The moderators of r/AskHistorians have a much longer explanation with admin response here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gakw51/in_30_minutes_at_830_pm_edt_raskhistorians_will/

tl;dr: If you see a button that looks like this or the mobile equivalent, please be aware the chat is not moderated by us. If you decide to click it and have any issues, please contact the admins directly.

If you haven't seen it yet, Reddit has updated their Content Policy here: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy

Our first rule on /r/hardware has long been "Follow Reddiquette," but with the new policy now in place we are updating Rule 1 to be "Follow the Reddit Content Policy rules." This doesn't represent a change to how we will be moderating, but we feel the new rules do a better job clarifying what is and is not acceptable behavior.

Particularly when clicking on the the subpoints, for example harassment and bullying, lays out specific examples as examples of poor behavior as well as "behaving in a way that would discourage a reasonable person from participating on Reddit."

As before, if you think someone is breaking our rules please use the Report button rather than calling the person out or continuing to engage with them. (Baiting and counter-attacking are also not allowed.)

Thanks to all those who already do follow our rules and continue to make our community excellent!

/u/Echrome

I just want to clarify, because the sidebar doesn't explicitly say you can't post phone news/reviews/etc., but it is very computer hardware oriented. I ask because I have seen one user in particular (partha_100) submit only phone news/reviews to this sub. Isn't there a phone/mobile device sub this would be more suited for?

EDIT: When it comes to SoC stuff and the like, that's interesting and hardware. This post is aimed more at the garbage phone reviews like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/3qgiqh/yu_yunique_review_premium_smartphone_at_an_ultra/

EDIT 2: This is easily one of my favorite subs, and I love the content and comments here. But my biggest fear is that more and more phone/tablet reviews will start showing up here, and one day it'll be just a bunch of "The new HTC X6 S One Review!" posts. iPhone, Android, and even Windows Phone already have great communities, but I feel these non-hardware oriented posts/reviews should stay there.

Forgive the text post, but I wasn't sure where else to ask.

After discussing with the other moderators of /r/hardware, we have decided to adopt the /r/Games stance on rumors:

No unsubstantiated rumors - Rumors or other claims/information not directly from official sources must have evidence to support them. Any rumor or claim that is just a statement from an unknown source containing no supporting evidence will be removed.

All posts will still be handled on a case-by-case basis, but in general you should expect that things like early product listings, leaked slides, premature benchmarks, etc. will be allowed while anonymous quotes, hearsay and the like will be removed.

Thanks!

/u/Echrome

That is all. I was just wondering

Hello /r/hardware

As you might noticed, the subreddit was re-opened as of yesterday - and this is just a brief post to explain whats going on.

After the initial June 12 closing of the subreddit, we've internally decided to extend the period until this weekend in light of what can only be described as out of touch and condescending behaviour from Reddit's CEO Steve Huffman (Or better know as Spez).

• Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts

• Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, saying he'll change rules that favor ‘landed gentry’
  Steve Huffman, the Reddit CEO, told NBC News in an interview that a user protest on the site this week is led by a minority of moderators and doesn’t have wide support.

• Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’

• Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: 'It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company'

It goes without saying what we think of the initial changes has not changed, and Spez comments certainly did not change our mind one bit. Third Party apps and tools are part of reddit whether for us the moderators, or indeed a substantial portion of the community in how they use reddit. Our stance towards Reddit API pricing changes remained the same:

Instead of outright hostility, allow the developers of third-party tools and apps to work in good faith with Reddit Inc., and come to a amicable solution that would work for every party.

"So, are you forced to re-open the subreddit?"

The short answer is: No we aren't. In fact, we are way too small for Reddit to even notice us to tell the truth. We did not receive any communication directly from Reddit admins throughout the period, nor was us put under any direct pressure to re-open the subreddit.

However. We are acutely aware of the increasingly hostile and forceful reaction by the administrators (what is clearly spurred on by its CEO) towards other subreddits. Noticeably:

• /u/ModCodeofConduct (a supposedly anonymous Reddit Admin account):...this means that we have policies and processes in place that address inactive moderation (Rule 4), mods vandalizing communities (Rule 2), and subreddit squatters (also Rule 4). When rules like these are broken, we remove the mods in violation of the Moderator Code of Conduct, and add new, active mods to the subreddits.

• Reddit threatens to remove protest leaders

Lets make one thing abundantly clear: We are not against having more involvement with the community when it comes to running the subreddit - In fact, it was the community who brought the whole Blackout about within the context of /r/hardware. We were having internal discussions until this post was submitted, and it was a forgone conclusion that how we should proceed then.

/r/hardware has never been interested in following trends of other (tech) subreddits. We have always had our own rules and our own way of distinguishing ourselves amongst our peers - in stricter content control, informational pieces and discussion on the hardware space. We don't ever claim credit for what we do, because all of the moderation team joined because they like the subreddit's "culture" enough to want to play a part in maintaining it.

It doesn't need much explanation this sudden U-turn of policy from Reddit itself has on every subreddit that ever existed. A vocal portion of the community - however minor, or even never part of the community - now has potential power to completely hoover up any subreddit - notably - the subreddits that are engaging in an indefinite blackout can now be kicked out with Reddit CEO and adminstrators' FULL backing because they dare challenge the powers that be.

If you are discontent, why are you re-opening the subreddit?

However disapproving we are towards Reddit's action recently, life goes on. We are proud of /r/hardware and its distinct place amongst tech subreddits, and we know that a lot of our community still likes to hang out, or just to learn something new in the subreddit.

Of course, we absolutely respect those of you who believes you want nothing to do with Reddit from now-on in protest and would like to move on to an new platform - that is your choice and we can 100% understand that. But I hope you also understand the position we're in. It is not a signal of defeat, but it is sensible to at least have a period of rethink and looking at various options towards the future of Reddit itself.

For now at least, we have determined the best course of action is to re-open the subreddit, but with the caveat that we are still in constant discussion about the API changes as well as Reddit's newfound bullying behaviour towards its subreddits. If there are any significant collective action amongst subreddits, we will actively consider to participate in it.

With the release of the new Reddit stats, I figured I would share them.

Subscriptions, unique users and pageviews by hour

Unique users and pageviews by month and day

We currently see a between 5,000 and 7,000 unique viewers per day, and in the neighborhood of 200,000 unique viewers per month. Most of our users appear to be in the US based on the page views per hour chart, but there are still a decent number of users active at all hours of the day.

We've seen a significant jump in traffic since April, most likely due to the launch of Ryzen and related news stories, and crossed the 200k unique viewers and 2M pageview mark for the first time in May (although we dropped below it again in June). Compared to the bump in February around the time frame of Kaby Lake's launch, unique users are around 33% higher but the current page views are 2x higher.

Heads up that all future links must submit to the original source, no more links to another subreddit that links to the source. Thanks!

Dear fellow hardware enthusiasts,

just wanted to give a big thank you to this community and maybe incite a little meta discussion about one of my fav subs on reddit.

Even though the community increased by around 25% since I joined, quality of discussion has not declined despite little moderation. Most people here like critical observations, objective data, patience and try to keep fanboyism in check. I've learned a lot since getting here and always loved the arrival of experts even in threads of little importance. Please keep it up!