Howdy folks! It has been a few months since we discussed fan art on the subreddit; there was also a survey included as well and the results are here. The mod team has had a couple of internal discussions since that post, and we've come to a consensus in deciding that fan art is not being prohibited here on /r/ffxiv and will remain allowed. We're large enough that I realize there'll be no pleasing everyone, but this is our decision and I want to make that clear. The discussion post had a number of other points brought up and I'd like to address those or list changes we've done based on your feedback.
Improved accuracy on link flair tagging
While it is generally the responsibility of the poster to tag their post with proper flair, the mod team does try to correct mislabeled link flairs so filters are more accurate. AutoModerator is involved with auto-tagging link flairs when a new post is created, so we spent the last week reviewing our AutoMod conditions and made improvements to prevent some specific conditions where Fan Art is mislabeled as Screenshot. I do not expect mislabels to be common, but if for some reason you see something mislabeled just report the thread (or modmail us) indicating as such and we'll correct the flair.
There was also some suggestions on adding new link flairs to categorize art posts with more granularity. We've been thinking about this and for now we're waiting on the massive Reddit redesign coming soon before we tackle this. I'll have a post about the redesign within the next month or two.
Artist credit
We understand that artists need to be properly credited. We've created a new rule that will be enforced starting today: all art posted here must be properly credited to the artist by using the submission title or comments. Posts that are OC (Original Content) generally do not require credit listed, as the poster would be the artist. Posts that violate this by having a creation posted without any indication who the artist is will be removed and asked that the poster leave credits in the comments (and if this happens, the post will be re-approved).
A submission directly linking to the original source URL is also acceptable method of crediting an artist. I should also note that there may be times where art is re-hosted against the wishes of the artist, and we remove said post.
In terms of specifics, this falls under rule 6. The previous rule 6 (no name shaming) has been placed under rule 1 due to Reddit's limitations of 10 rules maximum. This is a new rule, so we'll be monitoring how it works out and if needed make adjustments as we go along (likely around scope and specific scenarios). If you are making a post and want to check with us in regards to rules, as always feel free to shoot us a modmail!
Filters
Just a reminder that we have a variety of filters you can use on desktop to hide certain post types. If you do not use CSS stylesheets or you're using mobile with a browser that supports extensions (like Firefox), you can also filter using RES. If you are on mobile apps, you can make use of an app that has a filter feature such as Reddit is Fun (screenshot) or request that as a feature in your favorite app. We're also hoping the Reddit redesign will bring more native functionality around filters.
Hostile comments
This is a good time to talk about rule 1; I want to make it clear that hostile or antagonizing comments suggesting that 'art is not welcome' here falls under rule 1 and we will be enforcing that as such. It adds nothing to the discussion and it often leads to just bickering or worse as we've seen over the years. Report them if you see any. Yes, /r/FFXIVart exists. No, our mod team is not involved with that subreddit. Fan art can be posted to either place (heck, posters could even make use of the new official crosspost system on Reddit now if they wish) and no one should be making passive aggressive comments on these topics.
This really applies to any topic and not just fan art, but I can tell you this topic has been particularly an issue over recent years within the comment sections.
Some closing notes:
Thanks for reading! I'm heading out to KupoCon, but the rest of the mod team is around and as always feel free to modmail us if you ever have questions/comments about the subreddit.
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Improved accuracy on link flair tagging
While it is generally the responsibility of the poster to tag their post with proper flair, the mod team does try to correct mislabeled link flairs so filters are more accurate. AutoModerator is involved with auto-tagging link flairs when a new post is created, so we spent the last week reviewing our AutoMod conditions and made improvements to prevent some specific conditions where Fan Art is mislabeled as Screenshot. I do not expect mislabels to be common, but if for some reason you see something mislabeled just report the thread (or modmail us) indicating as such and we'll correct the flair.
There was also some suggestions on adding new link flairs to categorize art posts with more granularity. We've been thinking about this and for now we're waiting on the massive Reddit redesign coming soon before we tackle this. I'll have a post about the redesign within the next month or two.
Artist credit
We understand that artists need to be properly credited. We've created a new rule that will be enforced starting today: all art posted here must be properly credited to the artist by using the submission title or comments. Posts that are OC (Original Content) generally do not require credit listed, as the poster would be the artist. Posts that violate this by having a creation posted without any indication who the artist is will be removed and asked that the poster leave credits in the comments (and if this happens, the post will be re-approved).
A submission directly linking to the original source URL is also acceptable method of crediting an artist. I should also note that there may be times where art is re-hosted against the wishes of the artist, and we remove said post.
In terms of specifics, this falls under rule 6. The previous rule 6 (no name shaming) has been placed under rule 1 due to Reddit's limitations of 10 rules maximum. This is a new rule, so we'll be monitoring how it works out and if needed make adjustments as we go along (likely around scope and specific scenarios). If you are making a post and want to check with us in regards to rules, as always feel free to shoot us a modmail!
Filters
Just a reminder that we have a variety of filters you can use on desktop to hide certain post types. If you do not use CSS stylesheets or you're using mobile with a browser that supports extensions (like Firefox), you can also filter using RES. If you are on mobile apps, you can make use of an app that has a filter feature such as Reddit is Fun (screenshot) or request that as a feature in your favorite app. We're also hoping the Reddit redesign will bring more native functionality around filters.
Hostile comments
This is a good time to talk about rule 1; I want to make it clear that hostile or antagonizing comments suggesting that 'art is not welcome' here falls under rule 1 and we will be enforcing that as such. It adds nothing to the discussion and it often leads to just bickering or worse as we've seen over the years. Report them if you see any. Yes, /r/FFXIVart exists. No, our mod team is not involved with that subreddit. Fan art can be posted to either place (heck, posters could even make use of the new official crosspost system on Reddit now if they wish) and no one should be making passive aggressive comments on these topics.
This really applies to any topic and not just fan art, but I can tell you this topic has been particularly an issue over recent years within the comment sections.
Some closing notes:
In regards to self-promotion, please give this post by the admins from May '17 a read if you haven't already seen it. Not directly related to that, but to recap: Understand that self-promotion is not prohibited here, just that the user has to participate on Reddit in some way outside their own content (and we do approach these users if we see violations and ensure they understand this, and we do take action if that is ignored).
Our next post will be the Best of 2017 Awards! Stay tuned. Following that will be a post from me discussing the massive Reddit redesign impacting all subreddits. We'd also like to make our usual "State of the Subreddit" post but the timing of that will probably depend on how busy we are around the redesign.
Thanks for reading! I'm heading out to KupoCon, but the rest of the mod team is around and as always feel free to modmail us if you ever have questions/comments about the subreddit.
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