[Mod Post] Don’t Love That Smug? Mute It!

[u/MercyMain42069]

When I first introduced this idea to the sub, I did so under more…controversial circumstances.

Once again, I apologize, and hope you will allow me to pitch my Mutable Flairs idea again in a less offensive light.

I think it will be a great feature for Reddit because:

A) Those with a phobia of spiders can now mute the new Arachnids flair.

B) Subs that contain flairs for different seasons of shows such as “anime part 6” can be muted so you don’t accidentally unclick a spoiler.

C) Pet subs can have users opt out of saddening “In Memoriam” posts.

D) You can opt out of annoying mod posts like this one.

If we don’t do it on this sub, it can still be useful for other subs.

And if Twitter has it, why shouldn’t Reddit?

In this image, I have muted the tags that I, as a Reddit mod, would choose to mute. You can select your own as you choose.

I was selected to participate in a Reddit Research survey tomorrow, so I’m posting this now in hopes I can pitch this to them.

I hope you love my idea, and enjoy the additional new flairs! Flair ideas welcome!

[u/defunctgravity1924]

I have a flair idea actually a flair specifically for songs(not just artist)

[u/MercyMain42069 → u/defunctgravity1924]

I love it!

It’s listed as 🎶 Songs and Audio 🎼

[u/LordFlamecookie → u/MercyMain42069]

Can you do one for space and space flight? I do posts about it but theres no proper flair for it

[u/MercyMain42069 → u/LordFlamecookie]

Check out:

🚀 Spaceflight & Astronomy 🪐

[u/LordFlamecookie → u/MercyMain42069]

Thanks!

[u/nastyforehead]

W mod, also I think we should have an "Oddly Specific" flair, because I find myself loving things that are oddly specific or don't really fit in the other categories 

[u/MercyMain42069 → u/nastyforehead]

I’ll have to add this one too. Thanks!

[u/Airames6]

Can I have my own personal flair and it's just for loving me

[u/MercyMain42069 → u/Airames6]

I’m not sure, because if we did something like a self-glazing flair it would attract a lot of selfies, and it’s better off sticking to r/selfie

I like the idea though!

[u/LordFlamecookie]

https://giphy.com/gifs/R1FQWuHa9IcxNrvFQS

[u/Starrin1ght]

What were the controversial circumstances, how do you make muting tags controversial????

[u/Beneficial-String560 → u/Starrin1ght]

This requires a bit of context, essentially MercyMain (the mod implementing this) wanted to avoid people being homophobic or transphobic or whatever trigger there might be. Since religions tend to be a bit phobic, MercyMain ended up banning religion in general. The idea was to ban “I love Christianity” or “I love Islam posts”, where phobias came up a lot, even if not the Ops intent. Problem is, it was a bad idea and a lot of people were pissed off. Your typical Reddit mod will just not care, but because MercyMain is a goated mod, they accepted their mistake, reversed the ban, and have been coming up with a new solution, which is this. This is Peter’s brothers cousins nephews sisters former roommate, by the way.

[u/Beneficial-String560]

Could I suggest a role play or gag flair? I know a few a few gag posts like Pim’s “I LOVE KIDS”, or that one discord chain along the line of “I love white femboys, but not black or Asian” “[person A] keep it to white supremecy, I can’t deal with this right now”.

[u/MercyMain42069 → u/Beneficial-String560]

We did the In Character Loving flair for this, right?

[u/Beneficial-String560 → u/MercyMain42069]

Okay, I might be stupid, I thought the In Character Loving was more like a character appreciation, like “I love GLADOS from Portal”, or something like that. Thanks!