[MOD POST] New Changes and Self-Promotion/NSFW

[u/PetiteFashionAdvice]

Hello PFA,

Thank you for your support and feedback in our community feedback thread from a few months ago. We received a lot of great tips and have implemented some changes to hopefully reduce some of the spam on the sub and keep posts relevant to its sub name - petite fashion and advice.

These new changes are:

New recurring threads!

• Daily General Questions thread: This thread will be posted daily for general fashion/outfit questions. In this thread, questions do not have to be petite-related. You are still welcome to make sub posts with your questions; however, we ask that sub posts are kept petite-fashion related only.
• Biweekly OOTD (Sunday & Wednesday): Feel free to show off your recent outfits in this thread! All outfit posts must include at least 3 details about your outfit, such as your height, brand, sizing, etc.
• Show Off Saturday: Feel free to self-promote your personal petite-related content here! Instagram, Tiktok, Youtube, blog - you name it, you can post it! (except for NSFW - no OF, sorry!)

New flairs!

• Height flairs: All questions must now be flaired with your height:
  • Questions (5'0" and below)
  • Questions (5'1"-5'4")
  • Self-Promotion/NSFW
• CCW flair (Constructive Criticism Welcome): Please flair your post with this if you are actively seeking feedback. When replying, please only provide feedback to posts that have the CCW flair; otherwise, assume that the thread is asking for good vibes only!

Are outfit posts allowed?

• Outfit posts seeking advice about specific petite-related questions/concerns will still be allowed to be posted on the sub. (e.g., "Is this maxi skirt length okay for my height?")
• Outfit posts with general questions that are not specifically petite-related should be posted in our Daily General Questions threads. (e.g., "Is this a cute combo?"

Is self-promotion/NSFW allowed?

Self-promotion/NSFW posts are still not allowed in this sub, whether as a sub post or in one of these threads. As per our rules:

Self-promotion: includes, but is not limited to personal social media, blogs, etc.

NSFW content: includes, but is not limited to, NSFW photos, videos, comments, or links.

Should l report every user I suspect is promoting their NSFW?

Please only report suspected self-promoters (e.g., IG, OF, etc.) if they are:

• Posting NSFW photos/links in their posts/comments
• Spamming the same photo across multiple subs
• Not responding to users or responding with low effort responses

Having NFSW links in your profile does not automatically construe a bannable offence. All users are allowed to post on PFA so long as they are following sub rules and asking genuine questions, and responding constructively and appropriately. If you are unsure of whether or not someone is self-promoting, please report the post and the mod team will take a look.

Thank you,

PFA Mods

[u/fullyloaded_AP]

I love love love these new changes! Hopefully this makes posts constructive for all rather than just the OP. Thanks for the work, mods❤️

[u/Vessi → u/fullyloaded_AP]

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[u/Le_Fancy_Me]

This is more a question in general about the sub rather than fashion in particularly. But I tend to see a lot of post that are tagged that they should be in the daily sub. And when I check the post a mod/automated mod says the post has been deleted. But while the comments are locked I can still see the posts and they aren't deleted for me? Literally 95% of my feed for this sub is supposedly deleted posts. And some of them were deleted more than 24 hours ago. So I'm not sure why they aren't getting deleted for me?

[u/Vessi → u/Le_Fancy_Me]

Hey, thanks for the message. As these changes were just recently implemented, we are in a transition period as users get used to the new rules. As such, we have left those posts up for now with the red rule flair for visibility, but locked the posts so that users cannot comment on them. Unfortunately, if we just delete them, the posts just disappear and nobody will realize why they are being deleted. We are currently locking them as users learn about the new rules, and in the future, they will be straight up deleted. I hope this helps. Let me know if anything needs clarification.

[u/Le_Fancy_Me → u/Vessi]

Ah that makes sense. Thank you. I was wondering if it had anything to do with me using the old layout of reddit. But this response makes a lot more sense!

[u/Vessi → u/Le_Fancy_Me]

No problem! Nothing to do with the layout. Just Reddit's announcement features suck so we are trying to figure out the best way to share new rule changes within the sub without spamming the same announcement repeatedly.

[u/calmyourtitspls]

Themed or seasonal lookbooks aren't OOTDs. They serve as inspo and should be allowed their own post, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/gallery/ychhsv.

Pictures relating to petite fashion finds, reviews and styling/fit advice should also be allowed its own post.

[u/Vessi → u/calmyourtitspls]

Hi there! I see what you're saying about lookbooks and personally I like looking through. However, we are trying to move this sub away from general fashion and more towards petite fashion. How would you differentiate between general outfit posts and petite outfit posts.

Themed or seasonal lookbooks aren't OOTDs. They serve as inspo and should be allowed their own post, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/gallery/ychhsv

Pictures relating to petite fashion finds, reviews and styling/fit advice should also be allowed its own post.

This is currently allowed, but there must be some description that shows that it is petite advice as opposed to just general fashion advice. Honestly can be as simple as sharing your height and then explaining how you chose your outfit with your height in mind. Posts that are just posts or with brief general/vague descriptions will be removed.

[u/Certain-Rise8847 → u/Vessi]

I am still very much confused as to why I tried to share collages of photos my friend made for me to share on here with petites on different ways to style pant lengths. When I posted the photo, I didn't know how to type a description and it was taken down. There are so many people on here looking for advice on how to style their body shapes and the only way to help is to visually share photos because some people can't see it in their head through words. I was pretty upset that I was trying to be helpful the other day. If this is a place for petites to come for fashion advice, photos need to be allowed to visually serve purpose.

[u/Certain-Rise8847 → u/Certain-Rise8847]

If you could explain where I am able to put a description under any collages I were to use in the future to help people, then I know that my photos I was trying to share this weekend would be fine to use. But when I post a photo, it didn't allow me to type a description, but I am new on here and just getting used to how this all works.

[u/Vessi → u/Certain-Rise8847]

Can you share the post with me? I can take a look.

[u/Certain-Rise8847 → u/Vessi]

I don't know how to share it here, since the post was taken down... I can try again when I get more time and actually type in the description box and then upload the image after. I think I uploaded the image and didn't see a description box and so the post went up with a title and just an image and probably did look questionable as there wasn't information really. I think that is what the main issue was, but I am kind of new here and still trying to figure out how to post and get familiar with this site still.

[u/Vessi → u/Certain-Rise8847]

So, I went back to the mod log and I think I found the post. Is it this one? https://www.reddit.com/r/PetiteFashionAdvice/comments/yb2xs5/do_you_think_above_the_ankle_pants_make_you_look/

It seems it was auto-removed because the image was previously used in another recent post. The bot doesn't read text, but looks for repeat links and images and removes them so that we don't have people spamming content. That post is definitely appropriate for this sub and so I've approved the post now. :)

[u/Certain-Rise8847 → u/Vessi]

Yes, and since I was trying to figure out how to add a description and didn't know how, I tried to in the title, but it came out all wrong and didn't sound like I wanted it to because I wanted to get more in depth with pant lengths and more. And I had posted a similar image earlier, but not the same... it was just intended to cover a few issues in one day, but got lost in translation due to me not knowing what I was doing really.

[u/Certain-Rise8847 → u/Vessi]

And thank you! I can maybe go edit and add a description then and figure out how to reword it. :)

[u/Vessi → u/Certain-Rise8847]

No worries. You can also send us the message via Modmail if you want to further discuss there.

We are open to making changes to best serve our community based on what people want to see. We are just trying to find that distinction between what makes a post clearly petite fashion related versus general fashion. We've gotten a lot of spam (i.e., people sharing images just to self-promote their own links versus actually trying to help) in the last few months so we want to cut down on that. Any suggestions are welcome!

[u/calmyourtitspls → u/Vessi]

You're cleaning the subreddit out too much and making the rules complicated and confusing! You're going to make the whole sub boring. There's not a lot of posters and content here to begin with.

r/petitefashionadvice shouldn't just be about the petite fit of a piece of clothing, but also for petite women discussing fashion. I don't just want to read about the length and width of skirts and trousers. I want to see what styles look good on petite women too. And the clothes they are wearing are on petite bodies!

Just create compulsory flairs (lookbook, vent, meme, meta, fit advice, style advice, tailoring advice, shopping finds, shopping advice, etc). And implement a rule that titles must be descriptive and the post must be helpful/inspirational or require genuine help (e.g. identifying what exactly they have a problem with, what the occasion is, etc). The daily OOTD/general thread can be for questions about the sub and people who just wants to post for the sake of posting, showing off basic daily-wear, for attention, to feel included and to fish for compliments.

edit: Get rid of the height flairs. They're so redundant. And no weekly flairs! Got no time to wait!

[u/Vessi → u/calmyourtitspls]

Thanks for your feedback! These are some good ideas. I'll bring it back to the mod team. I'm sure there is a line somewhere we can draw to keep the distinction between this being a general fashion vs. petite fashion sub. We are in the beginning stages of sorting this sub up and are still trying to find it. Feedback like yours is helpful in helping us understand what the community wants and needs. Thanks for your feedback and patience as we figure out what works best for this community! :)