DIY

DISCUSSION: Proposal of Changes to /r/DIY

Introductions: We’ve got several new faces. Please welcome u/toweljuice, u/Louis-Russ, u/wtcnbrwndo4u, u/TU4AR, u/GhanimaAtreides, and u/Epickiller10. Mods may provide an introduction comment below. u/ARenevator has elected to step down. If you had an issue with him, you can consider it over. Any further harassment, name-calling, or toxic behavior surrounding our colleague will result in a removal and/or ban at our discretion. The r/DIY team thanks u/ARenevator for his hard work keeping the subreddit functional the past two years! Our other active mod, u/FirstForFun44, supports these proposed changes. Proposed Changes to the Subreddit: Historically, r/DIY served to provide readers posts that were of a specific nature: detailed, many photos, in a way that someone else could replicate the work, from start to finish. That may have made sense when the sub was smaller; we wanted to showcase quality DIY work. However, it is clear we need to adapt to the needs of the subreddit as it has grown to nearly 27m subscribers. We are expanding the scope of allowed topics. r/DIY is for questions and posting projects about physically building or repair/restoring anything. If you can physically DIY it, you can post about it. AutoModerator automatically assigns the following flairs if it meets relevant keywords, including, but not limited to: Woodworking Home Improvement Metalworking Outdoors/Lawncare Electronics/Electrical Upholstery/Crafts Automotive Plumbing Other All posts will fall under these three categories. If you meet the requirements, your post will be automatically approved. Step-by-Step Projects – r/DIY bread & butter, posts providing detailed progression from start to some milestone. Main change: it doesn’t need to be 100% completed, if you reach a realistic milestone, you can post. Help Posts – Post needs at least one relevant photo and detail your previous research or what you’ve done so far Main changes: return of the photo requirement; minimum word count to eliminate low effort posts General Advice/Feedback Posts – Posts requesting general advice or feedback on a project will be removed and re-directed to the Weekly Sticky thread and/or the Discord. If your post gets removed due to not meeting the requirements, there is always somewhere to post your general question (i.e. Weekly Sticky thread and/or the Discord). Filters clearing out low effort comments and rude/inappropriate/vulgar comments will be refreshed. Implementation of !commands, which allows AutoModerator to post information in a child comment that may be frequently asked. Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/1kdjtsv/comment/mqbi06e/ Rules we are not changing: Google first. We are still maintaining the research requirement. You can post to the General Questions/Feedback thread or Discord. We are not “what is this thing?” Use Google Lens or go to r/whatisthisthing Content must be your creation or work. AI is not allowed. Feedback: We are open to community feedback on any and all of the above changes. If there is significant interest in adjusting proposed changes, we can hold a poll and have the community vote on it. What else do you think the subreddit needs? Is there something that wasn’t proposed above? Please leave a comment. Lastly, please provide the mod team some grace while we get adjusted and fine tune the subreddit. We may provide conflicting decisions, inaccurate removal reasons, or have trouble with some automations as we adjust. If you disagree with a decision, let us know, but do us a favor and check the guidelines, as they may be subject to change. Thank you, r/DIY Moderation Team submitted by /u/wtcnbrwndo4u [link] [comments]

May 20, 2025 - 03:48

Introductions:

We’ve got several new faces. Please welcome u/toweljuice, u/Louis-Russ, u/wtcnbrwndo4u, u/TU4AR, u/GhanimaAtreides, and u/Epickiller10. Mods may provide an introduction comment below.
u/ARenevator has elected to step down. If you had an issue with him, you can consider it over. Any further harassment, name-calling, or toxic behavior surrounding our colleague will result in a removal and/or ban at our discretion. The r/DIY team thanks u/ARenevator for his hard work keeping the subreddit functional the past two years!
Our other active mod, u/FirstForFun44, supports these proposed changes.

Proposed Changes to the Subreddit:

Historically, r/DIY served to provide readers posts that were of a specific nature: detailed, many photos, in a way that someone else could replicate the work, from start to finish. That may have made sense when the sub was smaller; we wanted to showcase quality DIY work. However, it is clear we need to adapt to the needs of the subreddit as it has grown to nearly 27m subscribers.
We are expanding the scope of allowed topics. r/DIY is for questions and posting projects about physically building or repair/restoring anything. If you can physically DIY it, you can post about it.
AutoModerator automatically assigns the following flairs if it meets relevant keywords, including, but not limited to:
- Woodworking
- Home Improvement
- Metalworking
- Outdoors/Lawncare
- Electronics/Electrical
- Upholstery/Crafts
- Automotive
- Plumbing
- Other
All posts will fall under these three categories. If you meet the requirements, your post will be automatically approved.
- Step-by-Step Projects – r/DIY bread & butter, posts providing detailed progression from start to some milestone.
  - Main change: it doesn’t need to be 100% completed, if you reach a realistic milestone, you can post.
- Help Posts – Post needs at least one relevant photo and detail your previous research or what you’ve done so far
  - Main changes: return of the photo requirement; minimum word count to eliminate low effort posts
- General Advice/Feedback Posts – Posts requesting general advice or feedback on a project will be removed and re-directed to the Weekly Sticky thread and/or the Discord.
If your post gets removed due to not meeting the requirements, there is always somewhere to post your general question (i.e. Weekly Sticky thread and/or the Discord).
Filters clearing out low effort comments and rude/inappropriate/vulgar comments will be refreshed.
Implementation of !commands, which allows AutoModerator to post information in a child comment that may be frequently asked.
- Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/1kdjtsv/comment/mqbi06e/
Rules we are not changing:
- Google first. We are still maintaining the research requirement. You can post to the General Questions/Feedback thread or Discord.
- We are not “what is this thing?” Use Google Lens or go to r/whatisthisthing
- Content must be your creation or work. AI is not allowed.

Feedback:

We are open to community feedback on any and all of the above changes. If there is significant interest in adjusting proposed changes, we can hold a poll and have the community vote on it.
What else do you think the subreddit needs? Is there something that wasn’t proposed above? Please leave a comment.

Lastly, please provide the mod team some grace while we get adjusted and fine tune the subreddit. We may provide conflicting decisions, inaccurate removal reasons, or have trouble with some automations as we adjust. If you disagree with a decision, let us know, but do us a favor and check the guidelines, as they may be subject to change.

Thank you,

r/DIY Moderation Team

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