Now Civchan is operational, I believe the following changes should be made to the subreddit. A list follows. Feel free to criticise/agree/discuss below.

• Self posts only. No links to imgur, youtube, etc. This diminishes the amount of low content shitposting, and takes away the karma motivation to post stupid shit.

• Stricter moderation. Policies such as restricting speech (want to be edgy, go on civchan and do it there) and removing posts which add nothing to discussions such as links to joke images would go far in making the subreddit a more constructive place to discuss things, and would create a better image for those visiting the subreddit than 'a server for edgy kids to be racist and talk shit about each other.

• Some form of linking between IGNs and reddit accounts. I know something like this is in the works, and swhell has made a plugin for the purpose of identifying fake alt reddit accounts. The reasons for this should be clear.

• Disabling of downvote arrows. I know this is incredibly easy to bypass, but it provides that little bit more disincentive to try and bury posts that you disagree with/are made by someone you don't like.

• Some sort of basic courtesy ruleset on the sub - no straight up insulting each other, no mocking of someone without very good reason, etc. This one is probably my weakest point, but I think it would make the sub a nicer place to post on in general, and if you can't restrain your hatred, civchan is there to cater for you.

So, how does that sound?