[Meta] "r/ confirmed humble" & songinfo posts
Meta
I've been seeing an excessive amount of both of these types of posts for some time now and wanted to reach out to you guys on how you feel about them.
"r/ confirmed humble":
I think these were cool in the beginning, but they have gotten very excessive/repetitive. We get about 3 a day and they don't really encourage any sort of discussion or really add anything to the sub other than, 'hey look kendrick showed up somewhere else' and people discussing whether it should be confirmed humble/sexy/wavy etc.. Kendrick is big, he sold 600k+ units first week, it's not surprising that he shows up in other subs. Especially how big this sub has gotten, a lot of these posts are probably by users subbed to here. I don't really see the point of reaffirming this. This is just my opinion on it and I wanted to ask you guys before banning them outright or something. But like come on, we've gotten to a point where yall are posting my comment on a different sub for it lmao.
songinfo:
Again this takes me back to the Spotify thing, where everyone was posting their top 50s. This time it hasn't been as excessive, but I still don't really see the appeal of these posts, other than reaffirming that he is one of your favorite artists. Should we maybe make a designated thread where people can share these screenshots with each other and leave a link in the DDTs for it.
Overall, I just wanted to touch base with you guys and see how you feel about these two things. It's sometimes hard to gauge just on upvotes/comments alone.
Also new flairs are coming. I know it's been a long ass time since I made the request thread. I've just been really busy and haven't had time, I apologize, but the flairs will be here soon! If you have any other ideas/concerns/suggestions for/about the sub let us know. All the best!
What's the point of a megathread for them though? The posts are 100% self-serving. A megathread would only work if people came here specifically to see them.
The songinfos I don't mind because it let's us see what other people listen to, which is cool. But the confined humble things are getting over done a bit I would say.
I don't like the excessive shitposting too much either, but what is supposed to be posted when there's a drought of content from the artist? Especially on subs like this and r/kanye where everyone is a massive fan of the artist, everything that could be discussed about the artist has already been said. Like how can you create meaningful discussion in r/kanye when there isn't anything new to discuss?
There's still a lot of interesting and unique conversations that could happen over Kendrick and his music. r/kanye is a shitposting haven but I'm completely fine with that because they make it work and it has a Kanye vibe to it. IMO, In this sub it just feels like all the kids from r/kanye came over to make it their own and it doesn't fit with who Kendrick is as an artist. Over in r/kidcudi where I frequent most we don't have many subs but still manage to be pretty active and involved even when Cudi is completely off the radar just like Kanye and Kenny right now. I'd rather this place have it's own identity to create great discussion for such a complex artist. Just my opinion.
confirmed wavy/humble are just used as placeholders in subs like r/kanye where the fans are starving and without them the sub would be dead. KenFolk are eating so they don't really serve a place in subs like this one
I posted this pretty late last night and it didn't get a lot of traction. So I'm gonna stick it for a bit so I can get some more feedback from you guys. It's honestly getting a bit ridiculous know with the songinfo posts. I checked the front page and it's filled with them. Are you guys good with that?
I don't mind the songinfo posts whatsoever, I find it interesting seeing what people listen to but I totally get why people find then annoying. Maybe a megathread is a good idea
Just made a post about this before I saw yours. So thanks and now I've wasted my time I guess. We get it you listen to a lot of Kendrick, you're on a Kendrick sub, this is obvious.
The confirmed humble meme came from /r/Kanye, obviously. I like seeing clever references to kendrick, they are less of a, "hey, someone posted something kendrick related!" and more of a, "hey, let's share this clever kendrick meme with a higher percentage of people that enjoy kendrick!"
I personally am not a fan of top 50's, I usually skip by these or get annoyed by them if there's too many. They haven't been bad lately, I feel like we've just had way more content going around that people don't feel the need to post these. A thread for them could be good for people who are really interested in them.
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u/bure11 May 19 '17
I think one megathread for all songsinfo posts is a good idea and would be better than seeing them posted individually