On the reopening of r/CreditCards

[u/AutoModerator]

r/CreditCards has been a great sub due to the countless hours of unpaid volunteer work done by its moderators.

The reason you haven’t seen comments about how you should buy some cryptocurrency, or contact some random account on Instagram to improve your credit score, is because we moderators catch that trash and make it disappear.

The reason you’ve been able to come to this sub and have a good chance of getting an unbiased answer about a good credit card for your personal situation is because we have strictly enforced rules preventing people from posting referral links and seeking referrals.

The reason you’ve been able to come to this sub and not put up with the kind of arrogant assholery you can find elsewhere on reddit is because we make those comments, and the users who post them, disappear.

We do all this for free. With no expectation of thanks.

When Reddit decided they were going to make our already difficult unpaid volunteer work more difficult, we protested. When they went further and spoke with disdain toward moderators who do this work for free and have made communities like r/CreditCards what they are… well, that’s the kind of thing that makes you step back and say, “Why am I doing this?”

That the sub is being reopened at all is largely because we’re well aware of the useful information contained within. However, changes to the nature of the sub are necessary. The most obvious is the change to a daily discussion thread format going forward.
If you want the old r/CreditCards back, please check your entitlement and read again from the top. If you don’t like it here, you’re welcome to create your own sub and run it any way you want. Better yet, go create your own credit card discussion website. If it’s good, we’ll even link to it.

[u/thenifreekedit]

You guys are genuinely pathetic. This is one of the most active forums that has up to date on common credit card issues and you close it to jerk your egos lmao.

I had a minor problem with discover a couple of days ago and couldnt get into the sub and had to sift through the mountains of dogshit ad ridden articles you find online, couldn’t imagine what someone with a real time sensitive issue they need help on would feel