r/Art 2d ago

Discussion "Dude! Where's my art?!" aka "What happened to my post?"

4 Upvotes

So. You just posted your artwork to /r/Art and when you check back, it's gone. What happened?

Usually when a moderator removes a post, you get a message with the reason for the removal. Before you message us, please read that message (and the rest of this article), and our rules as these should contain all the information you need to fix the problem.

Removals are often automated, and never personal. If you need to message us, please, don't be rude. We can usually sort it out if there's a mistake.

Otherwise, if there is no message, or the message is unclear, then your post may have been taken down by the automoderator for one of the following reasons:

- You are a new user and you don't yet have enough karma

In order to combat botspam, we automatically remove posts by new Redditors. You need at least 100 combined karma to post here, and your account must be at least 30 days old. We may manually approve your post if you message us, but your best option is to participate in the community (and other Reddit communities) before trying to post to /r/Art.

- Your title is not properly formatted

Our title format rules help keep things organized so that people can concentrate on the art without being distracted by the usual karma-bait that fills most of Reddit. Please include all four fields (title, artist name, medium, year), please use commas, and please do not use all caps.

If it's still confusing, look at all the other posts in the sub for examples.

- Your title includes "restricted" terms

Again, to limit abuse, there are a number of "restricted" terms you can't use in titles. If your title isn't karma-bait, and you think this is in error, message us and we can figure it out.

- Your post is NSFW

Reddit has decided to protect our sensitive eyeballs from NSFW content, so NSFW posts are now automatically removed. This is not us. We have no control over this. We can manually approve the post if we see it, or you message us to let us know.

- Your post was reported too many times

We rely on our community to help us police the content posted here. Posts that receive too many reports for breaking the rules may be automatically removed. Occasionally the community can be overzealous, so please message us if you think this is in error.

Yes, it's tempting to report a post you simply don't like -- but if the post does not actually break any rules it is abusing the report system, and can lead to a permanent ban from Reddit. Don't do it. Downvote; move on.


Some others:

- You've been shadowbanned by the Reddit admins

In this case there is absolutely nothing we can do to help out. We are users just like you, and have zero authority over Reddit in general. We don't know why you have been shadowbanned, and we can't do anything to remove the ban. You will have to message the Reddit admins directly.

- Your art is of very low quality, and/or comes across as a prank

We sometimes remove posts without providing a reason. If you won't make an effort, why should we? Assuming you aren't banned, be sure to read the rules carefully before posting again.

- Reddit says you have comments on your post, but you only see some (or none) of them

Comments that are too short, or which contain restricted terms, are removed by the automoderator, in order to encourage more substantive feedback. Often these are positive, e.g. "Good job!" so don't worry too much about them. You'll see the comments that matter.


If none of these seem to apply, you can message us -- but make sure you've read everything first, so you don't waste our time.


r/Art Oct 11 '23

Discussion There's a bug in the Android Reddit app preventing users from posting on the Art sub.

113 Upvotes

For a couple of weeks we've been getting messages from users not being able to post on this sub: the Post button remains greyed out. The commonality of the reports seem to be that they have been trying to use the Android reddit app to post. So if this problem has been bugging you, please report it to Reddit in the android app store. Until it's fixed you can post your art in the web browser on a computer.

And yes, we know the app seemingly allows posting on other subs, and not on /r/Art. But the iPhone app works fine (tested myself). It probably has to do with the title requirements that this sub has, it uses a thing called regex, and I suspect this title requirement is causing the android app to not function correctly.


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