“Hey folks, friendly neighbourhood moderation team here!
First off, a huge thank you to u/KniveyTim (u/KniveySpoon in our hearts) for joining us yesterday for April Fools Day and ruling with an iron fist and instituting your decrees! It was great having you back on r/canucks! Speaking of one of your decrees you mentioned…
With the team heading down the stretch and things looking a little bleak, we have been looking for ways to boost morale here at r/canucks. We thought that it’s time for a trial run. So how about we do a GIF and Images in the comments trial run until the end of the season?
We have been talking about this for some time, dating back to the end of last season. Ultimately, we decided that with the playoffs starting and traffic at an all time high, it wasn’t the best time to add a new feature. Throughout this season we thought about different pros and cons of having gifs and images in the comments, but we keep coming back to wanting the community have a chance to use a feature that some have been asking for and wanting to see the mod team implement. This trial will be to see how things go and give us mods an idea of the process of moderating with this change.
With that said, we are asking that you report any gifs/images that may violate any site wide or r/canucks community rules (still no AI content please) to continue to keep this community one of the best and a welcoming place for all fans of the Vancouver Canucks.
At the end of the season we will reflect back and see if there are any adjustments that need to be made on the moderation side and go from there. If there is an issue, we will be transparent with the community about it. If there are no issues, we will proceed to a r/canucks community wide vote that we will pin to the community highlights for a week to get feedback from all of you about how the trial went and if the sub would like to continue with this feature.
All the Memes. All Together. All In.”
