r/DIYUK • u/HurstiesFitness Experienced • Mar 02 '24

Sub Updates and Ideas

Morning everyone,

There are a huge influx of “is this a good quote?” and “how much will this cost?” posts recently. I have added a new flair “Quote” which I hope people will use. If you don’t want to see these posts, you can filter out certain flairs to never see these posts.

On the subject of posts with links to building survey reports, or questions like “my builder did this, is it acceptable?”…I understand these aren’t strictly DIY. I have added a “non-DIY advice” flair which is for anything housing/building related but not necessarily work being carried out by OP themselves. Again, please report incorrectly flaired posts.

I have added a rule to use the correct flair on posts. If you see posts without flairs, especially “quote” posts then please report them and I can either remove the posts or assign the correct flair myself. There’s no need for “wrong sub” or “not DIY” comments cluttering the discussion. Use the report button.

I’m considering removing the asbestos megathread and using this flair method with asbestos related posts too. Allowing people to filter them out entirely. Megathreads never get answered anyway.

I’m open to all thoughts and ideas so please post here with any ideas related to the sub!

PS. Images in comments are now allowed. User-assigned post flairs are now allowed.

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u/Highfivekingofcastle Jul 11 '24

Are posts disabled on the sub? When I try to create a post, no matter which option I pick it says ‘this type of post is not allowed in this community ‘

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u/HurstiesFitness Experienced Jul 11 '24

That’s weird. Even a text post? Others are managing.

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u/Highfivekingofcastle Jul 11 '24

Updating the app fixed it , thanks for your reply

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u/HurstiesFitness Experienced Jul 11 '24

Glad you’re sorted 👍