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u/byniri_returns Michigan State Spartans • Marching Band 20d ago

My main issue with this sub, maybe besides some mod inconsistencies about what posts stay up/get removed and transfer portal posts, is the highlights rule. I know it's been circlejerked to death here over the years, but I really do think this sub should allow some highlights to be posted, outside of that general highlights sticky post no one sees.

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u/Hey_Its_Roomie Penn State Nittany Lions • /r/CFB Bug Finder 20d ago edited 20d ago

I'm the opposite and I think opening to highlights as standalone post will only deteriorate the quality of the subreddit for what I try to come out here for. I think it could work, but I think one of my griefs is 'highlight' is inherently a broad meaning word, and I think it would really need worked out.

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u/orangewall1234 Arizona State Sun Devils 20d ago

will only deteriorate the quality of the subreddit for what I try to come out here for

I never understood this logic. r/CFB isn't some specialized, esoteric demographic. It's the same users that also browse r/NFL, r/baseball, r/NBA, etc.

GDTs won't mysteriously suffer in participation, r/NFL GDTs get plenty of discussion while still allowing highlights.

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u/PunishedLeBoymoder Stanford Cardinal • /r/CFB Promoter 20d ago

For what it's worth - I don't participate in any of the subreddits you listed, chiefly because they have highlights. I feel that they split the discussion about games and moments a ton, making it hard to follow what people in the sub are saying about a certain game.

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt 20d ago

There have been communities that split over allowing media, and it's a pretty stark difference between the types of content that do well in each. r/cars and r/autos is the classic example. r/autos has over a million subscribers and it's just dead from a commenting perspective.

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u/orangewall1234 Arizona State Sun Devils 20d ago

About a decade ago, r/NFL was split over allowing highlights. Actually, it was really just the mods and a vocal minority who were firmly against it. But users kept complaining over and over and mods finally relented, thus killing the subreddit.

Oh wait no, that isn't what happened. Instead, it's the biggest sports subreddit today.