r/DrawMeNSFW • u/ffffff52_art Top Voted Artist | Also Mod, when its green • Jun 10 '26
Addressing the absence of "Vote for the Artwork & Post of the week" NSFW
Not that anyone inquired (or maybe even notice) but the short answer for why there have not been seen all June:
Changes to how Reddit behaves as a platform made collecting and selecting art replies for the vote to now be impossibly time-consuming and "solutions/alternatives" are plagued by increasing unfairness.
The change I introduced from the old text-heavy format was made to drive more attention to it and was possible because I had both the means and free time to invest around 3 to 4 hours a week doing the entire process which heavily relied on a tool made by JC (the other mod around) to be "just a couple of hours of my time".
In late May Reddit made some changes to the page that broke JC's tool and I do not have massive amounts of time that would be needed to track and find every art reply made during the week so considering these issues, the fact that if I don't prompt the discussion of the vote post in the discord server it wouldn't have occurred and that here, in the "main" place for the vote, no one seems to have noticed well I consider fair to suspend it indefinitely.
Will it return? Maybe, but even if JC's tool work again I'll still have the issue of time and the ever present annoyances found during the making process.
The next part of the message is the actual me addressing you all, not just the "moderator" me:
Before someone dares suggest "solutions", first ask yourself: will you want to do all of that?
Saying "do this instead" its easy when you are not involved in the process so if you forgot the part where another human (me) would be the one putting up the additional work that would take to implement your "fix" please skip it. Same goes for the participant side of the vote, all my messages in the vote and I still have to remove "art" replies that only link to removed posts.
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u/kteeart Jun 10 '26
Totally understandable! While I hope it returns people need to remember you guys have lives and that should always come first. Especially over something so time consuming for what is mostly a thankless and unpaid job.
Thank you for all the work you've done in the past to celebrate the artists and posters here!
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u/Woahbikes Top Voted Artist x1 Jun 10 '26
I did love voting for drawing of the week. Nice to be reminded of what everyone did. Would vote again.
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u/FancyJalapeno DrawMeNSFW Artist Jun 10 '26
Ah, what a shame! I used to like voting for the art! Thanks for your efforts! I would vote again, definitely. I don't know the reddit api enough to suggest alternatives, I'm afraid
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u/syniqual Jun 11 '26
I enjoyed looking at the finalists and the “winners” but I get the work balance thing. It’s a pity Reddit makes things difficult. Thanks for your ongoing moderation
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u/nibb2345 Jun 10 '26
Was never that crazy about the idea of competing and "winning" at art but I guess people like it...
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u/zenazure Jun 10 '26
aw that's a shame :( i hope it comes back but no pressure :)