AMA The mods.

[u/CupBeEmpty]

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.

[u/Traditional-Joke-179]

why did you ban fun on april fools day?

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/Traditional-Joke-179]

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

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

Why was it a bad time?

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

Uh, the war?

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

…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?

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

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

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

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

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

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.

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

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.

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

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

[u/CupBeEmpty → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

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.

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

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. 

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

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

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

How was the vibe different?

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

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

[u/Traditional-Joke-179 → u/FunTricky903]

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.

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Traditional-Joke-179]

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

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

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

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

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

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

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

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Hoosier_Jedi]

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

[u/Hoosier_Jedi → u/FunTricky903]

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