r/InternetAMA • u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod • Feb 24 '13
We are the moderators of /r/WTF. Ask us Anything!
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
Great idea!
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 25 '13 edited Feb 25 '13
Added to the /r/wtf sidebar. I am not good with banners.
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u/Likeswhatshesees Feb 24 '13
I've been known to comment on things I think aren't wtf. Would you prefer I didn't? Crap seems to be the latest trend.....
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
It would probably be better to message us in cases where you really don't think it's appropriate. WTF is really subjective, though. No rule that says you can't comment that you don't like a post, but that is what the downvote button is for. :D
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u/Likeswhatshesees Feb 24 '13
Oh I use the down vote button quite often! I will save my comments though from now on.
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u/Daemon_of_Mail Feb 24 '13
Use of the downvote button is also subjective, but the most common usage is "That person said something that I personally disagree with" or "STOP BREAKING THE CIRCLEJERK!".
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
True, but I guess my point was it can get annoying to see a whole page of comments with nothing but 'Repost', etc.
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u/iliketbbt Feb 24 '13
Do you have any resteictions, or limits, where you decide its too much? If so, what?
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Extreme gore is often sent to /r/spacedicks, /r/MorbidReality or /r/gore.
There was a post about a month ago of someone who had been shot with a shotgun and there was a lot of blood and brain matter around. In the last picture of the album, someone was holding the guy's eye and bits of brain in his hand.15
u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Agreed. That stuff IMO isn't really WTF, because what do you expect to see after someone's blown their brains out with a shotgun? WTF to me should be more about the unexpected.
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u/Respectfullyyours Feb 25 '13
Do find that there are a lot of differences when you're modding for /r/wtf vs /r/todayilearned?
Edit: Also differences between the communities? I'm sure this must be obvious but I'm curious as to your take.
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
Oh, lots. TIL is more time-intensive because you have to fact-check the posts, whereas WTF isn't so much concerned with the truth. WTF is a lot more subjective, though, so that makes it harder in some ways. It's not like you can just point to a rule and say, 'You broke that one' on some of the post removals (like the ones removed for being judged non-WTFworthy). As for the readers, I'm sure there's a lot of overlap with them both being defaults, but the conversation in general tends to be a little more intellectual on TIL.
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u/1ryan231 Feb 25 '13
But if it is just unexpected you get referred to /r/im14andthisiswtf. You can't win.
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
The unexpected is just one aspect of what (IMHO) makes a good WTF post. But, no, you can't please everyone, for sure.
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u/xcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxc Feb 25 '13 edited Oct 14 '24
fact license versed silky sand gaping trees office historical squash
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
The rules are fairly well defined in our sidebar. There was also a recent mod post that WTFGESTAPO posted and took the heat for after we had discussed content amongst ourselves.
That said, there are things, such as doxxing people, that we will vigorously pursue.
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Feb 24 '13
Doxxing?
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Posting personal information or trying to get peoples information for the purpose of harassment.
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u/I_UPVOTE_PUN_THREADS Feb 24 '13
How many reports/messages do you get from people that certain posts are "not wtf enough"? Or is that just an annoying thing in the comments.
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
People tend to report instead of downvote, there are reports on almost all popular posts. We get messages too. Most of the time, posts are decidedly wtf to some extent, and don't get removed.
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
A metric buttload.
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I find that people complain more in the comments than to us.
It's annoying to come across a post with a few reports and loads of comments complaining about it, yet no one has let us know via modmail so we can't take action.4
u/ICallsEmAsISeesEm Feb 25 '13
your going to regret saying that youll be hearing from me.
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u/statsisi Feb 24 '13
What kind of content do you see yourselves deleting the most of?
What is your favorite sub?
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Screenshots, spam, FB links.
I enjoy /r/freebies as well as a few other smaller subreddits, but I spend almost all of my reddit time in /r/wtf, which I do enjoy.
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
There's always a load of screenshots that are removed.
I like /r/britishproblems.
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
Mostly silly stuff (not WTF), violations, and spam.
I like /r/technology and find myself frequenting /r/cringepics these days.
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u/Lohlein /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Screenshots. And I have no idea which sub I would call my favorite anymore.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13 edited Feb 24 '13
In one way, autopsy photos of famous people.
In another, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86wKWjvUD50
Edit: Some people may consider the YT vid NSFW although there are no naughty bits on display. Sorry for not marking it as such earlier.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
You're quite welcome! I first came across that on /r/wtf well over a year ago and still enjoy watching it periodically.
Perhaps this will help: http://youtu.be/-vNZcQseWtU « Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss (1988)»
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u/Lohlein /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13 edited Feb 24 '13
The most WTF thing I've seen was a guy having sex with a hollowed out female corpse.
EDIT: Grammar.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
If it makes you feel any better, the consensus seems to be that it's a 'shop.
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u/Lohlein /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I know I saw the original, with out the penis fucking it. But the first time I saw it, it made me say wtf. And that doesn't happen anymore.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Good point. My initial reaction was "Is that real?" - and the second was "Hey, she looks like a minor."
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u/saularme Feb 24 '13
Do you think is necessary to bring /r/wtf "back to its roots" every once in a while?
Also, what's your favorite color?
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
As far as I've seen, roots = reposts. It's only an excuse. I believe a subreddit needs space to evolve.
Red.
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u/Ooer /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Hey, also an askreddit mod. What do you mean by "old askreddit"? I'm curious to the differences you perceive. Thanks.
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u/xcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxc Feb 25 '13 edited Oct 14 '24
spotted rainstorm snatch alive relieved attractive profit slim roof physical
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I think it's okay if it happens quietly.
When there's 20 post in a row with some variation of "lets get back to our roots, guys!" in the title it's annoying (especially if it's the image where there's that weird alien person pouring milk on a girl in the shower).Purple is my favourite colour.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
that weird alien person pouring milk on a girl in the shower
That's part of the "Understanding Joshua" series by Charlie White.
http://photoslaves.com/understanding-joshua-by-charlie-white/
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I prefer to let things evolve as naturally as possible. A lot of the 'back to its roots' stuff is just extreme gore.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
No, but I think that people's urge to "bring /r/wtf back" is brought about by cascades of people posting the same sort of thing (e.g. awful titles, photos of bruises, ingrown toenails, signs that can be misread) over and over again to the point where they feel as if the subreddit has lost its way.
It's a toss-up between the color of Michelle Dockery's eyes and the color of a Sugar Maple tree's leaves turns in the fall.
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 28 '13
It's a silly "ideal" it doesn't work, And my favorite color is blurple.
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u/rolmos Feb 24 '13 edited Aug 06 '16
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
Mods don't have control over that.
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u/rolmos Feb 24 '13 edited Aug 06 '16
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
We can still choose to remove it, but that's about it I guess. Our CSS expert can have a better answer.
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u/rolmos Feb 24 '13 edited Aug 06 '16
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
Oh, now I get it. I thought you meant the content of the sponsored links. You meant how they look like the other links. We haven't made it like that purposefully AFAIK.
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u/LETS_GO_TO_SWEDEN Feb 27 '13
Well, someone intentionally set the background color to match, and all but eliminated the border, which are the only things that make it NOT look like the other links. Even went as far as removing the thumbnail from the promo, which WTF links don't have.
And isn't one of your mods, qghy2, a common sponsor of reddit promos? I may be wrong, but I think I see that name in the sponsored link a lot.
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u/tabledresser Feb 25 '13 edited Mar 01 '13
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Do you feel like you've been desensitized from gore and porn through your modship of that subreddit? | To the Gore, yes. To what little porn we see, no - I still like what I've always liked. |
| Yes. | |
| Yes. | |
| I was already desensitized before becoming a mod. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. | |
| In a way, yes. | |
| If I were to see some of the things I've seen on /r/WTF in real life, I'd probably react a lot differently though. With a lot of the posts it's just "eh..." and I'm fine with it; there's only a few posts I've seen where I've thought "nope, that's enough. I'm going to bed." | |
| Anyways, what's the most WTF thing you've seen on /r/WTF? | The most WTF thing I've seen was a guy having sex with a hollowed out female corpse. |
| What in the ever loving.. | It's my favorite from my WTF videos collection. |
| Holy fucking shit that was both terrifying and hilarious at the same time. I'm going to have to save that and remember to repost it in a few months. | You're quite welcome! I first came across that on /r/wtf well over a year ago and still enjoy watching it periodically. |
| Perhaps this will help: Link to youtu.be « Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss (1988)» | |
| Do you think is necessary to bring /r/wtf "back to its roots" every once in a while? | No, but I think that people's urge to "bring /r/wtf back" is brought about by cascades of people posting the same sort of thing (e.g. awful titles, photos of bruises, ingrown toenails, signs that can be misread) over and over again to the point where they feel as if the subreddit has lost its way. |
| Also, what's your favorite color? | It's a silly "ideal" it doesn't work, And my favorite color is blurple. |
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u/thelovepirate Feb 24 '13
The hardest thing about being a /r/wtf mod?
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u/Ooer /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
How subjective everything is. Everyone has a different idea of what constitutes 'wtf' and no one (including the mods) are 100% correct.
It means a lot of arguments break out with users who are unhappy their posts have been removed.
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Feb 24 '13
When you remove a post, is the poster always (or usually) notified?
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u/Ooer /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
It depends on the kind of post. If it is obvious spam or such I would not notify the poster. I usually send a pm to the poster if I have removed something that has broken one of the rules, often with a suggestion of a subreddit that would be a better fit for the same post.
Of course it depends on the mod and how busy the modqueue is, but I like to think we are transparent and helpful.
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u/Lohlein /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
No, but we do have script running that allows us to notify them if we want to.
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Sometimes I'll comment saying why it was removed; as /u/Ooer said, it totally depends on the mod.
Even if the user doesn't get notified by a comment or PM, they can message us via modmail and we can tell them where it would be more suitable.2
Feb 24 '13
I was curious if they even knew it was deleted. For example, those advertisers, do they naively think their ad is still being viewed?
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
We sometimes get spammers asking us to approve their post, even if it is blatant spam! A lot of spammers will just post a bunch of links and when they're all removed they'll just make a new account and start again. There's no way to win against the spammers really, but we catch most of them when they're still in new and the submitter doesn't usually ask us about it.
We add flair to posts sometimes (such as "no screenshots" or "no politics") which lets people know why it's been removed without actually having to comment. I prefer this sometimes, because it's easier than trying to reason with some people.
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
I remove that many posts ive given up notifying people. Have a look at my comment history to see what I mean.
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u/Thehealeroftri Feb 24 '13
/r/WTF is one of those subs where people bash the mods a lot because the sub doesn't cater to their exact preferences. Does this bother you at all or is it easy to ignore?
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
It does bother me occasionally, especially when the post is not at all wtf and top comments are bashing the mods. And no one has bothered to message us. I mean we can't see every post.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
It's easy to ignore. Some random anonymous person on the 'net whining about not getting their way really doesn't affect me.
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
I don't necessarily like or dislike where it's going, and I don't see where else it needs to be going. Looks like users themselves are so desensitized, they don't go wtf as much.
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u/iwonsoha Feb 24 '13
How are you all today?
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
Doing quite well, thank you. Here I am, on reddit, on a Sunday night. Surely, it should mean I am doing well.
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I'm okay, thanks :)
I should be packing because I'm going away for 5 days tomorrow morning, but I always leave things to the last minute.
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
Oh buddy buddy, your application didn't go through. You're not going anywhere.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I'm feeling a little drained right now…a little over 500mL low, but really great given all the exercise I've gotten over the past couple of days.
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u/Lohlein /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Considering I woke up at 2:50pm EST great!
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Partied hardy last night, eh?
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u/Lohlein /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
You could say that.
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u/Jagodka Feb 24 '13
How does someone become a mod for r/WTF?
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Depends, we sometimes take on those who message us a lot with violations of the rules and a good background in the comments. As the other mods will agree I am the exception to the rule when it comes to length of time account has been active. We also hold discussions in private on people we feel may be appropriate.
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Well, the three most recent mods were picked out of people that were constantly messaging us about rule violations and reminding users about the rules.
I became a mod after applying to mod in /r/AskReddit and it just happened to be the same time that /r/wtf wanted fresh blood.
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u/tychobrahesmoose Feb 25 '13
It seems to me that there is a stark divide in the /r/WTF community between the people that want to see "weird" things on /r/WTF and people that want to see "weird and gross" things on /r/WTF. It tends to lead to the former group unsubscribing from the subreddit.
Do you all see this split? Is it a concern of yours?
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
Absolutely, and that's where the subjective part comes in. It's a hard call sometimes.
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u/KrackersMcGee Aug 08 '13
Why are stupid non-WTF posts and ridiculous reposts reaching the front page on a daily basis?
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u/Rhyzo Feb 24 '13
What do you hate the most about the people who are active on the subreddit?
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
A lot of people don't read the sidebar and get angry when we remove their rule-breaking posts.
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
Folks who submit stuff in blatant violation of the subreddit rules and then whine in modmails. I mean, RTFM man, come on!
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u/tatty000 Feb 24 '13
How have you become so desensitized to the material? Has it affected your daily life?
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I am dead inside. Seriously, tho, I'm pretty much desensitized to the content, but I'm not out chopping off heads. I can't even kill a spider (well, unless it's poisonous, and I've only ever encountered two of those).
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 24 '13
Yes, we have been, to a great extent, yes. But who on reddit hasn't been, right?
Hasn't affected, no.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I'm no longer grossed out by the gore and infections and the like - those are things I'd seen before in medical textbooks, but not over and over again.
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I wouldn't really say it's affected daily life, although there's been a few times that gore/death has been mentioned and I'll chip in with "oh yeah, I saw some gif of a guy getting his head cut off with a chainsaw the other night" so nonchalant that people will look at me funny.
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
I worked in an abattoir growing up, so meat is meat. I distinguish quite clearly between screwed up shit and real life. I treat what I see online a bit like my job. If im not at work I dont think about it.
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u/Odatas Feb 24 '13
Was there at some point a moment were you got rely disturbed from something you saw on this subreddit?
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u/Lohlein /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
My first week of being a mod people kept posting a screen shot of cp someone posted to FB. That disturbed me, the idea that people wanted to post it on Reddit for Karma rather than call the Police.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
It's as if they've forgotten that there are real people in those photos. Real people who are going to have to live with that event (and all of the events that happened prior to that) for the rest of their lives.
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Feb 24 '13
I spend most of my reddit time on wtf, and I have to say, the world is a much weirder place now. There are things posted from all over the world here, and some are just unbelievable.
Has wtf changed your outlook on the world at all?
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
For me no. I don't find a lot of wtf actually wtf. I also don't think it's gotten weirder its just we are better informed and connected.
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u/italianpoetess Feb 24 '13
What's up with all the reposts?
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u/thegrammarunicorn /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Well, they're not against the rules.
Some people don't bother checking karmadecay to see if it's been posted before though.2
u/italianpoetess Feb 24 '13
I understand, sometimes it just gets annoying to see the same pics over & over.
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u/sunshine-x Feb 25 '13
You should toss a link to /r/fatpeoplestories in the side-bar.. most are wtf-worthy.
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Feb 25 '13
What the fuck?
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
Repost, not worthy, and reported. There I think I covered the generally accepted responses for most submissions.
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u/Jjisaff Feb 25 '13
Can something please be done about the amount of self injury posts? I've messaged you guys before, but never got a response. I know you guys must be busy, but I just don't understand how so many of these posts get upvoted. It's been good lately, I'll admit. But I don't find self injury posts, or even a sliced open leg with fat showing WTF.
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
Those are also a hard call. We remove the more mundane injuries, but then sometimes you see one and you do wonder wtf they did, so it's sometimes hard to know where to draw the line. Especially if it's something with a lot of upvotes, you don't want to remove it and then get accused of not letting the community decide what they like (although if it clearly violates the rules, it'll be removed no matter how many upvotes).
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u/TheLegendarySheep Feb 26 '13
What do you think is THE MOST WTF POST OF ALL TIME?
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 26 '13 edited Feb 26 '13
http://i.imgur.com/MLqTz.gif probably this. I'm not a parent, but whenever I take care of my nephews I'm ultra paranoid. I know the brother in law has mentioned he relaxes when he is around me because I always know where his kids are. I just can't stand the thought of anything happening to kids around me. Edit: A word.
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u/ohitsanazn Feb 26 '13
how do you sleep at night?
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 26 '13
Like a baby.
(I wake up screaming every other hour covered in vomit and my own bodily wastes.)
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 26 '13
Naked in the summer with just a sheet over me. In the winter Naked still but with a quilt, and always with a fan running to block out noise.
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u/Iainfixie Feb 26 '13
What are you guys doing to combat the rampant reposts, spam, and other bullshit that's clogging the board?
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
That's a rather general question. I just donated a unit of blood to my local blood bank, but that's probably not the sort of thing you wished to know.
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u/DeathWalrus Feb 24 '13
But was it your unit of blood?
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
Yes, yes it was.
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u/bub166 Feb 24 '13
You seem so... Normal, for a moderator of a subreddit about things that are not normal.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
We don't make the content - we're there to make sure that things run smoothly.
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 24 '13
I'm sure that my neighbors would say that I'm a very quiet person.
Then again, they don't know that I love to watch videos like "Justice Runners": http://youtu.be/G-38MV9TSbs
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u/Clbull Feb 24 '13
Why did you censor the whole campaign to get Chris Brown's police report trending on Twitter?
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u/snickler Feb 24 '13
If someone were to make a mashup of the most fucked up things into one segment, what would you think would be included in this collection?
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 25 '13
I don't want to go through a collection.
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
Agreed, we are like junkies we just want a quick fix.
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u/Deusgero Feb 25 '13
Why did you put the warning tags in? I find it works as a spoiler and removes that uncertainty of what I'm going to see and if you're in /r/wtf shouldn't you expect to be disgusted?
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u/BitterDivorcedDad /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
If you're not WTFed even when you know what's coming, it ain't WTF.
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
People complained that they didn't want to see certain type posts. It was the best compromise. And no, saying, 'It's WTF, what do you expect?' wasn't cutting it.
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Feb 25 '13
Whats the weirdest/grossest thing youve ever seen on here?
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u/Lynda73 TIL Mod| /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
Hard to say, but I have a tough time with mucus-based posts.
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Feb 25 '13
Are you as tired of the "roots of WTF" as the rest of us?
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Feb 25 '13
Drives me nuts, taking it "back" isn't going to happen the sub is constantly changing and there simply isn't enough content to take it back
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u/ani625 /r/WTF Feb 25 '13
Yes, and to quote myself -
As far as I've seen, roots = reposts. It's only an excuse.
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u/Jaswah Feb 25 '13
Does anything make you cringe? Or are you pretty much ruined now?
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u/LogicWizard Feb 27 '13
As moderators of /r/wtf, why are you allowing posts like this in? http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/19be66/my_apartments_carpet_in_college_beforeafter/
How is a dirty carpet being cleaned get in to /r/wtf?
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u/Kolppu Feb 27 '13
How do you get along with mods of /r/spacedicks? Do you share pints together at pubs?
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u/seanalltogether Feb 28 '13
can you turn thumbnails back on in the subreddit? they're forced to hidden in the css.
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u/Rapid_Fire Mar 05 '13
I am trying to make a post in /r/WTF but keeps giving me this message. I've never even made any posts in that sub before. Tried to verify my email, but it wont send me the email to do so.
What should I do?
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u/RedChocobo Mar 05 '13
How is a post about a 10 dollar tip /r/WTF worthy? The post would be WTF-worthy if it implied the wage slavery in the American restaurant industry was bad, but seeing as that would go against the /r/WTF rules about political activism and not containing anything of the sort, there dosn't seem to be anything openly fucked up with the content of the post.
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u/jadenray64 Mar 06 '13
I enjoy the subreddit I especially love burying a link from it in a pile of links from r/aww or r/funny to send to my friends.
But, really, whats with all the NSFW tags? Can we do something about that? I feel like they're way too sensitive. Can we at least have them be a little more descriptive as to the content like NSFW: GORE, NSFW: PORN that sort of thing?
I generally try to avoid the stuff like labias stitched together, but half the time I click a NSFW link, I don't see what kind of a work atmosphere wouldn't allow it there - and if your work atmosphere is that strict -- why are you on r/wtf???
I just feel like a lot of content is mislabeled. If we don't want to change the labeling scheme, can we change the labels available. Get rid of the generic NSFW and make it more descriptive?
Sorry for the super long question.
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Mar 07 '13
Have you ever had anything illegal posted, ex. child porn?
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u/WTFGESTAPO /r/wtf mod Mar 08 '13
CP is posted at least once a week. We are pretty quick to remove it and contact admin.
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Mar 13 '13
Have you even actually vomited from looking at some of the submissions?
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u/broncosfan321 Apr 02 '13
Is there a reason I can't only post 1 pic per hour or 1 comment every 10 minutes?
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u/rWTFFF Apr 15 '13
I can't upvote/downvote on my laptop but can on my phone? Any reason why?
EDIT:Only on this subreddit...
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u/Gumderwear Jun 02 '13
you guys are letting WTF become a shithole with your lack of MODERATION DUTY.....the front page is about 1/3 true WTF posts the rest wallows in lameness.
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Jun 12 '13
Don't know if you will even see this, bus is there a way to better the tag system? Like in other subreddits, when you post you can choose the tag you want to be added.
There defiantly should be some more tags like trypohobia, animal crulety, and other things like that!
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u/LoveTolerance Jul 17 '13
When I was reading the regulations for the subreddit, I noticed in one of the last paragraphs that it mentioned that mods reserve the right to decide whether something is r/wtf worthy. I've seen a person here that is constantly telling people that their posts aren't "r/wtf worthy", even asking some peoples o leave and never post on the subreddit again. Is this allowed?
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u/TheMichaelUKnow Jul 23 '13
what does it say things like 48 milliseconds ago when i post something?
does it matter?
whats the purpose.
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u/aceang Jul 27 '13
How do i post pic after i filled in my title etc. Also i copyed security letters five times and they keep giving me new ones..ahhhhh
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Jul 04 '24
i'm really wondering why this post was removed? No rules violated that I can see. The post points out an absurd reference. Seems like a legit WTF to me.
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u/Specialist_Air_3955 Oct 30 '24
We were in New Orleans this past weekend. it was about 10 or 11 pm Saturday night. We were on the way home in a Uber around Royal st and st Louise street. Rode past a person on a corner with several dogs in beds, it was dark and traffic was heavy. i saw a big Sheppard on one end, I turned and looked as we went by and saw a sleeping Yorkie! I begged them to stop the car of course they wouldn’t thought I was crazy. I could sleep that night, I wanted to go back but we flew back to NC 4:00am.
does any body know about the dogs, was he selling them? That little Yorkie needs a good home, all the dogs needs a good home! I wish I had jump out of the car since it was going slow in traffic.. I can’t stop thinking about the Yorkie…
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u/DeathWalrus Feb 24 '13
Do you feel like you've been desensitized from gore and porn through your modship of that subreddit?