I used a handful of different websites to thoroughly search for any shitty subreddits. There are 23 of them and all are displayed in the /r/ShittyLifeProTips sidebar. Here's that list.

• /r/AskAShittyDoctor

• /r/AskAShittyMage

• /r/AskAShittyPhilosopher

• /r/ShittyAdvice

• /r/ShittyAdviceAnimals

• /r/ShittyAMA

• /r/ShittyAskALawyer

• /r/ShittyAskCooking

• /r/ShittyAskHistory

• /r/ShittyAskReddit

• /r/ShittyAskScience

• /r/ShittyBattlestations

• /r/ShittyConspiracy

• /r/ShittyLifeProTips

• /r/ShittyNetwork

• /r/ShittyPoetry

• /r/ShittyRevolution

• /r/ShittySeduction

• /r/ShittySocialScience

• /r/ShittyShitRedditSays

• /r/ShittyTechSupport

• /r/ShittyTodayILearned

• /r/ShittyTheoryOfReddit

Or something.

Here's the vote thread.

The motion passed with 16 YES votes, 0 NO votes, and 0 ABSTAIN votes.

The next step is getting that logo in all 15 of the subreddits and getting the banners uniform.

Good work folks.

I've composed a list of the final choices for shitty subreddits that are to be included in the Shitty Network, V1.0. The following is copy/paste from another thread where I outlined them.

We'll only have a couple of subs if we do 350 [subscriber minimum for joining]. Let's add this list, final, official. Some people are grandfathered in, of course. Anybody else has to get to 350, and all these subs about to be listed should incorporate the menu. Add me or someone else as a mod to do the work temporarily (I'd volunteer), but unless it interrupts their custom CSS we need to have the menu. When you get accepted, you'll get added to everyone's menu. You have to have activity, and if some of these subs end up petering out when they're grandfathered in, they're out. And now here's the list:

• /r/ShittyAdvice

• /r/ShittyAskScience

• /r/ShittyAskHistory

• /r/ShittyTechSupport

• /r/ShittyPoetry

• /r/ShittyAskALawyer

• /r/AskAShittyDoctor

• /r/ShittySocialScience

• /r/ShittyAMA

• /r/AskAShittyPhilosopher

• /r/ShittyTodayILearned

• /r/ShittyLifeProTips

• /r/ShittyBattlestations

• /r/ShittyAskCooking

• /r/ShittyAdviceAnimals

Instructions: Decide whether or not you like/approve of/whatever this list. Vote using the three choices below, and leave a short answer explaining your issue with the list if you say no, because we need to get this done now. Thank you.

EDIT: I'm stupid, I completely forgot the three choices. They are:

[](/yes)
[](/no)
[](/abstain)

Lets take it here guys.

Hello there! Just put this place together as a way for the various Shitty Parody subs to unionise:D

If you want to incorporate the mega-cool "Shitty Network" sidebar button into your particular sub, do the following:

Put this into your stylesheet

Put this into your sidebar

Edit: subs to add to that list:

/r/AskAShittyPhilosopher

/r/ShittyAdviceAnimals

/r/ShittyBattleStations

/r/ShittyAskScience (ffs how could I forget my baby)

/r/shittyfantheories

1022 subs

CSS SHIT

First of all, a few simple CSS tweaks from the noob's guide on /r/csshelp that I think will help a lot of us out, and show that we care at least a bit beyond the default menu.

/*Change the color of a self post title*/  
a[href*="/r/SUBREDDIT NAME"].title:link {  
color: #COLOR  
}

You can replace COLOR with an actual color, like red.

/*replace "readers" with something else*/  
div.titlebox span.word {  
display: none  
}  
div.titlebox span.number:after {  
content: " WHATEVER READERS ARE"  
}

Make sure, here, to put a space before whatever you choose to call your readers. Otherwise, you'll end up having 192readers instead of 192 readers.

/*Changing 'MODERATORS in sidebar*/  

.sidecontentbox h1:not(:first-child) {
font-size: 0pt !important
}


.sidecontentbox h1:not(:first-child):after {
font-size: 10pt !important;
content: "DESIRED NAME"
}

This one is very useful. For instance, if you go see /r/shittylifeprotips, I've altered our moderator table to read JANITORS instead of MODERATORS. Hopefully these will be useful.

POPULARIZING SHIT

There are three cool things you can do to help out your subreddit, and all of them boil down to whoring it. The first is posting about it in /r/newreddits (only do this if it's actually new; we don't need to inundate them with posts about shitty stuff, because they might get aggravated). The second is dropping timely links to it in other threads. For example, if you see someone give someone really shitty advice on tech support somewhere, just reply with a link to /r/shittytechsupport. It's useful because if no one knows your subreddit exists, it might as well not. Lastly, make sure to adopt our custom CSS! A lot of work has been put into designing it and it'd be a shame if we didn't take advantage of it.

IDEA SHIT

Please do not hesitate to tell everybody if you have an idea you think could help out the Shitty Network. If it's subreddit specific, send them a mod mail, or fuck, even a personal mail. We're all friends here, no need to be so official if you don't feel like it. We're a network here, not a business. We should all be working together to help each other out.

RULES SHIT

Your subreddit may or may not have rules, but if it does, you need to remember to enforce them. Some subs can get some pretty awful submissions (for example, we removed a post from SLPT awhile back because it advocated rape). It's up to you to decide what you're going to include as a rule, and it's up to you to enforce your rules.

No one is going to step in and do it for you. If shit starts happening in your subreddit that isn't the good kind of shit, you're going to have to deal with it. Nip this problem in the bud and establish what you're all about from the get-go. Make sure to include your rules in your sidebar.

Another thing necessary in the job of moderation is to keep up with what's going on. A lot of us are mods of more than one shitty, and other subs besides, so let me give you a hand. Here you go. That's a list of all the current spam and all the current reports in all of the subs you mod. You have to be responsible, as well. Don't abuse the people in your sub, and make sure not to have hidden, fucktastic rules you make up on the spot like SRS, okay? You've got a lot of power, use it responsibly.

That's about all I have to say at the moment, but it's good advice, I think. Thanks for reading.

In order to keep users active, I think it's a good idea to stay active ourselves. Every once in awhile, take a peek around the networks, see if you can come up with shitty ideas. If we don't have posts, we don't have anything!

http://i.imgur.com/PkvzkIW.jpg

I'm sorry, but I am more or less leaving the Shitty Network. It has probably been terribly obvious for quite some time, I don't really follow or contribute many of the subreddits I moderate. This doesn't only include Shitty subreddits, but as I have a special connection and history with the Shitty subs, this is where I'll start.

There will be a few exceptions, like /r/shittyaskhistory and /r/askashittymage(which I hope to give a restart somehow). I haven't made a full and definitive list of what stays and what goes yet.

I will still remain subscribed to a lot of Shitty subs, but really, I have no business moderating most of them anymore.

In any case, Ladies and Gentlemen, it has been a rewarding ride. Thank you.

We really shouldn't need this here, but in light of recent events... So far I've come up with these:

1 - If you have an issue with another user, and the problem can't be resolved in private, make a CALM and FACTUAL post(i.e. the polar opposite of "u/XXX sucks") in this sub, where stuff can be discussed.

2 - You do not, and I repeat NOT, de-mod another user over a slight, perceived or not. De-modding is for emergencies(someone goes on a trolling rampage, fucks the stylesheet, starts posting porn all over or whatever). Keep in mind this is a private sub, so a demotion as moderator is essentially a ban.

3 - Any and all things that needs discussing should be submitted as a text post in this sub. Use the modmail to alert people of the post(and include a link). Long discussions between more than two people really needs a comment tree layout.

/r/shittysuboftheweek will feature your favourite shitties, with the worst in-depth journalism reddit has to offer.

/r/ShittyShit is one of my favorite shitty subreddits, and I think it should be brought into the Shitty network.

It has 1 subscriber, but it's me and I'm kind of a big deal. There aren't any posts yet but that's part of the novelty of it.

Also, who doesn't like redundancy? And besides, who doesn't like redundancy?

So, yeah. Just post a comment below with [](/yes) and nothing else, so we can get this subreddit into the network.

kthx

Edit: lol@ all u ppl thinkin i srs lol is joke

One of the /r/shittyaskreddit mods(/u/trufflemonster) have requested admission into the shitty network.

They've passed 400 subs and growing fairly steady, have a full frontpage and sees several topics/day.

EDIT: In hindsight, I should have made a discussion thread before we vote.

Several of you raise the point that the overlap between SAR and good old SA is too big. I agree, to a point, but like jesushx points out below, asking a question and asking advice isn't technically the same(and in the end, ALL our various shittys are, directly or indirectly, offshoots of shitty advice, just catering to specifically themed topics).

Some effort on the part of the SAR mods to encourage general questions, and steering actual advice-seeking towards SA(or others, should the should be encouraged.

Despite my tag, let's treat this as a [discussion] thread for a day or two before we tally the votes.

UPDATE April 18th

So that's 9 for yes, 2 for no(2 abstained)

I'll be adding /r/shittyaskreddit to the big shits, and invite their moderators to /r/shittynetwork.

Btw, do we add all the moderators of a shitty as mods to SN? Or just make some of them approved submitters? I was thinking maybe add the top one or two mods, or the more active mods, and more if they request it. In this case I'll add /u/trufflemonster since s/he's the one who made the request on behalf the /r.

Update: I've revised the "little shits" multi-link section. Notify me of any omissions.

1: We need to clean up the multi-links in the menu - right now if you click on "little shits" multi-link, a lot of official shittys are also in there. Everyone should strive to keep the link list here in /r/shittynetwork updated, so we have a readily copypastable template. I'll do some cleaning up and adding anything I find missing, but I'm bound to overlook something, so feel free to speak up.

2: We need to decide on what the little shits are allowed in terms of css - obviously they should link and be linked to by the rest of the shitty network, but should they be allowed to use the dropdown menu, just without the official button, or use sidebar links only?

Note: Work in progress. Will add issues as they show up.

The css for the menu is great as it is, but you may run into some issues, depending on your layout.

Problem: Menu overlaps the (typically first) post on the frontpage. Very simple: tweak the "margin-top: Xpx;" value in the first code you find in the css, named "this moves the posts down to make space". The 45px or whatever value in the original css is fine if you haven't changed anything else.

Problem: The menu button is slightly cut off at the bottom. Should look like on the left, horrible fail on the right courtesy of /r/shittysocialscience. :p

To amend this, find this section:

/*turns the lists into menus*/
.titlebox blockquote ul {
float: right;
padding: 1px;
padding-bottom:8px; 
margin: 0px 0px;
background: #eff7ff;
border: 1px solid #cee3f8;
background-image: url(%%shittymenuarrow%%);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: top center;
   }

...and edit the value "padding-bottom:Xpx;" Note: 8 is about right.

Problem: If you have an oversized(taller) header icon, like /r/shittyadviceanimals, the menu will end up covered by the community header. To move the menu down so it's not overlapped or completely obscured, find this section:

/*custom size for menu sections
/* TSN Menu */
.titlebox blockquote ul:nth-of-type(1) {
width: 181px;
border-top-left-radius: 5px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 5px
}

Add a line to it that includes a "margin-top: Xpx;", like so:

/*custom size for menu sections
/* TSN Menu */
.titlebox blockquote ul:nth-of-type(1) {
margin-top: 30px; 
width: 181px;
border-top-left-radius: 5px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 5px
}

"30px" just for example.

I propose this:

These (the "1st tier" shitties) get listed in order of subscribers:

/r/ShittyAskScience

/r/ShittyAdvice

/r/ShittyAdviceAnimals

/r/ShittyTechSupport

/r/ShittyPoetry

/r/ShittyAMA

/r/ShittyAskHistory

/r/AskAShittyDoctor

/r/ShittyAskALawyer

/r/ShittyLifeProTips

/r/ShittyTodayILearned

/r/ShittyBattlestations

/r/ShittySocialScience

/r/AskAShittyPhilosopher

/r/ShittyAskCooking

• and a multi consisting only of the other shits which have not made the "1st tier" yet (eg. shittyearthporn)

• and /r/ShittyHub

If you agree completely with this: vote yes (I cant get the vote links to work). If you disagree in any way, vote no and propose your amendments in the same comment. If you disagree with this post in some way, but agree with a suggested alteration which someone else has posted, vote yes in a reply to the comment which proposed that alteration

Ill tally the votes on saturday (if you think that is too short pm me and Ill change it)

it has come to my attention that the code for changing what the "readers" say on the sidebar can include numbers if you want, before we let someone in for having more that 347 subs we must check the stylesheet... unless we condone cheating as creativity. below is an example, slightly alerts as to not point fingers at anyone publicly.

div.titlebox span.word {
    display: none
    }
div.titlebox span.number:after {
    content: "67 shitties"
    }

if you have 14 readers it would show as 1467 shitties. (i do this with the word 'million' on my sub, but as a joke, because obviously there isn't 1,799 million Redditors (right?... cuz i don't think that's a real number) let alone that many subs to SAA. also, it was a play on the Flintstones vitamins commercials .... x million stong, and growing....

Discuss

Once we pass that vote (which I'm pretty damn confident we will) we can get the banners standardized across the network. I believe we're getting a novelty account to make us a logo or badge that will be displayed in each of the subreddits that gets voted in. We'll vote on that when the time comes.

Am I missing anything? I feel like we're taking good steps here.

EDIT: On second thought, I think we should use /r/ShittyAskScience because it has more subscribers.

I've recently created /r/shittyragecomics. Thank you for accepting me into your community and network!

I took the liberty to steal some CSS/ideas from other subs. I'm not sure if /u/aagavin minds, but I just went-out on a limb and added these changes, so I hope that's OK. If we don't want/like any of them, anything can be reverted or changed.

Topic Types

We now have five types of topics. Discussion, Official Vote, Completed, Todo and Brainstorming. For an example of these, check-out /r/PornOverlords (SFW). (also, I posted one of each type on /r/agentlame.)

To use any of these, just make the first word of a thread one of those five words. (IE: this is a 'discussion' thread)

Vote Threads

Official Vote threads work pretty simply. To cast a vote in the thread, use one of the following pseudo-links:

[](/yes)
[](/no)
[](/abstain)

/u/Wordslinger1919 has written a primer of how/when/why SWFPorn Network uses voting threads. From what he explained to me, they sound like a good idea.

Shitty Menu

I don't think there are any real issues with it--I fixed the width bug in Safari/IE. So, I added it here. It's just my concept and I'm not saying we should use it as is. If you want to see anything in it changed, or have more ideas, post them here or in this thread.

Seeing as how there's almost 40 of us here, we will never reach consensus on anything. So, being the redditors that we are, we vote on things.

In /r/Pornoverlords, we use CSS for official votes on things. This is an example and it works amazingly. Everyone that decides to show up to the thread gets one vote, it being yes, no, or abstain.

/u/agentlame has the code and is prepared to implement it in this subreddit.

I propose that vote threads stay open for a week before we implement anything new. That should give people plenty of time to see the thread.

While I have your attention, I'd like to mention again that I'm sitting on /r/ShittyHub as a public spot for whatever we want to use it for. A few people said they were on board with that but I'd like to get more people on board before I go ahead and add everyone here.

We've been discussing a lot of things and there have been a lot of ideas and I believe implementing this voting system will help us sort things out because we need to move.

So. Is there anyone reading this that does not think using this CSS is a good idea? Speak now or forever hold your peace. If no one oppopses to it in this thread, then we're going to set this up.

I'm still new at modding, and so would love to get some people interested in shitty philosophy to help keep visitors coming, post, regulate posts, etc.

600 subscribers.

/r/shittyideas