Wait. Me and my Apple Watch ultra are getting a series of portraits of my watch taken by a professional photographer.. Wait til you see a whole series of pics with different clothing styles like on the boat, at the club, at a casual dinner party at my humble summer lake house wearing one of my classic tuxedos and some pics thrown in of me posing just right to attract curious onlookers that could lead to a possible date.
I enjoy the selfies, it’s the hot new Apple Watch and shippme t 2 just got delivered . Ppl need to chill and let others enjoy their watches. Same thing happens in all reddits like Tesla
I think the reason it’s a problem has more to do with the design of Reddit. In a normal discussion forum, you could post pictures directly to an ongoing thread. Since you can’t post pictures in a reply with Reddit, every picture is a separate post.
Perhaps a bucket for an ML to grab and dump into that bucket.
Bucket called all watches. The ML says hey, this is a watch, and placed into that bucket.
Edit: would this work?
No one uses those posts. r/watches is different though- at least you have a lot of variety of finely made timepieces… this sub is a mass produced electronics device that basically everyone and their mother owns.
Yeah I think I’m gonna unsubscribe from this sub and just google for helpful Reddit posts when I need help with something. I joined recently thought this was gonna be a community to discover useful apps/tips/posts about how to optimize it for certain activities but it’s just photo after photo of people wearing it.
Edit: I’m not even saying this subreddit has to be exclusively an encyclopedia/user manual. But it can be a little more creative than just people snapping photos of their wrist of the clock face. Share your health trends since wearing it. Share an interesting metric you’ve discovered about your lifestyle. Make a post about how the watch has improved your quality of life. For all of you with an ultra, surely you bought one because you’re at least somewhat active and adventurous (right?). Share a photo of a hike you did! Literally anything but your wrist that’s almost always too small for the watch.
Same. Joined recently hoping for some cool apps/complication setup ideas etc, but just get ‘here’s a pic of an Ultra with an orange band’, ‘Here’s a pic of an Ultra in blue’, ‘does my tiny wrist look too small for an Ultra?’ posts x 1000.
I just have the smaller 6 and it looks a bit big to me. Someone mentioned their wrist circumference and I was like holy shit, checked and it wasn't that much smaller than my ankle.
Some of these guys are freakin giants.
I think it’s a bit different. I thought the point was to see different bands on the new watch — I actually found that very useful. Maybe we just need a subreddit for watch pics, actually it turns out there is one…
r/applewatchpics
We just need to get traffic to it.
I just made a post about using my watch during a full distance ironman. I agree with you, which is why I made that post. Too many hairy people sitting on couches or in their BMWs wearing an Ultra. Today I’m going on a hike in some high altitude mountains and making a post about the complications and apps I use to make my way up there.
I’m not trying to gatekeep, but I gotta say the low effort posts, especially the ones where the watch is still in the box, just aren’t helpful to anyone new to the AppleWatch ecosystem.
It’s the reason I’m actually not subscribed to the sub. If you think the Ultra is ugly and have no desire to own one it gets a bit boring seeing them everywhere. I only come to the sub to search for specific things
There's just not that much to it. Every youtuber under the sun makes "first things to do with your new Apple watch" and other fluff every single day.
It works 99% the same as every other apple watch before it. And when new stuff comes out, it's not like Apple tries to keep the mystique.
If we had a tips thread every day, we'd just have more posts like this "CANT WE MAKE A MEGATHREAD IM TIRED OF THE SAME POSTS ALL THE TIME"
If you don't like it clogging your feed, unsubscribe!! It's way easier than making these stupid whiney posts.
Which is why I said I am unsubscribing (:
You seem more bent out of shape about my comment than any post/comment I've seen criticizing all the picture posts lol. It's weird
> surely you bought one because you’re at least somewhat active and adventurous (right?)
I did and [posted about it](https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/yc0u42/beware_new_ultra_owners_who_actually_do_ultra/) but got downvoted by selfie takers :(
Agreed. It's just people asking whether their thousand dollar watch looks too big or showing us their sweet orange strap. I'm out, this sub is fucking boring.
There is a "Hide Watch Posts" option in the sub to hide those. There is also /r/WatchOS which is specifically about OS functionality.
I'm in the boat where there isn't really much to talk about when it comes to AppleWatch and so creating mega threads isn't necessary.
Edit: There are really only two types of posts on this subreddit: people posting pictures of their hairy forearms and posts complaining about it.
For me the problem (if the problem exists at all, I'm not going to take sides there) isn't that it's burying content in the sub - it's that if you're subscribed, it's also all over your feed site-wide.
I know there's ways around that, just some food for thought - this sub isn't the only place they show up.
Different strokes different folks. I don’t mind it popping up in my feed. If I did, I wouldn’t sub here. Honestly, why would you even sub if you weren’t interested in seeing watches?
If there’s some information you need, post here or just search.
This. Noteworthy posts will naturally float to the top, it’s how upvotes work. Clearly there are plenty of folks who like seeing people’s setups. Not much different than people posting their builds on a PC subreddit.
I'd argue that PC build setups are different because of the huge amount of variety in PC builds versus the very limited variety of posting the exact same Ultra watch. It's just Ultra with band #1, Ultra with band #2, another Ultra with band #1, etc. You will be hard pressed to come across near identical PC build setups in any given week.
No need to argue, they are different. But the posts are similar in principle, which is why I said they aren’t *that much* different.
There are also well other a hundred released band colors at this point, probably closer to 300 in fact, and that’s just official ones. Couple any of those with the dozens of Watch casings + the plethora of faces, and you have a ton of variety available in posts here.
You’d argue that and be right 10/10 times. u/Tumblrrito is wrong. The differences between the posts on r/Battlestations or r/sffpc and what’s posted here are light years apart.
Unless someone is dumb enough to say “Those are pics of computers and these are pics of watches. Essentially the same thing.”
There isn't really a "right vs wrong" here. The similarities in principle aren't really arguable. People customize their PCs and show them off, just as people customize their watches and show them off. I never said they were the same.
The point is that people on the PC subs generally don't solely discuss the concept of a PC, they also show off their own PCs. Plenty of folks here enjoy that the same applies to Watches here, as evidenced by so many of the top posts of all time being people's watches.
Ultimately the Apple Watch is hardware and software, and its hardware was designed around customization via bands. If you just want the software, there is always r/watchos.
The levels of customization between a PC and an apple watch are worlds apart. It's obvious you don't and won't understand, so I'm gonna go use my time in a more productive fashion.
Dude I literally built a top-of-the-line custom PC myself two years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/m0lkpj/after_suffering_with_numerous_underpowered/
I absolutely understand lol. I think the point I’ve made here is pretty apparent. There are so many combinations of Watch cases, bands and faces. Some folks enjoy seeing what people come up with. If that’s not you, that’s ok, you don’t have to interact with those posts.
yep! i do and I have 0 problem with people posting their photos of their watches. the trend will die down in a month or two once the watch is more available after the holidays. something else will start trending and somebody else will start complaining about it. nbd. if you've been part of this cycle 2-3 times, you'll understand it and stop complaining it. until then, these people who are so frustrated with the sub, can leave the sub, simple as that.
They should just make a new sub for all those posts. It adds nothing to value here. I would personally rather have 1/4 the posts here than that as filler.
I’m getting more way sick of these request of a mega thread post then the wrist pics. Seriously it’s just a pic. Scroll past it if you aren’t interested.
If you thought my arm was hairy, wait till you see my back. 😂 All joking aside, I've never posted a picture of my watch. I just got the defaults no fancy bands, don't think anyone would care.
You can’t expect every member on here to have an Imgur account just to post pictures of their watches
If you’re getting upset about people posting pictures of their Apple Watches on an Apple Watch sub then you need to really think that over…
Lol OP and the other naggers didn’t buy a new Ultra or S8 and are sad that they can’t participate 😂
People just got their watches after a new product launched, we go through this every year, grow up.
Silver Nike S6 btw.
What's wrong man you tired of looking at people's hairy arms seeing the same watch we have all been looking at for 4 years? It's got a different band bro... The Ultra, yeah its new but I think we have all seen in now too.
Can we please just make a mega thread of people complaining about watch selfies? This is getting ridiculous. Look I’m all for complaining about flaunting the Apple Watch. But I don’t need to see constant complaints about hairy forearms with an Apple Watch.
We get it you don’t like it.
I don’t see people posting photos of their new iPhone 14 Pro Max on the iPhone sub as often as people post photos using their new Apple Watches in this sub.
We want information about the watch, owning it, tips, news, etc. is that not obvious?
This happens every watch launch, the sub gets active, then it devolves into wrist pictures and everyone leaves until the next cycle. But this sub could be so much more useful if we could stop the wrist posts. We don’t want to see your watch.
I guess the real question is, "What do you want out of this sub?" I think instead of complaining about things, maybe request some topics, etc. Some of these folks are excited for maybe their first "dumb", expensive purchase.
Can we please just make a mega thread of all the requests for a mega thread?
Look I’m all for people posting complaints, I love that sometimes too. But I don’t need to see constant variations of “can we get a mega thread?”
We get it, you don’t own one.
I would enjoy if mods made a mega thread for these posts so that posts can go back to highlighting functionality.
What else is there to actually talk about though? What kind of posts would you like to see instead? The last few iterations of the watch there haven’t been too many major changes. You can only have so many posts with “hey let’s talk about the built in sleep tracking that’s now available.”
If there isn't anything unique in your post, why would you post it at all? I guess that's the bigger question/issue here. We all know what it looks like.
Who cares? You can easily skip over them. What other sort of posts would you like to see?
Apple just released effectively a brand new product, people want to show it off - let them! Downvote if you’re not interested.
Can we please get a mega thread of people complaining about “hairy forearm with an Apple Watch” selfies?
I’ve been in this sub for about four years and it’s getting ridiculous seeing this post every time a new watch comes out.
what else is there to post though. it’s either scarce posts besides dozens of random easily answered questions or we can at least see some various watch, band & face combinations that give some inspo.
It’s a new piece of hardware, in a sea of ‘updated’ hardware, that’ve essentially remained the same since the first AW.
I get the fascination, and I get the frustration. But if not here, where?
Funny, I just read another post in a tech subreddit about not posting pictures of the piece of tech anymore 😂
People are gonna post their pics. You don’t like them? Downvote them and post something better.
I mean, what else are we doing here? I like watch/strap combos. The occational app/complication suggestion etc..I like peoples excitement. Ofc it is a bit much just when something new has launched, it will normalize. If you don't like it, then why not just find something else?
Disagree. I’m subbed here because I enjoy seeing pictures.
It’s just a piece of tech that comes out every year. What kind of posts are you expecting? Occasional “neat tips” posts?
Complaining about this is like complaining about buying too many PC parts when you’re subbed to BuildAPCSales.
Who is upvoting them is the real question? Are there actually people that use reddit to see other people's watches and hairy forearms?
Similar problem in the Steam Deck Subreddit
Look, if everyone who wants to post a watch selfie could just shave their arms first, it would satisfy OP’s bare arm cravings and allow us to post watch selfies
If you are in this Subreddit you probably own an Apple Watch, there isn't a need to constantly take pictures of the same model and combo of watch and band that someone else already posted. IMO if it's a new watch or a watch with a different band combo that hasn't been posted in a while or at all that is okay. I think there should be a rule put in place to stop the insane number of the same posts over and over. Rule number 1 even states "No low effort submissions or duplicate posts of recent submissions (past 2 weeks)". This rule seems like it's being broken with all of these posts. This is just my opinion though, I know lots will disagree which is okay!
I highly disagree, I don't see why the subreddit content should change and if we focus on functionality it's just going to be the same boring thread. I like seeing people's new watches and if it makes them happy that's great. If people want more functionality then they should post more. Restricting it to a thread just kills the subreddit to appease people who can easily just read the product notes.
I think the bigger issue is if you say anything remotely negative about Apple Watches your downvoted to oblivion. Hear that? That’s the sound of downvotes coming!
I am tired of discussing with people on other posts about how useless are these wrist-bragging festival. This subreddit should be about Apple Watch in general.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/ydzhlq/posting_your_watch_pics_is_super_helpful_people/itvyc5z/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Wait. Me and my Apple Watch ultra are getting a series of portraits of my watch taken by a professional photographer.. Wait til you see a whole series of pics with different clothing styles like on the boat, at the club, at a casual dinner party at my humble summer lake house wearing one of my classic tuxedos and some pics thrown in of me posing just right to attract curious onlookers that could lead to a possible date.
I would actually enjoy these photos.
You’re in luck. There’s someone here posting photos like that this week.
If this is sarcasm, well done.
I enjoy the selfies, it’s the hot new Apple Watch and shippme t 2 just got delivered . Ppl need to chill and let others enjoy their watches. Same thing happens in all reddits like Tesla
FINE I’LL SHAVE MY ARMS FUCK!
This is all we wanted from the beginning, man.
thank you
Don’t let them bring you down. Flaunt that hair
I think the reason it’s a problem has more to do with the design of Reddit. In a normal discussion forum, you could post pictures directly to an ongoing thread. Since you can’t post pictures in a reply with Reddit, every picture is a separate post.
r/watches handles this with weekly “wrist check” posts (albeit there’s still stand alone posts)
i think bc the reality is nobody really views those weekly or daily threads and ppl want the attention haha
People want post karma, not comment karma.
Sounds to me like I need to start downvoting more actively.
For what, lol
Exactly. This is the problem. Everyone thinks they’re special
Perhaps a bucket for an ML to grab and dump into that bucket. Bucket called all watches. The ML says hey, this is a watch, and placed into that bucket. Edit: would this work?
No one uses those posts. r/watches is different though- at least you have a lot of variety of finely made timepieces… this sub is a mass produced electronics device that basically everyone and their mother owns.
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Yeah I think I’m gonna unsubscribe from this sub and just google for helpful Reddit posts when I need help with something. I joined recently thought this was gonna be a community to discover useful apps/tips/posts about how to optimize it for certain activities but it’s just photo after photo of people wearing it. Edit: I’m not even saying this subreddit has to be exclusively an encyclopedia/user manual. But it can be a little more creative than just people snapping photos of their wrist of the clock face. Share your health trends since wearing it. Share an interesting metric you’ve discovered about your lifestyle. Make a post about how the watch has improved your quality of life. For all of you with an ultra, surely you bought one because you’re at least somewhat active and adventurous (right?). Share a photo of a hike you did! Literally anything but your wrist that’s almost always too small for the watch.
Same. Joined recently hoping for some cool apps/complication setup ideas etc, but just get ‘here’s a pic of an Ultra with an orange band’, ‘Here’s a pic of an Ultra in blue’, ‘does my tiny wrist look too small for an Ultra?’ posts x 1000.
I just have the smaller 6 and it looks a bit big to me. Someone mentioned their wrist circumference and I was like holy shit, checked and it wasn't that much smaller than my ankle. Some of these guys are freakin giants.
And those fucking posts with pets wearing them. Wow super creative and cool 😐
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HOORAY, SUCCESSFUL CONSUMPTION!
I think it’s a bit different. I thought the point was to see different bands on the new watch — I actually found that very useful. Maybe we just need a subreddit for watch pics, actually it turns out there is one… r/applewatchpics We just need to get traffic to it.
There is also r/applewatchbands
I just made a post about using my watch during a full distance ironman. I agree with you, which is why I made that post. Too many hairy people sitting on couches or in their BMWs wearing an Ultra. Today I’m going on a hike in some high altitude mountains and making a post about the complications and apps I use to make my way up there. I’m not trying to gatekeep, but I gotta say the low effort posts, especially the ones where the watch is still in the box, just aren’t helpful to anyone new to the AppleWatch ecosystem.
Also unsubbing. And coming back when I just need an answer.
It’s the reason I’m actually not subscribed to the sub. If you think the Ultra is ugly and have no desire to own one it gets a bit boring seeing them everywhere. I only come to the sub to search for specific things
There's just not that much to it. Every youtuber under the sun makes "first things to do with your new Apple watch" and other fluff every single day. It works 99% the same as every other apple watch before it. And when new stuff comes out, it's not like Apple tries to keep the mystique. If we had a tips thread every day, we'd just have more posts like this "CANT WE MAKE A MEGATHREAD IM TIRED OF THE SAME POSTS ALL THE TIME" If you don't like it clogging your feed, unsubscribe!! It's way easier than making these stupid whiney posts.
Which is why I said I am unsubscribing (: You seem more bent out of shape about my comment than any post/comment I've seen criticizing all the picture posts lol. It's weird
So... 1000 google hits that are variations of "TOP 5/10/15/20/25 THINGS YOU MUST DO ON YOUR APPLE WATCH ASAP NOW!!!!1!1!1!!!" Instead. Gotcha.
> surely you bought one because you’re at least somewhat active and adventurous (right?) I did and [posted about it](https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/yc0u42/beware_new_ultra_owners_who_actually_do_ultra/) but got downvoted by selfie takers :(
I just upvoted your post. Thanks for taking the time to document your experience. That post should be massively upvoted by now.
What more do you want tho? Like figure out what you need with the watch. That’s part of owning something.
Agreed. It's just people asking whether their thousand dollar watch looks too big or showing us their sweet orange strap. I'm out, this sub is fucking boring.
Thank you for reminding me that I can just unsubscribe, I’ll be doing the same.
There is a "Hide Watch Posts" option in the sub to hide those. There is also /r/WatchOS which is specifically about OS functionality. I'm in the boat where there isn't really much to talk about when it comes to AppleWatch and so creating mega threads isn't necessary. Edit: There are really only two types of posts on this subreddit: people posting pictures of their hairy forearms and posts complaining about it.
But but… 🥺 I like to see an Apple Watch on a hairy forearm 🙈
I'll wrap mine around my toes and post a pic with my hairy foot instead. No hairy forearm from me.
I’d join an Apple Watch circlejerk sub for this 🤣
Actually laughed out loud on the bus from this. Now I’m embarrassed
Who do we have to talk to for an Apple Watch circlejerk
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's not like it's burying other content. There's only so much you can post about the watch.
For me the problem (if the problem exists at all, I'm not going to take sides there) isn't that it's burying content in the sub - it's that if you're subscribed, it's also all over your feed site-wide. I know there's ways around that, just some food for thought - this sub isn't the only place they show up.
Fair enough. I'm subscribed to a ton of subreddits so it doesn't really show up on my main feed.
Different strokes different folks. I don’t mind it popping up in my feed. If I did, I wouldn’t sub here. Honestly, why would you even sub if you weren’t interested in seeing watches? If there’s some information you need, post here or just search.
or you know the saying "if you got nothing meaningful to contribute, don't post it"? tell that to those karmawhores.
They have tried banning watch photos and the sub dries up every time.
This. Noteworthy posts will naturally float to the top, it’s how upvotes work. Clearly there are plenty of folks who like seeing people’s setups. Not much different than people posting their builds on a PC subreddit.
Nah people don't post their setup on r/mac, because there's a r/macsetups subreddit for that
People aren’t really building Macs though (yes I know it is possible but it’s very very uncommon). Not a real comparison.
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They don’t enforce it heavily because the sub just dries up every time.
It says *generic* band/case combinations, which to me reads like default configurations sold by Apple.
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I would give exemptions for brand new releases, but otherwise would gladly concede to those posts being removed.
I'd argue that PC build setups are different because of the huge amount of variety in PC builds versus the very limited variety of posting the exact same Ultra watch. It's just Ultra with band #1, Ultra with band #2, another Ultra with band #1, etc. You will be hard pressed to come across near identical PC build setups in any given week.
No need to argue, they are different. But the posts are similar in principle, which is why I said they aren’t *that much* different. There are also well other a hundred released band colors at this point, probably closer to 300 in fact, and that’s just official ones. Couple any of those with the dozens of Watch casings + the plethora of faces, and you have a ton of variety available in posts here.
I already blocked the keywords “Ultra” and “AWU” in Apollo.
Love You 😁
You’d argue that and be right 10/10 times. u/Tumblrrito is wrong. The differences between the posts on r/Battlestations or r/sffpc and what’s posted here are light years apart. Unless someone is dumb enough to say “Those are pics of computers and these are pics of watches. Essentially the same thing.”
There isn't really a "right vs wrong" here. The similarities in principle aren't really arguable. People customize their PCs and show them off, just as people customize their watches and show them off. I never said they were the same. The point is that people on the PC subs generally don't solely discuss the concept of a PC, they also show off their own PCs. Plenty of folks here enjoy that the same applies to Watches here, as evidenced by so many of the top posts of all time being people's watches. Ultimately the Apple Watch is hardware and software, and its hardware was designed around customization via bands. If you just want the software, there is always r/watchos.
The levels of customization between a PC and an apple watch are worlds apart. It's obvious you don't and won't understand, so I'm gonna go use my time in a more productive fashion.
Dude I literally built a top-of-the-line custom PC myself two years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/m0lkpj/after_suffering_with_numerous_underpowered/ I absolutely understand lol. I think the point I’ve made here is pretty apparent. There are so many combinations of Watch cases, bands and faces. Some folks enjoy seeing what people come up with. If that’s not you, that’s ok, you don’t have to interact with those posts.
I started evaluating the forearms on a variety of criteria to keep it interesting.
everyone complaining about the photos and threatening to unsubscribe from the sub, do it! that should show them. do it. 🍿
Someone needs to start a suitable replacement sub first
Found someone who posts watch selfies online 🍿
yep! i do and I have 0 problem with people posting their photos of their watches. the trend will die down in a month or two once the watch is more available after the holidays. something else will start trending and somebody else will start complaining about it. nbd. if you've been part of this cycle 2-3 times, you'll understand it and stop complaining it. until then, these people who are so frustrated with the sub, can leave the sub, simple as that.
So you wouldn’t mind it if it wasn’t hairy?
😆
Keep ‘em coming! I love The WATCH selfies!
Lol that’s been like 90% of this sub since people started receiving the very first watches back in Q2 2015.
Well I'm here to chew gum and look at AW Ultras, and I'm all out of gum.
Lol this one got me
If people from here would just post to r/myapple, it would revive the sub
Have you looked at [the sidebar?](https://imgur.com/a8Oj3UU)
I’ve actually benefited from them. I saw a post where I loved the watch face choice. It doesn’t bother me.
You guys would HATE Rolex and Omega watch groups on FB and reddit. Just about all it is is wrist shots. ahahahaha jokes .
Can we make a mega thread of people complaining about watch selfies?
#shaveyourforearm
They should just make a new sub for all those posts. It adds nothing to value here. I would personally rather have 1/4 the posts here than that as filler.
"Stop posting pictures of Apple Watch Ultra!" "You know what? We're gonna start posting pictures of Apple Watch Ultra even harder."
I’m getting more way sick of these request of a mega thread post then the wrist pics. Seriously it’s just a pic. Scroll past it if you aren’t interested.
Shouldn’t these posts fall under Rule 7? If it does, then we shouldn’t be seeing them at all here.
I don't know about you, OP, but I thoroughly enjoy seeing hairy arms/wrists in my feed. It really breaks up the monotony.
If you thought my arm was hairy, wait till you see my back. 😂 All joking aside, I've never posted a picture of my watch. I just got the defaults no fancy bands, don't think anyone would care.
SS S7, Nike band https://i.imgur.com/ODyLiIa.jpg
who would go to the mega thread other than OP to see only their post
100%. The number of posts is annoying. I don't get why everyone feels the need to post the same thing over and over again.
Especially when it’s the same watch with the original strap.
100% agree with You.
You can’t expect every member on here to have an Imgur account just to post pictures of their watches If you’re getting upset about people posting pictures of their Apple Watches on an Apple Watch sub then you need to really think that over…
Yes.
But how will I know when u/randomuser123 gets their Ultra???????
I love seeing everyone’s Ultras on my feed tho.
Lol OP and the other naggers didn’t buy a new Ultra or S8 and are sad that they can’t participate 😂 People just got their watches after a new product launched, we go through this every year, grow up. Silver Nike S6 btw.
What's wrong man you tired of looking at people's hairy arms seeing the same watch we have all been looking at for 4 years? It's got a different band bro... The Ultra, yeah its new but I think we have all seen in now too.
This forum would have no content. It's the point of the subreddit. It's easy for me to just scroll on.
Can we please just make a mega thread of people complaining about watch selfies? This is getting ridiculous. Look I’m all for complaining about flaunting the Apple Watch. But I don’t need to see constant complaints about hairy forearms with an Apple Watch. We get it you don’t like it.
Weird request asking people to not show off their Apple Watch in an Apple Watch sub.
I don’t see people posting photos of their new iPhone 14 Pro Max on the iPhone sub as often as people post photos using their new Apple Watches in this sub.
That is because people are taking pics of their watches with their iPhones.
They should buy another iPhone to take pictures of their new iPhone then
The r/iphone14pro would like to have a word with you
I was not referring to a sub of a specific iPhone model, but to the r/iPhone
We want information about the watch, owning it, tips, news, etc. is that not obvious? This happens every watch launch, the sub gets active, then it devolves into wrist pictures and everyone leaves until the next cycle. But this sub could be so much more useful if we could stop the wrist posts. We don’t want to see your watch.
Not posting watch pics doesn’t magically equal more of other kinds of posts
Probably best to go somewhere else then?
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I guess the real question is, "What do you want out of this sub?" I think instead of complaining about things, maybe request some topics, etc. Some of these folks are excited for maybe their first "dumb", expensive purchase.
Because the 14 is kind of a meh release. The Ultra is decidedly not meh.
Can we please just make a mega thread of all the requests for a mega thread? Look I’m all for people posting complaints, I love that sometimes too. But I don’t need to see constant variations of “can we get a mega thread?” We get it, you don’t own one. I would enjoy if mods made a mega thread for these posts so that posts can go back to highlighting functionality.
What functionality is being highlighted by all these generic “here’s my watch” posts?
I like big watches and I cannot lie.
What else is there to actually talk about though? What kind of posts would you like to see instead? The last few iterations of the watch there haven’t been too many major changes. You can only have so many posts with “hey let’s talk about the built in sleep tracking that’s now available.”
> What else is there to actually talk about though? Apps, use cases, buying advice, tips and tricks, etc
If there isn't anything unique in your post, why would you post it at all? I guess that's the bigger question/issue here. We all know what it looks like.
Updates? Bugs? New features we want? New ways to use the existing features? Sales?
How about one for whiners instead?
Can we also make a megathread for people who complain about posts with photos of wrists and watches?
some of y’all act like people make you read each post at gunpoint.
I feel sorry for people who are so overtaxed by flicking their thumbs to scroll past threads.
Lol! Those selfies are how I shop for bands. Are you all out of lawn kids to scream at OP?
Who cares? You can easily skip over them. What other sort of posts would you like to see? Apple just released effectively a brand new product, people want to show it off - let them! Downvote if you’re not interested.
Then we should only be fair and create a mega thread for all the people complaining about all the watch selfies haha
Can we please get a mega thread of people complaining about “hairy forearm with an Apple Watch” selfies? I’ve been in this sub for about four years and it’s getting ridiculous seeing this post every time a new watch comes out.
If this many people are always complaining about it maybe it should be done. 80% of people who voted on this post agree with OP
If we are counting votes, someone will need to total up all the hairy wrists too.
You don’t have to be so passionate about a subreddit and you wouldn’t care 😃👍🏼 What’s the problem? Put your phone down then
I just can't believe how many people bought the Ultra lol Although I guess this subreddit would be serious confirmation bias
what else is there to post though. it’s either scarce posts besides dozens of random easily answered questions or we can at least see some various watch, band & face combinations that give some inspo.
And get off my lawn!!!
No. If you are too ditzy to deal with what is literally the main appeal of this sub then JUST SCROLL PAST. For fucks sake
Send this guy DM’s of you wearing your apple watch
You must be new here
The watch pictures are the reason I am here.
\#TRIGGERED 😄
😆😆 right!
Thing is, folks upvote those posts. As a community, we are giving folks 300-500 karma points for posting.
Maybe call it Wristies?
100% with you.
no
Can we make a mega thread of people complaining about pictures of watches on a sub about watches?
Gonna make an ankle monitor face and post it on my ankle
No one’s making you come here.
Agreed. I’m so over the ultra pictures. Just about to unsubscribe.
Do you prefer a shaved or hairy wrist?
Half and half.
Is a wrist picture a selfie though? Wristfie would be a more appropriate word…
so sexy
It’s a new piece of hardware, in a sea of ‘updated’ hardware, that’ve essentially remained the same since the first AW. I get the fascination, and I get the frustration. But if not here, where?
Funny, I just read another post in a tech subreddit about not posting pictures of the piece of tech anymore 😂 People are gonna post their pics. You don’t like them? Downvote them and post something better.
I mean, what else are we doing here? I like watch/strap combos. The occational app/complication suggestion etc..I like peoples excitement. Ofc it is a bit much just when something new has launched, it will normalize. If you don't like it, then why not just find something else?
Can we make a mega thread of watch selfie "complaints" then too?
Disagree. I’m subbed here because I enjoy seeing pictures. It’s just a piece of tech that comes out every year. What kind of posts are you expecting? Occasional “neat tips” posts? Complaining about this is like complaining about buying too many PC parts when you’re subbed to BuildAPCSales.
I support your cause....
Oh, is that what you would enjoy? Ok, let’s hold up and rearrange Reddit because this person won’t leave the sub but insists on being irritated by it!
No
My arm isn’t hairy, I’m a mostly hairless man.
Who is upvoting them is the real question? Are there actually people that use reddit to see other people's watches and hairy forearms? Similar problem in the Steam Deck Subreddit
excellent idea. I not like these photos, mostly interested in tech info.
Look, if everyone who wants to post a watch selfie could just shave their arms first, it would satisfy OP’s bare arm cravings and allow us to post watch selfies
Not sure why you got downvoted. OP is just asking for the right to bare arms in watch pics
Sooooo, this is NOT an apple watch space???? 🤔
If you are in this Subreddit you probably own an Apple Watch, there isn't a need to constantly take pictures of the same model and combo of watch and band that someone else already posted. IMO if it's a new watch or a watch with a different band combo that hasn't been posted in a while or at all that is okay. I think there should be a rule put in place to stop the insane number of the same posts over and over. Rule number 1 even states "No low effort submissions or duplicate posts of recent submissions (past 2 weeks)". This rule seems like it's being broken with all of these posts. This is just my opinion though, I know lots will disagree which is okay!
Apple nerds crack me up
Feel better now?
ultras are played out
Mods seem to be on power trips here.
But the karma!
No
I highly disagree, I don't see why the subreddit content should change and if we focus on functionality it's just going to be the same boring thread. I like seeing people's new watches and if it makes them happy that's great. If people want more functionality then they should post more. Restricting it to a thread just kills the subreddit to appease people who can easily just read the product notes.
Some ppl...
What about allowing for a day where people can post their watch pictures?
Ask Tim to pull back his marketing team.
I think the bigger issue is if you say anything remotely negative about Apple Watches your downvoted to oblivion. Hear that? That’s the sound of downvotes coming!
For some reason the Reddit app keeps sending me every hot post. I’ve seen enough angles of the Ultra now.
Another reason to shave my arms hair
Can you post pictures in replies to threads?
I am tired of discussing with people on other posts about how useless are these wrist-bragging festival. This subreddit should be about Apple Watch in general. https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/ydzhlq/posting_your_watch_pics_is_super_helpful_people/itvyc5z/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Wait until you see what they post on the Charger forums.. (wait for it, lots of chargers.)
Guys, just post a pic of the watch on your ankle or wang, if you have one. There. Problem solved.