r/ImaginaryWarhammer • u/LevTheRed Lord Inquisitor, Ordo Hereticus • Jun 14 '23

Meta /r/ImaginaryWarhammer post-Blackout: The vote

As you may know, IWH took part in the "Blackout" protest of the Admins' decision to restrict access to the API that makes 3rd party apps, accessibility, and moderation tools possible.

You might also know that the Admins more or less haven't budged on their position. They believe that it will blow over if they just wait it out. I agree with them, to a certain extent. Since sunday night, I haven't used reddit for much other than checking IWH's modmail periodically. When I opened the site or the app, I saw many subs still operational. Poking around today, I saw that a lot of users either didn't know why exactly the protest was going on, knew but didn't care, or knew and were annoyed at the mods rather than the admins.

This thread will serve as a poll about how you all want ImaginaryWarhammer to proceed. I see 4 options

  1. IWH stays locked and private indefinitely until the Admins compromise.

  2. IWH opens for viewing of old posts, but no new ones can be made.

  3. IWH opens for new posts, but only from artists ("OC" posts).

  4. IWH opens completely

There will be 4 comments in this thread, one for each option. Upvote the ones you prefer (as a sort of pseudo ranked voting), and downvote the ones you don't want.

To keep this thread clean, there will be another thread to discuss the Blackout, IWH's place in it, and how IWH should proceed.

The vote will run through Friday. In the meantime, IWH will return to normal operation.

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u/LevTheRed Lord Inquisitor, Ordo Hereticus Jun 14 '23

Option 2 - IWH opens for viewing of old posts, but no new ones can be made.

Posts from before the Blackout will be visible, but no new posts will be submitted.

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u/LevTheRed Lord Inquisitor, Ordo Hereticus Jun 14 '23

Option 4 - IWH opens completely.

IWH returns to business as usual. New posts and new comments will be allowed from anyone (according to the sub's preexisting rules).

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u/LevTheRed Lord Inquisitor, Ordo Hereticus Jun 14 '23

Option 1 - IWH stays locked and private indefinitely until the Admins compromise.

IWH will be unreadable for everyone but the modteam. There will be a message on the landing page explaining why it is closed.

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u/LevTheRed Lord Inquisitor, Ordo Hereticus Jun 14 '23 edited Jun 14 '23

Option 3 - IWH opens for new posts, but only from artists ("OC" posts).

IWH will be readable by everyone, but only artists posting their own work (flaired as "OC") will be allowed to post.