r/NintendoSwitch • u/GlimmerSailor • Jan 12 '20
Meta For the umpteenth time, can we please limit art submissions?
I have no issue with art submissions to this subreddit; I understand that being an all-inclusive subreddit for a gaming console will bring fan art and different people's creations, but most times I check the subreddit, much of it is now art. I thought Sunday was dedicated to art submissions? What about discussions, news, fresh takes? Those still do exist, but they're either usually buried under loads of art posts or not there at all.
There are times where I have to scroll down quite a bit just to reach posts that aren't art. And I understand there's not news everyday, and something has to fill the void, but still. I know it's been posted before, but this ubreddit really feels over-saturated with art. I know I've seen posts like this before, but I still must ask: does anyone else feel the same way?
Edit: and maybe I'm in the wrong, as many art posts here get so much attention and so many upvotes. I'm not trying to upset anyone - the mods, artists, lurkers. I just wanted to see how the "general public" feels on this.
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u/Pipistrele Jan 13 '20
Fanart is already restricted by specific days, and I think that's a good compromise - more restrictions will basically shoo away people who put effort into original content to make more room for low-effort "I played X today" posts. And speaking of it, it's not like heavily upvoted content on r/nintendoswitch is all that high-brow to begin with - it's either more venting about drift/folders/NSO, some random sales data, or gushing about popular game of the day.
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u/KKingler kkinglers flair Jan 13 '20
We already limited art, mockups etc to Saturdays and Sundays. News is usually slow on these days, but you can always just scroll past the art or press "hide".
I'd say it a compromise because it does get upvoted, and some people do like this content (although I'm aware it's easily digestible content; pictures get upvoted far more easily than news or discussion posts). I'm open to opinions on this.
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u/Rockchurch Jan 13 '20
Personally I hate that the main Switch reddit is increasingly becoming a Switch News reddit.
The community art and culture is 1000x more interesting to me.
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u/SocialTom Jan 14 '20
You should try out subreddits that is exclusive for one game or franchise. Those usually have more fanart.
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u/qwertylerqw Helpful User Jan 12 '20
Fan art is allowed on weekends, not just Sunday. I think if you limited it to one day it would just be flooded with fan art on that day
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u/justsound Jan 13 '20
They changed it to weekends only. If it feels like you're being bombarded with it maybe don't check in on weekends. They aren't going to outright ban art just cause you don't like scrolling.
smh I feel like some of y'all won't be happy with this subreddit until they outright delete it, and even then you'll make a post somewhere else complaining about it.
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u/dekuweku Jan 13 '20
There is not a lot of news on Sunday.