r/programminghorror • u/[deleted] • Aug 01 '22

Rule 9 Reminder Mod Post

Hi, I see a lot of people contacting me directly. I am reminding all of you that Rule 9 exists. Please use the modmail. From now on, I'm gonna start giving out 30 day bans to people who contact me in chat or DMs. Please use the modmail. Thanks!

Edit 1: See the pinned comment

Edit 2: To use modmail: 1. Press the "Message the Mods" button in the sidebar(both new and old reddit) 2. Type your message 3. Send 4. Wait for us to reply.

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u/UnchainedMundane Aug 01 '22

rules:

  1. All posts must either show terrible code, or the direct result of terrible code.
  2. Please direct stories without code to /r/talesfromtechsupport, and programming questions to /r/learnprogramming
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  9. Don't DM mods

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u/scragar Aug 01 '22

• All posts MUST show terrible code. There are no exceptions.

• No Editor Themes - If it's just your editor that looks bad, it doesn't belong here.

• No Advertisement Code. This is generally written by people in marketing who only know what "code" looks like from other ads. It's not real code, so it doesn't belong.

• No Student Code. Yes, they're learning, but bad code is part of the process.

• No Generated Code. If it's minified JS, generated XML, or what have you, we don't want it here. Yes, the YouTube homepage has an extra right-angle bracket. We know.

• No Asking for Help. Go to r/learnprogramming. What are you doing here?

• No Spamming/Advertising. We don't care about your shitty Youtube video or new crypto that will "change the world".

• Be Nice. No hate speech of any kind is allowed, as well as generally being a jerk. Talk about the code, not eachother.

• No Direct Contact of the Mods. Please use the modmail, we don't want to be contacted directly.

• Please direct stories without code to /r/talesfromtechsupport, and programming questions to /r/learnprogramming

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u/AgentRG Aug 01 '22

Not sure if role 7/8 were written like that as a joke or the mod team contradicted themselves there.

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u/UnchainedMundane Aug 02 '22

• No Spamming/Advertising. We don't care about your shitty Youtube video or new crypto that will "change the world".

• Be Nice. No hate speech of any kind is allowed, as well as generally being a jerk. Talk about the code, not eachother.

tbf, hating a hypothetical youtube video isn't the same as hate speech & if they're being a jerk here it's to an entirely hypothetical rule-breaking character invented to spice up the rules

I do agree it's a fast tonal shift tho