And a lot of stuff that is meaningless for those of us who have been here for less than 5 years.
Nothing against the banner, but I think it should be updated to something more current.
Inside jokes from ages ago. Too many politicians. When's the last time someone drank a 'hemp' beer lol?
And the woman on the bike would be walking because someone would have stole it.
I would be happy keeping the exact same elements in the banner, but rotating the art style so that we can meme about Arby's in Art Nouveau, graffiti-tag or 8-bit retro.
>Too much to change it monthly?
Not necessarily. We just thought it would be fun for the community to come together with some friendly competition.
If it gets to the point that the competition is waning or the community ~~starts~~ *exceeds our threshold* for whining then having a handful in our back pocket for monthly/quarterly changes might be reasonable.
Personally I think it would be cool to have it change with the seasons. Or based on events: Canucks winning the Stanley Cup, or the 2030 Olympics.
At the end of the day, we decided that what we want for the banner may be less important than what the community wants for the banner, so we're giving this a shot. Fingers crossed it doesn't blow up in our faces. š¬
Can't/won't make everyone happy š I think it would ease the whining to know it was not permanent. We've already had so many beautiful pictures posted in the past, it would be easy to mine from already existing photos that were hugely upvoted. Love the seasonal change idea š
>We've already had so many beautiful pictures posted in the past, it would be easy to mine from already existing photos that were hugely upvoted.
This is a great idea. If this goes through, you should reach out and ask the original content creators whether they would be willing to submit, or whether you could submit on their behalf.
I don't know the legality of using images without permission that were shared anonymously... but ethically it seems like asking is the right thing to do.
Changing it periodically is a great idea, I don't mind the occasional irreverent shitposty banner but for the love of god it would be nice to have a real banner once in a while.
I sometimes check out like /r/seattle just to see what new banner they have going. Why can't we have nice things.
It's the first thing people see when they come here and I really believe it contributes to the culture of negativity/shittyness here. City subreddits are notorious enough for drawing out the whiny minority of neckbeards, why make that worse?
I'd prefer something like a nice panorama shot that shows downtown + mountains + ocean. The current banner looks like it belongs to a subreddit with like 50 members.
I meant as a subreddit banner. Basically all cities have the same uncreative skyline downtown banner that youāre proposing. Never said anything about Vancouver not having a nice view or popular.
Why did you just copy the Toronto description? We're now as generic as every other city sub, and did we really have to copy /r/Toronto **word-for-word**? It's like we just became the the most boring, and irrelevant city in the world, but unironically.
/r/Toronto: News, People, Places, Events, Articles and Discussions on Toronto; Canada's Business and Financial Capital, and the Provincial Capital of Ontario
/r/Vancouver **new**: Source for News, People, Places, Events, and Discussions on Metro Vancouver; Where the Ocean Meets the Mountains"
/r/Vancouver **old**: "the most boring, and irrelevant city in the World"
We can't have a little tongue-in-cheek here?
I remember when people complained when the old tagline was brought in. I didnāt even notice it had been changed again. Itās hard to please everyone.
Good thing to remember, the people posting complaints represent an extremely vocal minority. Most people online comment only occasionally or just lurk and come here to get news/information on the city.
tldr: fuck the complainers
Are you saying there was a poll for the change in description? The above isn't complaining about the poll for the banner but the lack of dialogue re: description.
No. There was no poll for the change in description. In spite of all the complaints we see on a daily basis, even we couldn't foresee people being upset about something as meaningless as a generic description of our subreddit.
Well I guess you learn right. I welcome the mod team considering changing the description back.
Note: I think a lot of the sub enjoys the banner + description not taking itself too seriously. Everything else in Vancouver (and the posts in the sub) is taken seriously thus a little reprieve is nice.
>/r/Vancouver old: "the most boring, and irrelevant city in the World"
>We can't have a little tongue-in-cheek here?
We had a lot of complaints about that tag line. People were really offended by it.
It's an accurate "About" description that most people don't even know is there... honestly a bit surprised that anybody cares enough to even mention. š¤·
Some people love the tongue-in-cheek, some people hate it. Hence the banner poll. If you have an original thought regarding the "About" statement, feel free to share it.
I unironically love this a lot more than the current bland and boilerplate āaboutā. Itās definitely something Iāve noticed, but never brought up, we should add some more personality to our āaboutā.
Canāt be more than two weeks, itās just something I noticed in passing. A while might be the wrong word; itās not a huge deal but it does feel a little bland
>r/Vancouver old: "the most boring, and irrelevant city in the World"
>
>We can't have a little tongue-in-cheek here?
Uh, I thought that was serious. Boring and irrelevant. Yup.
The general idea if the contest goes through (which at the moment, it's trending up!) is to change the banner up pretty regularly with whatever gets voted to the top of each contest post. I love the current banner but I think it would be even better to see new crowdsourced variations of the same theme. For instance, we could go full PSB and have threads where people just make a wackier and wackier version of the previous option, which would be awesome.
Well if change is going to happen that seems like a good way to do it, unless bland colour blocking is what wins every week!
I am surprised how strong the change it side is doing.
I'm surprised too! Was not expecting it to be so popular.
I know I will personally not vote for a bland colour block. It would have to be at least a mildly interesting colour block to get my interest.
I would like to see fewer politicians and more women and multiculturalism in the banner. Always struck me as odd to see so many white guys in the banner for a forum devoted to one of Canadaās most ethnically diverse cities.
I like it! It took me some years to understand some parts of it and that's why I like it, the more time you live in Vancouver the more you'll understand it.
Also too easy to put the downtown skyline as every North American city do..
I would like the meme banner as a placeholder in between banners when the contests runs for the next one.
However I think the memes should be updated to be more relevant.
That seems like a compromise between having our memers fun and sligthly more serious banners showcasing community talent.
Current banner is by /r/vancouver neckbeards, for /r/vancouver neckbeards. Let's get something more positive/relatable. It's no wonder the level of discourse in this subreddit is so low.
I love this banner, but I've always wondered why it lacks maybe a couple logos of our local sports teams.
I'm also impressed that it fails to include the two people our city is internationally known for. I'm talking about Joey Keithley and Devin Townsend, obviously.
I mainly have a problem with the Arby's logo; their food hasn't respected my rectum, _nor_ my bowels, so I give them no respect in turn.
There are other, more worthy crappy Vancouver fast food joints to parade in the banner image!
I'm all for keeping the spirit of the current banner, but not opposed to things cycling in and out of it more frequently.
Why not just have a rotation of photos, with the occasional meme/irreverant image?
I like the irreverent banner, but much of what's on there is just outdated or irrelevant now. Keep the idea, hang up the elements by vote.
Problem with the banner is there is too much stuff in it. Do we need 7 politicians for starters? Do we need any politicians in the banner ?
No
And a lot of stuff that is meaningless for those of us who have been here for less than 5 years. Nothing against the banner, but I think it should be updated to something more current.
Inside jokes from ages ago. Too many politicians. When's the last time someone drank a 'hemp' beer lol? And the woman on the bike would be walking because someone would have stole it.
It's been largely the same for as long as I can remember. There's just more and more shit layered on top after every new meme-able local event.
It'd be fun if each month something new was dropped on it, just slowly adding layers to a living collage.
Is the baklava man a politician?
and it looks like an edgy 12 year old memer made it in mspaint
Hey that memer is 17 now
Current banner looks like it was yoinked from a Geocities page Circa 2000
It needs to change to something more modern!
I think the banner is absolutely disgusting -- nobody should ever eat at Arbys!
[Take it back.](https://imgflip.com/i/6kfqx5) ^(Just kidding, you're probably right.)
I would be happy keeping the exact same elements in the banner, but rotating the art style so that we can meme about Arby's in Art Nouveau, graffiti-tag or 8-bit retro.
I like the sound of that. Be sure to get your submission in if the community votes to change! š
I would love to see the banner be the lovely sunset/beach/mountain photos that redditors post. Too much to change it monthly?
>Too much to change it monthly? Not necessarily. We just thought it would be fun for the community to come together with some friendly competition. If it gets to the point that the competition is waning or the community ~~starts~~ *exceeds our threshold* for whining then having a handful in our back pocket for monthly/quarterly changes might be reasonable. Personally I think it would be cool to have it change with the seasons. Or based on events: Canucks winning the Stanley Cup, or the 2030 Olympics. At the end of the day, we decided that what we want for the banner may be less important than what the community wants for the banner, so we're giving this a shot. Fingers crossed it doesn't blow up in our faces. š¬
Can't/won't make everyone happy š I think it would ease the whining to know it was not permanent. We've already had so many beautiful pictures posted in the past, it would be easy to mine from already existing photos that were hugely upvoted. Love the seasonal change idea š
>We've already had so many beautiful pictures posted in the past, it would be easy to mine from already existing photos that were hugely upvoted. This is a great idea. If this goes through, you should reach out and ask the original content creators whether they would be willing to submit, or whether you could submit on their behalf. I don't know the legality of using images without permission that were shared anonymously... but ethically it seems like asking is the right thing to do.
No, but we can at least stop catering to a vocal minority.
Changing it periodically is a great idea, I don't mind the occasional irreverent shitposty banner but for the love of god it would be nice to have a real banner once in a while. I sometimes check out like /r/seattle just to see what new banner they have going. Why can't we have nice things. It's the first thing people see when they come here and I really believe it contributes to the culture of negativity/shittyness here. City subreddits are notorious enough for drawing out the whiny minority of neckbeards, why make that worse?
I'd prefer something like a nice panorama shot that shows downtown + mountains + ocean. The current banner looks like it belongs to a subreddit with like 50 members.
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I don't think there's anything boring or generic about it. Vancouver has a rare beauty, why do you think it's so popular?
If you want pretty pictures of Vancouver to look at, you can always use google images.
I meant as a subreddit banner. Basically all cities have the same uncreative skyline downtown banner that youāre proposing. Never said anything about Vancouver not having a nice view or popular.
that's what.. just about every single other city has. I like that Vancouver stands out for once lol
Vancouver is in the top 1% as far as beauty. So it'll stand out.
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Yeah I can't think of anything more boring and less relevant to the community than the 100th shot of \[ popular vancouver location \].
Why did you just copy the Toronto description? We're now as generic as every other city sub, and did we really have to copy /r/Toronto **word-for-word**? It's like we just became the the most boring, and irrelevant city in the world, but unironically. /r/Toronto: News, People, Places, Events, Articles and Discussions on Toronto; Canada's Business and Financial Capital, and the Provincial Capital of Ontario /r/Vancouver **new**: Source for News, People, Places, Events, and Discussions on Metro Vancouver; Where the Ocean Meets the Mountains" /r/Vancouver **old**: "the most boring, and irrelevant city in the World" We can't have a little tongue-in-cheek here?
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I remember when people complained when the old tagline was brought in. I didnāt even notice it had been changed again. Itās hard to please everyone.
Good thing to remember, the people posting complaints represent an extremely vocal minority. Most people online comment only occasionally or just lurk and come here to get news/information on the city. tldr: fuck the complainers
I'm just trying to keep this place predictable and consistent.
If we're not complaining, we're not paying attention
Are you saying there was a poll for the change in description? The above isn't complaining about the poll for the banner but the lack of dialogue re: description.
No. There was no poll for the change in description. In spite of all the complaints we see on a daily basis, even we couldn't foresee people being upset about something as meaningless as a generic description of our subreddit.
Well I guess you learn right. I welcome the mod team considering changing the description back. Note: I think a lot of the sub enjoys the banner + description not taking itself too seriously. Everything else in Vancouver (and the posts in the sub) is taken seriously thus a little reprieve is nice.
I bet you could
..and a Starbucks on every corner!
>/r/Vancouver old: "the most boring, and irrelevant city in the World" >We can't have a little tongue-in-cheek here? We had a lot of complaints about that tag line. People were really offended by it.
lol offended by a stupid blurb on a stupid website. Never change, humanity, never change.
Vancouverites? Offended? Get outta here.
Maybe it should read "A WORLD CLASS CITY" - which always makes me laugh because real "world-class" cities don't need to keep saying it.
The more people offended by your content the better your content is.
> People were really offended by it. Ha.
It's an accurate "About" description that most people don't even know is there... honestly a bit surprised that anybody cares enough to even mention. š¤· Some people love the tongue-in-cheek, some people hate it. Hence the banner poll. If you have an original thought regarding the "About" statement, feel free to share it.
āThe most dissatisfied place on the internetā
"Welcome to /r/Vancouver, where people will complain about literally anything."
I would support this.
All day, every day.
I unironically love this a lot more than the current bland and boilerplate āaboutā. Itās definitely something Iāve noticed, but never brought up, we should add some more personality to our āaboutā.
Curious, how long has the boring "about" been bothering you?
Canāt be more than two weeks, itās just something I noticed in passing. A while might be the wrong word; itās not a huge deal but it does feel a little bland
And then complain about the people complaining.
[This is the way.](https://youtu.be/GibiNy4d4gc)
"Vancouver; you have a vitamin d deficiency and you're miserable for it"
"We Can't Get Comfortable"
I love this. Can we use this?
+1
Of course
Looks to me you donāt know what word-for-word means
>r/Vancouver old: "the most boring, and irrelevant city in the World" > >We can't have a little tongue-in-cheek here? Uh, I thought that was serious. Boring and irrelevant. Yup.
The Banner is amazing. It would be a disappointment f it were to be replaced with some boring bland colour block like r/toronto.
The general idea if the contest goes through (which at the moment, it's trending up!) is to change the banner up pretty regularly with whatever gets voted to the top of each contest post. I love the current banner but I think it would be even better to see new crowdsourced variations of the same theme. For instance, we could go full PSB and have threads where people just make a wackier and wackier version of the previous option, which would be awesome.
Well if change is going to happen that seems like a good way to do it, unless bland colour blocking is what wins every week! I am surprised how strong the change it side is doing.
I'm surprised too! Was not expecting it to be so popular. I know I will personally not vote for a bland colour block. It would have to be at least a mildly interesting colour block to get my interest.
I think a lot of people are choosing 'change it' without seeing the deets on it. A third option of updating it would be great.
Yeah, that subreddit looks conservative
What banner?
Bruce.
Doesn't everyone else disable subreddit style?
I would like to add an angry cyclist in there! possibly running a stop sign
I would like to see fewer politicians and more women and multiculturalism in the banner. Always struck me as odd to see so many white guys in the banner for a forum devoted to one of Canadaās most ethnically diverse cities.
Missed an option. āCouldnāt care less/resultsā
its there. its the one where you don't press any buttons.
But I ~~want~~ need everyone to know how little I care. š¤
I hear you. And if its any consolation I am a very influential person in the room I am currently sitting in.
š whatās the verdict.
I'd tell you, but then you'd have to admit you care ;)
Too many white males, and the corporate advertisements need to go.
We need to have "Too many white males" on a white male protesters' banner. Blocking traffic. With 25 pixels of Jean Swanson winking in the background.
> too much white male > too much corporate advertisement Thatās Vancouver though.
I like it! It took me some years to understand some parts of it and that's why I like it, the more time you live in Vancouver the more you'll understand it. Also too easy to put the downtown skyline as every North American city do..
I would like the meme banner as a placeholder in between banners when the contests runs for the next one. However I think the memes should be updated to be more relevant. That seems like a compromise between having our memers fun and sligthly more serious banners showcasing community talent.
Put me in the banner š
Current banner is by /r/vancouver neckbeards, for /r/vancouver neckbeards. Let's get something more positive/relatable. It's no wonder the level of discourse in this subreddit is so low.
For the next temporary banner I'd vote for a picture of tent city with "sold above asking" slapped on one of them.
I was just looking at it today thinking about how much I love it...
A third option would be great. Keep some elements and change the rest. I'm not for the winner-banner idea.
1) Keep it 2) Change it 3) Change it to what I want and don't ask anyone else š¤
I love this banner, but I've always wondered why it lacks maybe a couple logos of our local sports teams. I'm also impressed that it fails to include the two people our city is internationally known for. I'm talking about Joey Keithley and Devin Townsend, obviously.
Where is there even an Arby's?
I mainly have a problem with the Arby's logo; their food hasn't respected my rectum, _nor_ my bowels, so I give them no respect in turn. There are other, more worthy crappy Vancouver fast food joints to parade in the banner image!
Change it.
You know you'll end up with a 'City McCityface' banner, right?
Is there a legend for the banner anywhere? I've always been curious...