We hope that this post comes to bring some clarity over some recent changes, as well as apologise to some people who have been affected by this over the last couple of weeks.
We recently started implementing some moderation changes around proper sourcing when submitting art. It has always been in the subreddiquette that people should try to use the primary source (Tumblr, Deviantart, etc.) when submitting posts to the subreddit. At times, people would rehost images before submitting them, or use a secondary source in place of the original.
After speaking to people about this in the meta thread, we eventually decided to try a stricter approach to sourcing and to start removing posts that are not sourced correctly. This was not made abundantly clear outside of the meta threads and has generated some understandable confusion when people have had their posts removed.
It can be hard to work with original sources like Tumblr and dA, since they are not the most user-friendly of websites and especially do not work well with RES.
After some time trying it out and finding out what does/doesn't work, we've settled on this as a new policy as part of Rule 1.
Primary sources should be used unless the primary source breaks one of our other rules (mostly Rule 2).
Derpibooru is discouraged as a source, but is not outright banned. We will not remove derpi links that contain a valid source, but we do ask people not to rely on derpi more than places such as Deviantart and Tumblr. The click-through rate is still very low compared to linking the original sources.
i.redd.it and imgur are not allowed to be used for art unless you are posting something you made yourself or something that does not have an alternate source. We will remove these posts and ask you to repost with the primary source if it is available.
This does mean we have to apologise to some people who have recently had their derpi links removed while we were testing out this new policy. It has become unrealistic to try and ban derpi outright, and we do consider it to be established enough between artists and users that it can continue to be used to share artwork.
We will leave a note in Rule 1 highlighting this new change.
Hope that helps clear things up.
Hello and again welcome to your weekly dose of 'Whoops': 'This Week on the Plounge' wherein I inform you, the fine folks of the mane sub, what's been going on at your favourite sister subreddit, the Plounge, this past week.
Wait, what is this Plounge you speak of?
The Plounge, or more formally the MLP Lounge is /r/mylittlepony's sister subreddit. Designed to be a place where you can free of the tyranny of rules 3 and 4. A chill place for bronies or anyone to talk in a SFW chat centric environment. It can be found over at /r/MLPLounge. (most of us browse by /new though). Oh and BPM is nice to have. Even if you're allergic to using emotes yourself you'll miss a lot of extra context without it.
What some casual conversation with a sprinkling of ponies? Come over to this introductions thread and meet some people. Don't worry there's also a topic so it ain't just "hi!" "hi" awkward silence.
News
Regulars
Every week there are up to two Plounge member of the 'day' AMAs! You can sign up here! AMAs since last week's TWOTP are...
Music Threads, from A through to Z. The plan is two a week but hey we'll see what happens. Hosted by Kody02, local music liker.
Sprankton is doing a classic Plounge thing, a Pokemon playthrough told via screenshots and captions. You can suggest nicknames for pokemans even, wow audience participation!
Top Posts
The top 5 link and self posts, for your browsing content.
Self Posts
CURRENT YEAR and people are still making yo moma jokes.Links
Highlights
(manually selected rather than just by score)
This is a weekly event coinciding (mostly) with NPT; off-topic and meta threads will be staggered so this week's off-topic thread is being submitted now and the meta thread was posted 12 hours ago. Next NPT will be the opposite! We do not ask that all off-topic discussion be kept to this submission; it is merely here as a courtesy and you are free to continue off-topic discussion in the comments of other submissions (off-topic submissions, however, are still a no-no). Make any great purchases? Have fun!
So, because it's No-Pics Thursday (November 29th, 2018) today, you know what that means...
It's time for the Weekly Fanfic Recommendation LINK-SWAP Game thread to continue!
Anyways, THE RULES (read 'em carefully):
Post a link to a fanfiction you like (can be your own as well - it's okay to self-promote), with or without a short blurb.
Important: Reply to someone else's post with a link to a fanfiction you think they might like, based on their choices.
Put each of your choices in a separate post if you want to make sure to get a recommendation based on each one. You may reply to someone else's reply, either to you or to someone else. Please make long discussion threads, they introduce a healthy bit of exploration and can help us find new interests! And that's it!
PLEASE COMPLETE BOTH STEPS 1 and 2. Don't just show up and ask for recommendations if you're not willing to provide any. I'll start the first few threads myself, and reply with a gentle reminder if you forget.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Thanks to /u/BookHorseBot (many thanks to their creator, /u/BitzLeon), you can now use the aforementioned bot to easily post the name, description, views, rating, tags, and a bunch of other information about a fic hosted on Fimfiction.net. All you need to do is include "{NAME OF STORY}" in your comment (without quotes), and the bot will look up the story and respond to your comment with the info. It makes sharing stories really convenient. You can even lookup multiple stories at once.
Ready? Set? LET"S GO! Also, feel free to self-promote in here!
While Season 8 introduced the concept of the school of friendship as a means of tying in the events of the MLP movie with the shows main plot, not many locations from the movie were revisisted in the show.
While both Mount Aris and Seaquestria make appearances in season 8, we haven't seen anymore of the Bone Dry Desert, Klugetown, or the Sky Pirates despite all three appearing on the Cutie Map. How likely do you think it is that the above mentioned locations will appear in season 9?
Taking the comics into account, how likely do you think it is that Capper's home country of Abyssinia might appear? Or any of the other countries the Storm King conquered?
Just click on the link and click on vote! They need a lot of votes!
http://mygivingstory.givingtuesday.org/fbcontests/profiletab/MyGivingStory2018/3118141
I lease an abused horse (now on a rescue) 1 day a week. I see her every week. She is on pasture 24 hours a day and is basically a wild horse with the other horses. However, she is very large. Probably an 8 on henneke. She is an easy keeper. Never gets anything besides the pasture and is quite large. Would it be ok for me to use a grazing muzzle for one week at a time? (Take it off when I see her weekly) I don't want to change her life of being free but I do want her to be healthy. Just want to know if I can use this tool for 6 days at a time.
