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Jeremy - r/fantasyfootball mod retweeted
its on you to give people reason to read even if they know the names of your picks
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Jeremy - r/fantasyfootball mod retweeted
A lot has changed in FAVOR of content creators since I was first over there. For a long time, self-promotion wasn't allowed, period. Now it is. But, at its heart, that subreddit is still a community. And the ONLY goal is to help each other get better at fantasy football. That's it.
If you are a part of that community and are genuinely there to help people win (and maybe have a little fun talking ball along the way), then you will have a good time. If all you are looking for is clicks, then it probably isn't going to be a good experience for you or for the community. It has never been about that - not back then and not now.
But I will say, if you do engage the community in good faith, which does mean sharing some of your thoughts and your takes for free without immediately getting something back in return, then you will gain some fans and make some friends over there. I guarantee it. I get that some folks aren't interested in that or don't have time but there are a lot of other websites/forums/apps etc. for those people to try to drum up some engagement. The only people that forum should be catering to are the people who are there every day trying to learn or trying to teach.
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I remember when I first started posting on reddit & it just feels like it’s come so far for the fantasy football community. The responses, the engagement, all of it, is just way better than where it was 3-5 years ago, which is a testament to y’all.
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A year ago, we had another moderator post on the "saved you a click" / TL;DR culture. It has some good insights on moderator thoughts, community perspective, etc. Link below.
Always happy to chat via modmail with content creators who have questions about responses or engagement!
I don't have ☑️ so I can't respond in a single Tweet, but if your primary motivation is clicks, Reddit is not the best place.
For better or worse, TL;DR is Reddit culture...
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Always happy to chat via modmail with content creators who have questions about responses or engagement!
I don't have ☑️ so I can't respond in a single Tweet, but if your primary motivation is clicks, Reddit is not the best place.
For better or worse, TL;DR is Reddit culture...
Part of my contract with USA Today involves me posting my matchups article on Reddit each week
Which is great overall, my 2 posts have gotten over 250,000 combined views so far...
However, after posting my Week 2 piece earlier today, someone commented the player names for the 3 matchups I like and the 3 matchups I didn't like this week
I responded that it was a dick move, and that behavior like this will only *increase* the amount of AI-generated content out there
Depressing page views will only lead to worse analysis as more companies cannot justify paying actual writers if the clicks simply aren't there
Within 5 minutes, my comment received 50 downvotes (seriously)
So I'm posing this question here, if someone told you the 6 player names from my article and whether I liked/didn't like their matchup... would that make you more or less likely to read the piece?
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But we're not in every post, and I can't personally encourage every creator on best practices to avoid nasty comments. We're a moderated community but don't see everything in real time.
(2.4K approved posts, 292K comments in the past 30 days alone.)
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Three consecutive days of 3 million+ subreddit visits.
Three consecutive days of 1,100+ new members added.
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Jeremy - r/fantasyfootball mod retweeted
Every week, all season, I recap every game, in depth, including the biggest "Signal" and "Noise"
✅Watched every snap of every game Sun/Mon
✅~30 min+ per team analyzing/writing up Mon/Tue
✅Every player, all 32 teams, recalibrated
✅Signal and Noise bullets
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With 3.4 mil subs and 3+ mil daily visits, there are definitely uneducated and downright bad fantasy players on Reddit.
It's why I bring in analysts for AMAs to help people get better!
Best I can tell though, nobody was trying to trade Bowers for Black. Here's closest I found
People will get upset at analysts for recommending Jalen Coker as a waiver wire pickup because he isn’t available in any real leagues.
Meanwhile I’ve got a guy on Reddit asking me if he should trade Brock Bowers for Kaelon Black.
Remember who we’re making content for.
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In my time as mod, r/fantasyfootball has more than doubled in size to 3.4+ million subscribers and the reputation among the fantasy football community has skyrocketed.
I'll consider the role if there's a sizable signing bonus. Or share some ideas for a hefty consultation fee.
I'm hiring one person with a marketing skill nobody on our team has.
Acquire customers, get people talking about us, whatever moves the needle, just help us grow.
Six months to prove it works. FT role waiting if it does.
No application link. DM me - Tell me what you'd do and why it would work.
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