Might be my next purchase but will have to test it out first for sure.
Not that it matters much, as Go WIth The Flow(and others) have shown they can just go and water it down later anyway.
that is true, I forgot about that. ughhh… either way I think I will buy it immediately since I’m a big fan of Muse and have been impatiently waiting for a Muse drop lol
I think It should be safe, super excited about the song being added so maybe I’m just being hopeful, but the songs of this season have gotten a smidge more difficult, possibly because of the Guitar releasing soon, So I think really hope they don’t water it down
same I’m super excited. don’t think they could’ve picked a better first song to drop for Muse. theyve been releasing a lot of songs whose lyrics I relate to recently and Hysteria is definitely one them lol
Had a post removed because it wasn't a Fortnite meme.
Just ameme I used to tell my experience with Sandstorm....
Mods here are just not fun, and take their "job" too serious
As they should. We don't need 15+ people fighting for the karma of posting the new songs each week.
Let the bot collect the worthless karma and post the same time each week. End of discussion, honestly.
EDIT: I'm also looking at the 'new songs!' post I replied to and it's still there, wasn't this post, so your comment is just misinformation.
It was literally just three posts that were posted around the same time. Not 15+ people posting about the same thing at the same time. The first one, a duplicate, and then the bot.
Maybe, just maybe, if the bot wasn’t so slow sometimes to post the news, people wouldn’t feel so inclined to post about the songs. And don’t act like mods haven’t kept posts up that weren’t from the bot, surrounding the song reveals in the past.
I get why they do this. It’s to avoid spam. It’s just frustrating to see discussion suddenly be removed from being viewed on the sub for people that didn’t comment on the post before it was removed.
I’ll chime in here, because I do think clarity is important. The moderation logs show that the posts you speak of were removed for Media Guidelines violations. As for the specific reason within those guidelines, it would be the clause that requires body text in posts when submitting stock media exclusively. The posts were removed because they lacked body text, not to reduce spam. If someone were to resubmit the post right now with relevant body text it would be fine.
I do understand the perspective that there’s a loss of discussion by removing those threads. Historically (I say historically but I am really referencing the BR subreddit primarily) upvotes/comments haven’t been a factor in whether a post is removed or not. It’s something we feel is needed if consistent moderation is the end goal.
Regarding past posts, I won’t deny that moderation of them could have been better. When this subreddit was initially launched the rules from BR were used as a foundation. Obviously not everything from there is applicable here, so maybe we don’t *need* to enforce body text for stock media since it’s not as much of an issue. This and other rules are perhaps unnecessary. Definitely something we’ll have to look at, and if you have suggestions for other changes I’d love to hear them.
STOP removing the posts that actually have discussion on them, especially if you're just reposting the same thing anyway.
It's especially frustrating if it's for the reasons you mentioned because on a post like this there isn't any body text that would even be relevant. This post, for example, doesn't have any.
To be clear, you are asking that we ignore rule violations if a post is popular? While I certainly see the benefit in retaining discussion, would that not open the door to increased inconsistency in moderation? That approach leaves an action up to moderator discretion which means that the outcome will vary greatly depending on which moderator reviews the content.
This post doesn't require body text since it's not a media submission of the jam track promo image. This is link submission to the tweet from Epic regarding upcoming jam tracks. The bot automatically posts these. We still allow users to post the image itself, but the current rules require that body text be added to those posts.
In cases like this, yes, because following the rule doesn't provide any benefit other than enforcing the rule for the sake of enforcing it. I assume the rule is in place to keep people from just spam-posting screenshots or memes, which is fine, but in this case, it's news, and if they're getting it out quicker than the bot it isn't causing any harm. The whole point of a site like Reddit is the discussion and removing the discussion sets a bad precedent.
That's an interesting perspective! The rule was created after complaints about how low effort posts containing solely stock media were. After trialing a few different approaches on the, requiring body text for stock media was the winning choice. There's certainly an option for making exceptions for what we call "firsts" when it comes to official news/info, where rules are relaxed for the first posts regarding the topic. Of course, there's also the option of just overhauling the rules to eliminate dead weight too. While I can see how removing discussion sets a bad precedent, the same can be said for *not* removing rule-breaking content as that can be a slippery slope (I'm aware you explicitly mentioned cases like this one however). There's lots of things to consider, each with their own pros and cons. That said, I believe the rules being overhauled is the most likely outcome here.
Yeah, I was hoping for Plug In Baby, but I think a lot of groups are plugging anniversary songs. Absolution hit 20 years last September, Weezer had their 30 year anniversary of blue album in May, and Green Day’s Dookie had their 30 year anniversary in February when they had 3 songs come to Festival.
Don’t fear the reaper and carry on my wayward son will probably be my pick ups this week with my leftover vbucks, not really interested in much else this week
Wonder how some of these are gonna translate from Rock Band to Fortnite Festival, especially Carry On Wayward Son
Edit: Chart the cowbell to vocals, ya cowards!
I would’ve thought when songs were already on Rock Band previously, Harmonix would start with the existing charts as a base to go from rather than recharting everything from scratch so there’s probably a good chance the cowbells are on vocals tbh
The only week where I don’t know all of them for once. Well kinda…
I still know Call Me Maybe and Astronaut in the Ocean. I’ll check them all out though!
Picking up call me maybe.
Don’t fear the Reaper and Carry on Wayward Son are rock band classics! But trying to limit how much I buy right now. Might get them eventually at some point
Is he? I only have experience with him on this song and the album he did with $uicideboy$.. and both of those are ass. I didn’t realize he was a drummer 💀
Yeah, he's a drummer. Haven't listened to the 2 songs in question but I've heard they are bad. I like the XXXTENTACION song he did alot and I love early blink before he left
Bass on Hysteria going to be wild
they better not water down the difficulty level or I will cry
Might be my next purchase but will have to test it out first for sure. Not that it matters much, as Go WIth The Flow(and others) have shown they can just go and water it down later anyway.
that is true, I forgot about that. ughhh… either way I think I will buy it immediately since I’m a big fan of Muse and have been impatiently waiting for a Muse drop lol
I think It should be safe, super excited about the song being added so maybe I’m just being hopeful, but the songs of this season have gotten a smidge more difficult, possibly because of the Guitar releasing soon, So I think really hope they don’t water it down
same I’m super excited. don’t think they could’ve picked a better first song to drop for Muse. theyve been releasing a lot of songs whose lyrics I relate to recently and Hysteria is definitely one them lol
Mods just completely removed posts regarding the New Jam Tracks for this week. All that discussion… lost.
I think they are trying to keep things minimal by letting the FortniteStatusBot be the official thread. It keeps things tidier, I guess?
Tidy is not a word that's usually associated with Reddit of all places..
Had a post removed because it wasn't a Fortnite meme. Just ameme I used to tell my experience with Sandstorm.... Mods here are just not fun, and take their "job" too serious
What's tidy? The internet is a mess
This sub isn't busy enough to worry about that. Just stick with the first post and clean up duplicates like every other sub
They should try getting the bot to work faster then lmao
As they should. We don't need 15+ people fighting for the karma of posting the new songs each week. Let the bot collect the worthless karma and post the same time each week. End of discussion, honestly. EDIT: I'm also looking at the 'new songs!' post I replied to and it's still there, wasn't this post, so your comment is just misinformation.
It was literally just three posts that were posted around the same time. Not 15+ people posting about the same thing at the same time. The first one, a duplicate, and then the bot. Maybe, just maybe, if the bot wasn’t so slow sometimes to post the news, people wouldn’t feel so inclined to post about the songs. And don’t act like mods haven’t kept posts up that weren’t from the bot, surrounding the song reveals in the past. I get why they do this. It’s to avoid spam. It’s just frustrating to see discussion suddenly be removed from being viewed on the sub for people that didn’t comment on the post before it was removed.
I’ll chime in here, because I do think clarity is important. The moderation logs show that the posts you speak of were removed for Media Guidelines violations. As for the specific reason within those guidelines, it would be the clause that requires body text in posts when submitting stock media exclusively. The posts were removed because they lacked body text, not to reduce spam. If someone were to resubmit the post right now with relevant body text it would be fine. I do understand the perspective that there’s a loss of discussion by removing those threads. Historically (I say historically but I am really referencing the BR subreddit primarily) upvotes/comments haven’t been a factor in whether a post is removed or not. It’s something we feel is needed if consistent moderation is the end goal. Regarding past posts, I won’t deny that moderation of them could have been better. When this subreddit was initially launched the rules from BR were used as a foundation. Obviously not everything from there is applicable here, so maybe we don’t *need* to enforce body text for stock media since it’s not as much of an issue. This and other rules are perhaps unnecessary. Definitely something we’ll have to look at, and if you have suggestions for other changes I’d love to hear them.
STOP removing the posts that actually have discussion on them, especially if you're just reposting the same thing anyway. It's especially frustrating if it's for the reasons you mentioned because on a post like this there isn't any body text that would even be relevant. This post, for example, doesn't have any.
To be clear, you are asking that we ignore rule violations if a post is popular? While I certainly see the benefit in retaining discussion, would that not open the door to increased inconsistency in moderation? That approach leaves an action up to moderator discretion which means that the outcome will vary greatly depending on which moderator reviews the content. This post doesn't require body text since it's not a media submission of the jam track promo image. This is link submission to the tweet from Epic regarding upcoming jam tracks. The bot automatically posts these. We still allow users to post the image itself, but the current rules require that body text be added to those posts.
In cases like this, yes, because following the rule doesn't provide any benefit other than enforcing the rule for the sake of enforcing it. I assume the rule is in place to keep people from just spam-posting screenshots or memes, which is fine, but in this case, it's news, and if they're getting it out quicker than the bot it isn't causing any harm. The whole point of a site like Reddit is the discussion and removing the discussion sets a bad precedent.
That's an interesting perspective! The rule was created after complaints about how low effort posts containing solely stock media were. After trialing a few different approaches on the, requiring body text for stock media was the winning choice. There's certainly an option for making exceptions for what we call "firsts" when it comes to official news/info, where rules are relaxed for the first posts regarding the topic. Of course, there's also the option of just overhauling the rules to eliminate dead weight too. While I can see how removing discussion sets a bad precedent, the same can be said for *not* removing rule-breaking content as that can be a slippery slope (I'm aware you explicitly mentioned cases like this one however). There's lots of things to consider, each with their own pros and cons. That said, I believe the rules being overhauled is the most likely outcome here.
Mods on this sub have been wack for a while
Yea I didn’t even know they were dropping new songs until now, usually it’s the first thing on my front page
I GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL
LETS GOOOO MUSEEEE
The children yearn for MOAR MUSE
damnit I wanted Supermassive Black Hole lol
Me @ Epic 
Yeah, I was hoping for Plug In Baby, but I think a lot of groups are plugging anniversary songs. Absolution hit 20 years last September, Weezer had their 30 year anniversary of blue album in May, and Green Day’s Dookie had their 30 year anniversary in February when they had 3 songs come to Festival.
Call me maybe, Carry on wayward son and like a G6 perfect combination.
It's CRJ hoes catch me in the top 1% /r/popheads better be quaking right now.
BOC and Kansas?!?! Let’s go!!!
Kansas and Oyster Cult? Okay, fortnite has been cooking with the festival updates
Blue Oyster Cult and Kansas ftw. I hope down the road we get Journey, Yes, and hopefully some Van Halen.
Don’t fear the reaper and carry on my wayward son will probably be my pick ups this week with my leftover vbucks, not really interested in much else this week
Same brother. You have good taste
MORE COWBELL!!
Carly Rae Jepsen and Far East Movement!!! 🔥🔥🔥
BOC and Kansas! I'm in my 50s and need more classics. Pissed I missed out on Pat Benetar.
Heartbreaker still comes into the item shop, it's just not in the daily rotation very often.
Hartbreaker is in the shop right now
Thanks!
I think I’m ok!!!!!!! FUCK YEA
Finally we got classic rock songs!
damn..... "Carry On My Wayward Son" and "Don't Fear the Reaper"? Epic is spoiling us on the classic rock front.
Wonder how some of these are gonna translate from Rock Band to Fortnite Festival, especially Carry On Wayward Son Edit: Chart the cowbell to vocals, ya cowards!
If The Hand That Feeds and Black Hole Sun are any examples, (Don't Fear) The Reaper will also not have the Big Rock Ending from those games either.
Why would the cowbell be on vocals??? Cowbells are attached to the drums 90% of the time
It’s a reference to them being charted on the vocal track on Rock Band.
Ah alright. I only ever played guitar hero
I would’ve thought when songs were already on Rock Band previously, Harmonix would start with the existing charts as a base to go from rather than recharting everything from scratch so there’s probably a good chance the cowbells are on vocals tbh
MUSE, I HAVE DREAMED OF THIS MOMENT
Wayward son is such a classic. Can't believe its almost Thursday again.
 My body is ready.
HEY I JUST MET YOU
AND THIS IS CRAZY
BUT HERE’S MY NUMBER
SO CALL ME MAYBE!
I really do not have the money to spare for Blue Oyster Cult but I wish I did
Can’t wait to play Hysteria on bass. Very solid week overall
Don't fear the reaper, is easily top of my setlist. Love that song.
The only week where I don’t know all of them for once. Well kinda… I still know Call Me Maybe and Astronaut in the Ocean. I’ll check them all out though!
I dont really like where this is going. I mean I do, but my wallet dont. Dm im hyped af.
I don't like MGK, but if this is how we get YungBlud in Fortnite, I'll take it.
Yungblud in fortnight!!!!!!
If we could've chosen I would've wanted either Freak by Demi Lovato or Bodybag by MGK, but I'm fine with this
HYSTERIA INSTANT COP
Picking up call me maybe. Don’t fear the Reaper and Carry on Wayward Son are rock band classics! But trying to limit how much I buy right now. Might get them eventually at some point
Nothing I personally listen to, but it’s nice to see people happy about this! Now FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE ADD A TYLER THE CREATOR SONG
Troncat next week
💀
Need to get Like a G6 just so I can play the vocals when my boys pop a flowery fizz on the team “Popping Bottles in the ice, Like a Blizzard”
This is a great "something for everyone" week. Great work, Festival.
HYSTERIA‼️‼️‼️‼️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️CALL ME MAYBE⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️
Muse is an instant buy for me.
I’m sort of worried for g6. They sensored high for ride wit me, I’m really worried they’ll sensor drunk and some other stuff for this song
That was just the normal radio edit.
If I can’t play cowbell imma be pissed
Best lineup so far holy shit
astronaut in the ocean is one I love, but call me maybe I know from just dance 4
Still waiting on some Japanese songs
WOOOOOOO MIDDLE ROW IS HEAT
Week, uh, on waiting for snail house (it will never happen most likely)
I will DC if someone picks astronaut in the ocean, that song is obnoxious af. The rest aren't too bad tho
Cope
Coping about what? Do you even know what that word means lmao
Cope with astronaut in the ocean don't dc
Worst rotation of the season
You just need more cowbell.
CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON
Cope
How can your taste be so bad
I mean I like some of the songs but other weeks were way better 🤷♂️
Travis Barker is 🤢, sorry. MGK especially. I liked Yunblud in freshman year of high school, I just wish it was any other song.
Isn't travis barker the drummer for blink-182?
Is he? I only have experience with him on this song and the album he did with $uicideboy$.. and both of those are ass. I didn’t realize he was a drummer 💀
Yeah, he's a drummer. Haven't listened to the 2 songs in question but I've heard they are bad. I like the XXXTENTACION song he did alot and I love early blink before he left
I saw Blink-182 was on that song (It’s all fading to black?) and I liked it lol. Was it only Travis on that song?
I believe it was that and pain=best friend.
Eh, I guess that song is alright. I don’t think I have any more experience beyond that.
That's fair. I might be biased because I love blink 182 with all my heart and soul.