I figured we could relax things a bit here, and talk about non-PBBG happenings.
Only rule: no self-promo! We have enough of that elsewhere.
So what else is going on? Playing other games? Work, food, life, whatever! 😄
I'm happy to report that the community-engagement-before-promo rule is working quite well!
The concern about it being too strict is not an issue. It turns out that most people are either on the obvious low side of community engagement, or well above it. People aren't really ever caught in the middle.
The challenge now is simply keeping up with it. We're a bit behind currently because posts come in for approval faster than we can review them, so we're looking for another moderator to help.
What it actually involves
It's just checks on user posts. When something comes into the automod queue, you look at it and at the poster's recent history here, and decide whether they've genuinely participated. There are mod tools to assist with this.
If yes, approve. If no, you remove their post and tag it with the removal reason. That's it.
How to make the call
If a user's contributions are obviously low-effort "this is cool" type comments, that shouldn't count. If it's a real judgment call and you're not sure, let it through. Err on the side of permissive.
What we're asking
Interested?
Send us a modmail with a bit about yourself and why you're up for it.
Thanks!
Hi everybody,
We've been having monthly community hangouts in Discord for awhile now, and I'd like to invite you all here in the subreddit as well. It's very casual and open ended, and devs and players are both welcome.
This next one will be this coming Saturday, July 25 at 19:00 UTC.
There is no agenda, but some topics that have come up recently are:
It's also just a great opportunity to meet each other and hang out for a bit. If you have something you want to talk about, bring it with ya!
It's scheduled for 1 hour but often goes to about 2 or so. It's a nice time. 🙂
The event schedule and invites can be found below:
https://discord.gg/cZjHqhEq3u
Lookin forward to seein ya there!
Hello everybody,
Rule #3 about game promotion has been updated to account for the recent increase in promotional posts. This includes but is not limited to AI-assisted projects; this rule applies to all promotional posts.
The new rule text is:
>Promotion Requires Community Participation > >We welcome and encourage PBBG developers to share and promote their work here. We're a friendly crowd, and we want to see you succeed! > >However, we also require non-promotional engagement with our community. As a rough standard, we follow Reddit’s 1:10 self-promotion convention: for every promotional post, we expect around 10 recent, meaningful contributions to r/PBBG that are not about your own game. > >Promotional posts are subject to review.
We do want developers to share their games, development progress, and updates. Promotion is allowed, but this space should be a community, not an advertising channel.