u/Erzsabet

It has happened a handful of times recently, so I’ve set up a filter that should catch new accounts to cut down on that.

Having said that, if you are a legit new beader and the filter has caught your post, feel free to reach out to the mod team so we can approve your post!

And thank you to the community for catching these posts and reporting them! I may recognize a few really popular pieces, but not many, and I imagine the other mods are probably the same, so it’s very helpful to have other people reporting them to us!

Hi guys! I know I’ve been promising this for ages, but I wanted to do it in a more structured way. Well that just isn’t going to happen, so fuck it, we’ll just do it this way!

If you have a beading related app, please post it here with any relevant info you think people should or would want to know.

Please leave parent comments for app devs to talk about their apps. If you know of an app that hasn’t been posted, and you aren’t sure if the dev is on Reddit, don’t post until we are sure they aren’t going to post for themselves. Like 2-3 weeks maybe? Idk, I’m on my lunch break right now. Don’t try to make me think!

Anyway, yes. Once we have it all posted I think we will make a master list to go in the wiki and then we can add any others that come up later.

And please remember, do not comment unless you are posting about your app, or replying to a comment about an app. Any other top level comments will be removed to keep it organized and easy to sort through.

I know people said they wanted location-based flair, and I was thinking of starting off with continents and expanding. I don't know how many countries we have represented in our sub, but there are approximately 193-195 in the world, depending on who you ask.

I also don't know which countries would make sense to group together for shipping purposes (NZ and Australia often do) and which ones do not (Canada and the US, especially now because of the tariffs).

I haven't looked into the flair system for quite a long time, so I'm not sure if there is a way to set up sub-categories, so I'll have to look into that.

So I think this post will be a helpful way for me to be able to break it down and get it all set up in a way that makes sense.

Parent comments should start with a continent, and anyone discussing said continent should reply to those.

Also, what other flair would you guys like to see? I'm guessing FO (Finished Object), Question, Pattern Search, maybe something about bragging rights or similar (won a prize etc).

Posts about other topics will be incoming, hopefully without too much delay, but I think some of my health issues are starting to improve, as noticed by the fact that I have not slept most of the day so far lol.

If I think of anything else, I'll add it or something, idk.

I do want to start a list of online shops, and one for tutorials (or out that in the wiki) etc, maybe add some flair options as well. Oh, and a thread for apps, both free and with paid options, because a lot more of those are coming out now.

I am also considering having a monthly post where you can link to your own shop etc, but that is entirely up to the community. I originally banned promoting shops and sales because some people were spamming nothing but that, and it was starting to look like just a spam sub with more advertising than actual discussion.

I promise I haven’t forgotten all these things, I’ve just been busy surviving, as well as dealing with my other big sub. The Met Gala recently happened, so I’ve had my hands full going through all the damn comments and removing inappropriate stuff there, which can be exhausting lol.

I will probably also sticky a post with explanations and sources for why I don’t allow linking to or discussing purchasing from sites like Temu, SHEIN, and Aliexpress, when I have some energy to pull together the best sources for the information. And that rule will never be up for debate, btw.

Having the new mods who offered to help has been a great help, and I am very thankful to them.

Is there anything else you guys would like to see happen? Any major issues you would like to see discussed? Any subs you think I should add to the sidebar? I saw someone mention craftexchange the other day, so that’s probably one I should add.

And please, if you do see something negative happening on a post, like that big issue with the AI image from a little while back, reach out to the mod team via the sidebar, or even message me directly. I promise not to bite your head off, unless you are being deliberately antagonistic and rude or insulting.