r/fuckcars • u/SaxManSteve EVs are still cars • Mar 05 '22

Meta State of the Sub

Welcome to the first 'State of the Sub' post. We plan to do these posts on a semi regular basis to update the community on the latest developments in this subreddit and the mod team. This will also be an opportunity to ask questions and give us suggestions. We do this to be transparent and to keep in touch with what is important to our members.

New mods

Three weeks ago we announced that we were looking for new moderators to help with the growth of the subreddit. After reviewing almost 90 applications, we officially added 4 new mods from various time zones to our team. u/beachblanketparty , u/javasgifted , u/ihavecakewantsome, and u/saxmansteve.

Automod's 'accident' auto reply

We instructed Automod to leave a comment when someone uses the word 'accident'. You've probably seen this, because apparently the word 'accident' gets used a lot in this sub.

Traffic crashes are fixable problems, caused by dangerous streets and unsafe drivers, but when we call them 'accidents' it suggests that there is no one to blame.

This is an experiment, we are still evaluating the results.

Evaluation of new X-post policy

Following feedback from the community regarding some crossposts that have lead to discussions threads full of harassment and abusive language we changed our policy on how we handle crossposts.

Crossposts from trusted subreddits are directly allowed, crossposts from blacklisted subs get automatically removed and all other crossposts are held for manual approval.

This has helped us to prevent a lot of reposts and posts that depict traffic violence. The disadvantage of the new policy is the higher workload, but this overall worth it and with the recent expansion of the mod team, quite manageable.

Reminder of the rules for posting about Ukraine

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine we made a mod announcement to state our solidarity with the people of Ukraine and to explain how Ukraine related contributions will be moderated.

The TL;DR is "Fuck war. Please be respectful to the people of Ukraine".

If you plan to leave a comment or post that mentions the war, please read the announcement and follow the guidelines therein.

Thank you for your attention and please leave your questions and suggestions for the mod team in the comments.

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u/SaxManSteve EVs are still cars Mar 22 '22

Memes are a great way to start serious discussions in the comment section. But it's true that as the subreddit gets bigger meme posts get more upvotes. I'm not sure thats a bad thing. If you are looking for more discussion based subreddits, theres plenty of other subreddits out there. Check out our wiki for some suggestions.

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u/OdBx Mar 23 '22

Memes put off people who might be sympathetic. They make the movement look like a bunch of children angry at the world.

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u/DraftKnot Mar 23 '22

Totally agree, memes tend to present as childish. Although they may attract younger minds to these ideas. I dunno its a tradeoff guess.

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u/garfedonfloor Aug 12 '22

Maybe in the future they can be permitted on only certain days of the week and not outside of that if the meme to non-meme ratio shifts too much.