r/whereintheworld • u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder • 1d ago
Announcement Rule change?! You may just like it!
Hi everyone,
A long time ago we had some trouble with creeps who would post pictures of a person in a location and ask where they were to stalk or follow them. After that, we instated a rule that disallowed any person in the picture to make it as clear as possible that would not be allowed on this subreddit.
However, now that the sub is more established and you all are looking out for each other, we want to relax this rule a little bit. So as of now, any picture that includes a crowd with people, or people far away that aren’t recognizable, is allowed. That means:
- No close-up people, no selfies
- No people that are recognizable (no, still no blacking them out)
- Yes crowds (think: cities, beaches)
- Yes they can just happen to be in the background
- Yes people if they’re far away
We will have edge cases that we will evaluate on a case-to-case basis. It would be great if you all can use the report button if there are alarm bells ringing about specific posts, so that we can evaluate them more quickly. Please let us know what you think!
Much love,
Your mod team
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u/97randomaccount 79 1d ago
Holy shit. Game changer
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
I'm glad!
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u/97randomaccount 79 1d ago
It’s a welcome change. I try to take pictures without people in them either way but now if they are allowed to be in the background it will open up way more possibilities when posting
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
Yes for sure, that's what we're hoping too. It makes it easier and nicer for you guys, and hopefully opens up a new world. I think now that we have a really tight-knit community we can start relaxing that rule (and we might even relax it more if there's a need for it, but we're wary about facial recognition software)
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u/ocient 0 1d ago
i dont know if this is possible, but since this is a meta post anyway, is there a way to keep the location tag in addition to the “solved” tag so that we can still play along at home even after its been solved. spoiler tags would also help with this, but maybe thats too much change at once 😂
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
It's not possible unfortunately ☹️
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u/_Domieeq 0 1d ago
I have another question. The automod (?) is extremely faulty. I posted a picture I took from Lanzarote and it got auto removed because it said “it’s not a picture taken by me” lmao? I was the one who took it, I literally have pictures with me in the same location as well. I texted mods about it at the time and nothing came out of it. Can anyone explain why does automod think that picture isn’t taken by me? It wasn’t a basic photo either of X attraction that many people take a pic of.
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
Automod isn't faulty, you just didn't pick the flair for the correct continent, and instead marked it as "I don't know where this is". And as we don't allow posts if the OP doesn't know where it is, it got removed 😉
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u/_Domieeq 0 1d ago
Oh ok, that makes sense. I don’t know why it told me that “I didn’t take the picture” instead of your explanation though! But I get it now 👍🏻
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
Because we don't want people who don't know the location to just change the flair.
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u/Forsaken-Assist-1325 721 1d ago
A welcome change for sure! Thank you!
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
No problem! We're hoping this feels less restrictive and with how tight-knit the community is, that problems will be reported early 🙂
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u/Forsaken-Assist-1325 721 1d ago
Absolutely! I think the sub will feel more welcoming to new people, because their normal vacation photos which often will contain people, are not longer taken down.
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u/oktoberf3st 73 1d ago
So if people are close to the camera, but I blur them out (black dot or whatever) still ok?
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
No, we still don't allow blacking them out. People must either be a part of a crowd, or not recognisable (without being blacked out), so either their backs or by being farther away.
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u/FinFisher-25 688 1d ago
Still is a fine margin, but as long as the rules are adhered to - it could actually encourage more people to post on the sub.
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u/StruggleHot8676 451 1d ago
Thanks, love it! Little confused about the rules. Like what if it's a mix of points 2,3,4,5. Which rule will take precedence ? For e.g is this pic https://maps.app.goo.gl/asqDBKTpbJUQuPj77 allowed ?
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
I would allow that since it's a crowd! We're still finding our footing with this one, so bear with us 🫠
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u/StruggleHot8676 451 1d ago
wow, thanks I thought it still wouldn't make it. looking forward to the changes :)
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u/404NinjaNotFound Chief Cat Herder 1d ago
Hopefully this will allow users to post most pictures, but we're still working on defining the exact limits as a mod team since there will be a bunch of edge cases, so bear with us. I've shared your example with the wider team as OK though :)
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u/porichkamarichka 257 19h ago edited 18h ago
Is posting own hand holding smth (ice cream/beer/flowers) allowed? Like on photo below.
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u/Forsaken-Assist-1325 721 18h ago
I hope the mods say yes, wow getting all hungry now 😁
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u/StupidUserNameTooLon 11 1d ago
Finally we can find Carmen Sandiego.