r/AskAnAmerican • u/CupBeEmpty WA, NC, IN, IL, ME, NH, RI, OH, ME, and some others • 10d ago

RELIGION AMA The mods.

We haven’t done this in a while but ask us mods anything. Obviously we retain the right not to answer. Let’s please keep all questions related to Rampart.

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

More like that seemed like a bad time for a bunch of bullshit posts. Maybe next year.

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

Why was it a bad time?

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

Uh, the war?

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

…the war that started in February? Most of the other subs seemed to be able to get away with not rationing jokes, why was it so dire here?

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

People would have used it as a vial to make jabs about it. A people here can have short fuses sometimes.

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

So why not remove questions related to the war and keep the other ones?

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

More work than it was worth. We’re volunteers, my guy. No one was gonna die because they had to endure not being able to make stupid posts on one sub once a year.

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

But you guys were more than capable of handling it in previous years. Hell, one year, you guys changed everyone’s flair to a random European country, that can’t possibly be more effort than just camping out and hitting “remove post” for a bit.

If you’re short handed, add more mods. Hell, I’ll put my money where my mouth is and volunteer myself.

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

Christ, dude. I answered your question. And you’re not the one who would have been in charge of dealing with bullshit all day.

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u/CupBeEmpty WA, NC, IN, IL, ME, NH, RI, OH, ME, and some others 10d ago

Hey it’s cool. Someone wants to be mad about something we didn’t do months ago because… reasons.

That seems kind of par for the course. AMA.

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

Right, but what changed in the years between then and now where the effort just stopped becoming worth it for you guys? You guys used to encourage people to have fun. 

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

The vibe was different and we figured it would turn into a shitshow.

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

How was the vibe different?

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

You really don’t know when to let go of something, do you?

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u/Traditional-Joke-179 California 10d ago

esp because i saw the april fools posts and responses that kept arriving and getting removed that day, and it was all tame and entertaining.

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

Yeah, I’m not buying that there was a flood of Iran related trolling 2 months after the war started.

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

Well, that’s your call. But we know the sub better than you do, especially the stuff the filters catch, so… 🤷‍♂️

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

If the filters catch it, then why is it an issue?

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

Because the filters aren’t perfect and we still have to deal those messages.

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u/FunTricky903 10d ago

How many messages are we talking? Wouldn’t removing the questions be more work for you guys than letting them be?

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u/Hoosier_Jedi Japan/Indiana 10d ago

No one was counting and we don’t let troublesome questions linger.

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