too much hate for the mods, but they did say it's for a trial period right?

[–]Max ChiltonMax_Chilton_Superfan 11ポイント12ポイント  (1子コメント)

Is anyone genuinely surprised? It seems to be a law of physics that reddit mods will act like stubborn children given enough time. They are in complete denial that something they did is entirely unpopular. I am not saying there isn't a place for rules and curating the sub but they way they've handled this is entirely obnoxious.

RIP reddit.

[–]mixer73 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

If images are banned, where will I get my Maldonaldo memes?

I can't say I've ever had issues with spam posts in this sub?

[–]Lewis Hamiltonwwoodi 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Why do Internet mods always let such little power go to their heads. If you no longer want to do it step down and let someone else do it. Don't get all lazy and ban all images because you are too lazy to moderate the content.

[–]Nigel Mansellseaweeduk 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is absolute madness is Bernie running this sub these days or something?

[–]Max VerstappenEhralur 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Instead of taking away things the people on this sub clearly enjoy, why don't the mods do something about this ever increasing number of raikkonen trolla instead? =\

[–]freakylier 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Since when is FIA and its shitty decisions running this subreddit?

[–]EvelandsRule 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't follow formula 1. But it does interest me which is why I am subbed here. But if there are no pictures or gifs I may as well unsub because that's about the only content I look at here.

I'm sure some will say that I may as well unsub because I don't comment in threads or provide content for the community. But I enjoy subbing here because I like the community and I like seeing the pic/gif posts.

[–]McLarenDoctorRobert420 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

yeahhh this doesn't make any goddamn sense. what in the fuck

[–]Jules BianchiBbrowny 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I come here after races to re-live key moments in gif form and to share to other friends that dont use reddit.

[–]Kimi RäikkönenGenrlWashington 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I will personally say that the gifs in this sub are probably my favorite part of it. I don't get a chance to catch a lot of the races, so getting to see some quick high quality highlights is awesome. I really hope the mods will reconsider.

[–]Michael Schumachergurgen16 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well you can always create a text post including a linkto gfycat or whatever, at least that is how I understood the mod post regarding these changes. I think the idea is to encourage discussion in the comments, instead of just browsing pictures.

[–]Mika HäkkinenJashmid 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Head over to /r/Formula1GIFs. Awesome contents. If they don't want it here, get it elsewhere.

[–]GrosjeanCEPEHDREI 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

jesus christ reddit could you please stop being dumb? whats the fucking matter with all these mods in all these subreddits these days?

[–]Jenson ButtonBrillegeit 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Great, perhaps people will start posting proper videos in a sport where the sound is so important.

[–]Gerhard Bergermobsterer 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

just explain in a text post what you want to show and insert it in the body.

[–]ALoudMouthBaby -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

People can still post gifs, dude. They just have to make a self post. This is not a big change at all, but it discourages people from making low effort posts in an effort to get easy karma.

[–]Lewis HamiltonArseh0le 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Way to wreck a sub, nice work.

[–]Honda R & D CompanyTheRealBurty 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Stupid all this does is turn the subreddit into a collection of news articles, if i want F1 news i go to autosport if I want to look at F1 content gifs and images included go to this subredit.

[–]Heinz-Harald Frentzenskgoa -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

If this turned /r/formula1 back into a fact-driven community of people who care about F1 and the things happening in/around it, I'm all for it. This was never meant to be a sub about gifs and images. /r/Formula1GIFS exists for this very reason.

[–]Lewis Hamiltonretroly 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm sorry, I thought the whole upvote downvote mechanism was designed so we could decide for ourselves what was good and bad content?

[–]Heinz-Harald Frentzenskgoa 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Unfortunately it just doesn't work in practice. People downvote qestions and discussion threads. People even downvote quality content just because it doesn't suck their favorite driver's cock.

[–]Sebastian Vettelgrandfatha -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Let us found a new /r/formula1 with blackjack, hookers and gfycat. I nominate /u/oh84s as single moderator.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITHOUT FREEDOM?

[–]untide -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah fuck the mods! I don't even like F1, just here for the riot

[–]Nico RosbergHeikkiKovalainen[M] -37ポイント-36ポイント  (9子コメント)

Hey mate, I love your gifs. You are one of the most important users here and I'd love to talk with you in the future about altering this rule for the best outcome of the subreddit.

I think the rule should still be in place for gifs, though I think the best outcome may be to lift the rule over race weekends.

I think it should still be in place for gifs because just like other images, they have an inherent advantage in the voting system over heavier content. Heavier content which equally deserves a spot on the front page, will always be pushed off in favour of gifs. This isn't fair, if the heavier content is good then it deserves an equal place. By putting gifs into self posts I feel like it alleviates some of the inherent advantages images have.

A user much more eloquent than me wrote up a fantastic summary (that I'm so utterly dismayed to see downvoted - the very fact that a well thought out post is downvoted just proves there are problems with the subreddit) of why he thinks the rule is a good idea. I'd ask you to read that and then see if that answers any of your questions.

[–]Michael Schumacherw197 16ポイント17ポイント  (6子コメント)

I think the rule should still be in place for gifs, though I think the best outcome may be to lift the rule over race weekends.

I rarely see low quality gifs being posted. Once someone has gone to the effort to make a gif of something its usually of some on track action. You never see "Kimi being Kimi" gifs.

[–]Lewis HamiltonA_Paranoid_Android 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I also agree.

[–]Daniel Ricciardoblazin1414 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I agree. :)

[–]010101000101 -4ポイント-3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Could it be a copyright issue that is driving the mods to ban gifs and images? This sub has gotten pretty big and it might have attracted the attention of the wrong people.