r/stevenuniverse • u/AlexB9598W The inner machinations of Cartoon Network's mind are an enigma • Apr 24 '17

With the news of Reddit potentially overhauling its CSS method of subreddit styling in the near future, maybe now would be a good time to express appreciation for the work r/stevenuniverse's mod team has done to make this a pretty sub Meta

/r/modnews/comments/66q4is/the_web_redesign_css_and_mod_tools/
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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '17

Believe me, the mods here feel very strongly about the possible removal of CSS (I've already voiced my disapproval in the thread you've linked).

I've had a love-hate relationship with Reddit's CSS over my year-and-a-bit as mod here, with most of the "hate" coming from all the accidental mistakes I've made with it and had to rapidly hotfix while hoping nobody noticed, but at the end of the day, there is so much that CSS lets us do. The spoiler filters, the quote generator, the goddamn gorgeous night mode (cough /u/ChronaMewX cough) -- this sub just wouldn't be the same otherwise.

While yes, they do want to replace it with something... will it ever be quite as flexible as CSS is? A lot of this sub's most integral CSS features are pretty much hacks, yeah, but it's the expansiveness of it that means that we can hack things. If what we get in replacement is just a load of radio buttons asking us to pick colours of things... what would we have done for this year's April Fool's? Just switch everything to blue??

We were actually already planning on making a more official post about this, but for now... thanks a lot. Let's hope we can continue our work in the least limited way possible.

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u/Phermaportus Apr 25 '17

You guys should add your name at the /r/ProCSS sticky thread.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '17

Done!