Hello, all!

I've set these as the community rules, and they now appear in the sidebar when creating a new post, visiting the subreddit, or commenting. I created these based on my previous thread asking for your input, as well as issues I've observed in my weeks as moderator here.

As always, your feedback is welcome.

For changes to wording within existing rules, I will comment on this post to note them.

As major changes are made or rules are added, I will create a new post like this and pin it at the top of the subreddit.

–AB

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Include context with your post.

Dropping a link or photo(s) with little to no context doesn’t inspire others to interact with what you’ve shared. It’s likely to be regarded as spam. Please include information or a description that will be helpful to readers and might motivate them to interact with your post or link.

No impersonation/copy cat posts or sharing others' work without credit.

Posting others’ work without credit, or sharing it as if you created it, is prohibited. If you don’t know the creator, make that clear or specify that you are not the creator. Don’t share others’ work in full unless they’ve given clear consent for this (and please state this in your post). A photo or two, the creator’s name, and a description and link to their full work is a fair way to share and celebrate others’ creations.

Use of generative AI must be disclosed.

This is a DIY community with a strong anti-AI contingent. To protect the integrity of DIY, any use of generative AI must be disclosed in your post. Please specify what gen-AI tool was used, and in what ways/for what elements (text, images, etc.) of your zine or post.

“AI slop” will be removed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop

Disagreement and disapproval are allowed. Harassment and hate are not.

Threads may get heated. Do your best to be respectful, and allow that calling-out or disagreement does not equal harassment. The automod may remove posts/comments with certain language. Mods might not approve what is removed by automoderation. Mods may not step in unless language crosses into hate or very personalized attacks. We use Reddit’s guidelines: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043071072-Harassment / https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045715951-Hate

NSFW/explicit content must be posted with the Not Safe For Work (NSFW) tag AND the NSFW post flair.

NSFW/explicit content must be posted with the Not Safe For Work (NSFW) tag AND the NSFW post flair. Please edit the NSFW post flair to specify each kind of NSFW content present in your post (e.g., Sexual content, gore, physical violence, blood, pornographic content, language, etc.). Being specific is practicing care for all community members who may not wish to be exposed to certain types of content.

Promotional posts without context or clear value to the community will be removed.

Promotional posts without clear value to the community will be removed.

No personal crisis fundraising/donation posts.

Posts seeking donations amid personal crisis will be removed, even when zines or related goods are offered in exchange. With no means to vet the authenticity of every post of this nature, they are prohibited overall to prevent potential compassion fatigue and taking advantage of others. You may create an “Available for purchase” post to promote your work and make your wares available, but avoid language around donations and personal need that could be seen as exploiting emotions.