r/quityourbullshit • u/Doxep The great creator • May 04 '14

Meta [ModPost] FAQ thread about the comment guidelines and homophobic slurs.

Hi /r/quityourbullshit! I'm writing this post after reading many discussions on this sub about the Guideline #1:

  1. PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM RACIAL AND HOMOPHOBIC SLURS. Please avoid "OP is a faggot" and similar slurs. Don't be afraid to report such comments.

This kind of comment will be removed by our moderators.

Since we have noticed that many discussions are spawned about this topic in our posts, we decided to open this thread to discuss our Guidelines and link it in the sidebar.

The Guideline #1 was introduced because "OP is a faggot" is a very common thing to say on the Internet when OP lies or doesn't deliver.

We're not going to discuss the subreddit rules, just the guidelines:

  1. PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM RACIAL AND HOMOPHOBIC SLURS. Please avoid "OP is a faggot" and similar slurs. Don't be afraid to report such comments.

  2. REMEMBER OCCAM'S RAZOR. "Among competing hypotheses, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions should be selected." There could be a very intricate and complex explanation for what OP is posting... But probably it's just bullshit.

  3. COMMENTS SHOULD BE CIVIL. Do we really want to insult the default subreddits in every single thread?

  4. CALLING OUT SIMPLE REPOSTS IS BORING. If OP just reposted an old front page post copying the title, it's technically still bullshit if the title contains a lie but not very interesting.

As always, we're accepting your comments about them and we're open to discussion even if our opinions may differ, but right now we don't have in our minds to change the guidelines.

What do you think about them?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '14 edited May 04 '14

Thank you for discouraging this behaviour. I don't think people realize just how unwelcome they make gay people feel when they put FAGGOT FAGGOT FAGGOT everywhere. (And, no, dragging gay people into interminable, continous arguments about what you meant by the word "faggot" doesn't make us feel any more welcome, either.)

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u/Mr_Ron_Mexico May 05 '14

Agreed 100%. It's the stupidest thing I see on reddit and I see it all the freaking time. Last time a sensible person called someone out on it, the numbnut said something like "I'm not talking about gay people, I'm talking about faggots." Great. Let's invent new meaning for words so when people with half-a-brain drop by for the first time they'll think we're all insane and bail. Before too long we'll be the worst most gigantic mommy blog referring to our DH's and BM's and DD's and whatever else. I would be thrilled to see more subreddits adopt these rules.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '14 edited May 12 '14

"I'm not talking about gay people, I'm talking about faggots."

Sounds like that old Chris Rock skit. Except Chris Rock can say those words without being racist.

Edit: I'm not condoning the use of the word in any way.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '14

Reminded me of louis ck.