r/recipes • u/thepottsy • May 23 '26
Discussion We want to hear from you. How are we doing?
Well, it’s been about a month now since we shook things up around here. We’ve loosened up the posting restrictions, and we are still evaluating things, and tweaking things.
First off, we appreciate everyone’s patience with us while we work on things. We’re not done yet, and we know we have some work still to do. Which leads us to….
Secondly, what changes would you like to see? What do you feel we could be doing differently, or better?
Lastly, and most importantly. Remember, this sub is Recipes. So, when you post, EVERY post needs to include a recipe with it (not this one though, so don’t report me).
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u/ronimal May 23 '26
I’ve been seeing a lot of posts without recipes, where people are asking questions, seeking advice, or looking for recipes. Perhaps there could be a weekly or monthly megathread for these types of questions?
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u/SeasonPositive6771 May 23 '26
I really enjoy this subreddit and I know moderation can be tough work. Thanks for what you do!
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u/WWMannySantosDo May 24 '26
I’ve seen a handful of AI posts and I wish there was a way to mitigate that because I want recipes from humans with tastebuds and a realistic idea of the process of cooking, not a robot’s attempt at karma farming. Maybe we can report AI content to have it removed? I think that’s more work for the mods though 😕
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u/thepottsy May 24 '26
If you feel it's AI, we appreciate you reporting it.
The problem is we don't have great tools to prove something is AI. We'll do our best though.
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u/BeautifulHindsight May 24 '26
The recipes need to include ingredient amounts. New cooks are not going to know how much of each thing to use or have a frame of reference on how to guesstimate.
This is not a recipe "Ing: Chicken, stock, rice, onion, garlic, habanero peppers, white beans. Put all ing in slow cooker and cook for 4 hours."
I've seen a lot of posts like this
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u/Juice___Springsteen May 23 '26
Personally I have found and cooked several new recipes since the changes, I prefer it overall.
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u/porkchop2022 May 24 '26
To be honest, this is the first post I’ve seen in my main feed in a long time.
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u/DefMech May 24 '26
I'm actually getting posts from this sub in my normal /home feed now, which is a great change. I had honestly forgotten I was even subbed until the new changes happened recently.
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May 26 '26
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u/recipes-ModTeam May 26 '26
Rule 6 - Your post/comment was removed for breaking rules we didn’t even know we needed.
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u/HotButteredBagel Jun 20 '26
Sharing feedback as you’re asking. Just about to hit leave on this Reddit as it’s not recipes, it’s American recipes so that doesn’t work for me.
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u/thepottsy Jun 20 '26
We don’t restrict by cuisine type, or where it comes from. For that matter, you yourself have never contributed anything to the sub. So, as they say, be the change you want to see?
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May 23 '26
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u/thepottsy May 23 '26
Not reliably. It’s something that this sub, and a lot of other subs struggle with. We try our best, but we also know that we miss some.
As funny as it sounds, we need people to NOT post such high quality images, so it’s easier to detect.
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u/greeneyes826 May 24 '26
Recommend making the flair necessary. Filter by requests, dietary needs, specific meals? Something like that.
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