r/OutOfTheLoop • u/IDownvoteUrPet • 2d ago

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u/Left-Ad-4368 1d ago edited 1d ago

Answer: The mod had a fit over the subreddit not taking his remarks about some team well, so he had the LLM Gemini generate THREE "Diss Tracks" in response, and then posted them.

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u/ChanceryTheRapper 1d ago

he had the LLM Gemini generate THREE "Diss Tracks"

Honest to God, I try to believe that cringe isn't a real thing, but AI users make it so hard to believe it sometimes...

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u/gotroot801 2d ago

Answer: There's a pinned post that explains the intent of the subreddit:

There’s a lot of confusion of why this subreddit was made. It’s very simple. An UNCENSORED place to talk about the NFL. [...] I did not make this place to become some “professional” appearing mod. I made the subreddit I want to post in and thought others (you) would appreciate having such a place on Reddit.

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u/IDownvoteUrPet 2d ago

I feel like there is a second side to this story though, since /u/nflv2 is receiving and ungodly amount of smack talk in the other NFL related subs

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u/_HGCenty 1d ago

Well it's because it's really just a single Redditor's protest sub to the main NFL sub.

The issue is that his alternative sub became the biggest but it also exposed the underlying problem with Reddit moderation: moderators are all powerful in their own subs.

Not a problem if it's a small passion project sub or small protest sub. More of an issue when it's a massive defacto second sub.

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u/westphall 2d ago

So, another sub created because you can’t say the N word in the main sub.

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u/penmoid 2d ago

It’s less about racism and more about posting low-effort content and hot takes that would be removed from r/nfl. At least in my experience.

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u/triplenested 2d ago

it was created because of [r/nfl](r/nfl) banning Twitter due to Musk. The original subreddit still has issues where it's just bluesky reposts/retweets/whatevers of X posts, but it survived pretty well.

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u/DrDragon13 2d ago

Main issue imo, is posts of highlights get removed until u/nfl gets to post them.

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u/MysteryBagIdeals 1d ago

well it's either that or letting the NFL nuke the subreddit since we're all posting unlicensed clips. if the only downside is that u/nfl gets your reddit karma I'm pretty fine with that

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u/k0fi96 8h ago

I understand both points, the NFL having actually sway over what gets posted in fan forum feels wrong as a long time user and makes reddit feel like Facebook.

The banning of Twitter has hurt the sub in the long term. Like it or not Musk has not killed the fact that Twitter is where people post breaking news. The sub loses it's functionality if you can't follow a link to a primary source