I got Reddit admins to unban /r/funscripts. Would it be worth the effort to build it into an active community?

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I sent a request to Reddit admins to unban https://www.reddit.com/r/funscripts (it was banned for being unmoderated) and they recently approved my request.

Before I continue, I’d like to be clear: /r/funscripts is not intended to replace any existing forum, such as EroScripts.

As a subscriber to the EroScripts Patreon, I personally hope that EroScripts will continue to be an excellent resource. Plus, Discourse has far too many features that Reddit lacks, so I don’t think /r/funscripts could ever really be a true replacement.

I see two potential uses for /r/funscripts:

  1. Removing possible barriers to entry. Creating a community on an established and trusted site like Reddit could help people join it much easier, as opposed to having people create an account on a website they may not be immediately familiar with. Introducing people to funscripts on Reddit and then, once they’re familiar, funneling them to sites like EroScripts may help this community continue to grow.

  2. Resiliency. Reddit is a relatively reliable site (as long as you follow their rules…), so /r/funscripts could act as an archive for creators to share links to their scripts and allow people to find them in the future, regardless of whatever may happen to EroScripts or any other forum/site dedicated to funscripts.

Of course, the downside to using Reddit is having to be relatively strict with moderation, especially with an NSFW subreddit, to avoid any issues with Reddit admins. Their platform, their rules.

Reddit doesn’t like direct links to file sharing sites that are widely used to share copyrighted material, even going so far as to banning entire subreddits for repeat copyright violations (see: https://www.reddit.com/r/MegaLinks). This is why many people Base64 encode their file sharing links on Reddit.

With the resiliency of /r/funscripts in mind, the enforcement of only allowing direct links to whitelisted domains would likely have to be strict and automated. And there would probably have to be some type of approval process for post submitters (maybe requiring at least one script to be uploaded to EroScripts or FapTap).

Is building and moderating /r/funscripts worth the effort it may take?
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  • No
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Nothing against the idea of having a second place to discuss things, but I am not a fan of the idea of moderating a second place, so I wouldn’t be involved.

If we were to have a second place, im voting against a site that decided they own the information of the users against their will (back during the protest, there were accounts of the fact they restored user content that was deleted by the users)

I personally purged my reddit account and continue to choose not to support reddit.

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Fair enough point regarding Reddit and their data policy, many of the past actions of Reddit admins are indefensible, so not much else to say about that.

Regarding moderation, while I don’t think I’d want to be the sole moderator (and it would go against the goal of resiliency anyway), I certainly won’t be putting the burden on anyone who doesn’t want to deal with it.

And if people believe creating a community on Reddit risks splintering this community in any way, then it’s a non-starter, so I’ll just keep it closed.

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Eh, juice doesn’t seem worth the squeeze, as they say.
Currently identified overhead and potential issues may seem minimal, but Murphy says you’re underestimating.

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Tying it up officially to this site is a bit much, but we can shout out each other I suppose. More eyes means more users which in turn means more creators, finally leading to more scripts so I think it’s great to have another place besides this.

If you want and can moderate it or if you find people who are up for it, I’d say go ahead. Just don’t expect our moderators to increase their workload automatically. Not saying you are making such an assumption! I think you know what I am trying to say, right?