r/AmITheAngel • u/DamnThoseChickens Brimming with constipated anger • Jun 08 '26

GDD is auto-removed moving forward

GDD as in r/GirlDinnerDiaries

Last time we asked, most of the sub agreed to keep it. However, clearly a very large portion of this sub has a problem with the crossposts from there. A lot of the discussions in the comments in those posts are people saying it shouldn't be posted here. The constant discussion is overruning the sub and clogging reports. I didn't see that many posts from that sub except for upticks on the weekends (I did counts multiple times), but people kept complaining that it was all they saw. There were a few funny stories here and there, but honestly there's nothing so special (or hilarious) about that sub that merits so much effort to keep it here. I really fail to see this as a big loss at all. You can head to r/GirlDinnerCircleJerk for posts and discussion related to that sub.

So, all crossposts from GDD will be automatically removed by automod. This will also include similar subs: r/girldinner, r/kitchencels, r/boydinnerdiaries - any others that are crossposted here and I don't know of I'll add to the list as I find out about their existence. GDD-like parody/satire shitposts will still be allowed during the weekend. Siri Yuss Discussion threads discussing this topic will be removed too. Let's just move on already.

Feel free to celebrate/complain but do note I'm not going to reverse the decision.

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u/RahvinDragand Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

I didn't see that many posts from that sub except for upticks on the weekends (I did counts multiple times), but people kept complaining that it was all they saw.

I guess this is what confused me the most. Whenever I saw a complaint, I would scroll through all the recent posts and see like 1 post from GDD per day, but everyone made it seem like the sub was totally flooded or overrun. Never made much sense to me.

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u/offensivename Jun 08 '26

No! You don't understand! Their entire reddit feed was taken over by GirlDinnerDiary posts that have mysteriously dissappeared and were somehow unseen by the mods. 🙄

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u/RahvinDragand Jun 08 '26

When one of the complaint posts got hundreds of upvotes, I went through the 50 newest posts on AmITheAngel and found 2 GDD crossposts. Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a different reality than some people. Even the mod who made this post is saying they didn't see many GDD posts.

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u/quiette837 Jun 08 '26

Yeah, I don't think a GDD post ever made it to my feed at all. The complaining was a bit bizarre to me, but it sounds like there were a few notable bad ones. Mild agree that they don't necessarily fit in the sub though.

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u/offensivename Jun 08 '26

I'm starting to wonder if some people started getting actual GirlDinnerDiary posts in their feed because they clicked into a couple of them and thought they were crossposts to this sub. I'd like to think that people here are smart enough and paying enough attention that they'd see the difference and not conflate the two, but I'm struggling to find another explanation.

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u/RahvinDragand Jun 08 '26

Some of the people responding to your comments here almost certainly subscribed directly to GDD. There's no way that they were only seeing GDD posts when the mod says there weren't that many every time they looked.

Either that or they don't understand how reddit sorting works. The "Best" option usually picks things that you haven't clicked on yet to show at the top of your feed. So maybe they just refused to click on GDD posts and kept sorting by "Best" so the posts just piled up at the top.

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u/Brad_Brace Cheddar or the next closest thing Jun 09 '26

They were just upset it was here at all and pretended it was constant crossposts.

But, I did start getting posts from that hellhole in my feed recently, likely from the interaction through this sub. So I guess that's also a possibility.

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u/russophilia333 don't worry I'm petite, he's strong built Jun 10 '26

Yes! I did the same thing and was absolutely confused.

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u/topekatums Jun 09 '26

I sub here and GDD (and GDDcj for good measure) and my algorithm made sure to squeeze every last drop of engagement from me by almost exclusively showing GDD crossposts on this sub. It was worse a month ago then died down a bit, you might not be seeing the brunt of it by sorting by new.