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Community rule discussion: 12 hour rule (self.bestoflegaladvice)

Ramady[M] が 投稿 - announcement

Hey folks,

The mod team has been chatting privately about the possibility of altering the 12 hour rule.

For those who don't know: the current rule is that posts from /r/legaladvice must be at least 12 hours old or locked before being posted here. This is to ensure that the OP of the linked thread is able to get plenty of advice and to discourage brigades.

This rule was put into place in the early days of BoLA because we saw an uptick in folks crossing over, and it was starting to cause problems in the main sub.

With the reset, we're looking over rules like this to see if they make sense as-is, or if we should tweak them. Currently, there's an idea on the board to reduce the 12 hour rule to 6, and I'd like to hear your feedback.

What do y'all think?

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[–]ManyRaptors 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think the main thing is that the original thread needs time to get actual help-oriented responses - if the commentary (or the pointing & laughing) starts too soon, the whole thing goes off the rails pretty quickly. 6 hours accomplishes that as well as 12, imo - I'm all for the change.

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

I mostly lurk here. If six hours is enough to ensure that no brigading occurs, I'd be happy with the rule change. Since a chunk of posts on the front page of /r/legaladvice are 6-12 hours old, though, it might be difficult to tell brigaders apart from genuine latecomers.

Then again, I'm not an /r/legaladvice mod or anything. As long as this sub keeps up the quality content, I'm fine with any rules you want to enforce.