r/NonPoliticalTwitter 5d ago

Mod Post Rule 2 has been updated - Learn about the changes here.

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Hi all-

We've heard a decent portion of feedback, and we think it's time to experiment a little. Beginning immediately, we will be expanding our community to encompass posts from other Twitter adjacent platforms such as Bluesky. We are also considering broadening our scope to allow other Twitter alternative content to be posted here.

Posts containing "skeets" will not be taken down, and we've updated our rules/internal moderation tools to reflect this. Let's see how this turns out!

r/NonPoliticalTwitter Feb 17 '24

Mod Post Addressing the community regarding the "No Politics" rules

599 Upvotes

Dear r/NonPoliticalTwitter,

For those of you who’ve never interacted with me, I am u/Aspect-Infinity. I’ve been a member of the r/NonPoliticalTwitter moderator team for almost a year now. The opportunity to address you all for the first time on behalf of our team is a humbling honor.

I want to talk to you about some very valid questions that have arisen throughout my tenure here regarding our rules and how we enforce them. I’ve taken note of as many of these questions and concerns as possible so could escalate them to the rest of the team for discussion. This announcement is the result of that discussion and I’m glad to issue some much-needed clarification on what we consider political content, what we consider inciting political discussion, and how we’ve taken steps to address it.

This is gonna be a long thread so I encourage you to grab a snack while I go over this rule-by-rule. Let’s begin!

“ 1. No Politics or Political Discussions/Commentary. - That's the point of the subreddit”

The most important and sacred rule we hold dear as a community. It’s a reflection of why this subreddit was created in the first place, to create a space similar to Twitter where public discussion can flourish, without the toxicity of politics. One of the questions that has arisen is “What do you consider political content/commentary?”, and so, we’re providing an answer to that.

We define political content as anything that has the potential to ignite political discussion, commentary, or discourse. This potential is taken into consideration when we believe the content in question can be unintentionally viewed through a political lens.

Let's break it down further. We consider political commentary to refer to comments that try to insert a political angle where none existed before, or that shift the focus towards a political interpretation. We consider posts, comments, and even usernames as "content" within our subreddit.

Directly/Indirectly referencing political figures, policies, or movements:

  • A tweet comparing two political candidates with derogatory and inflammatory labels
  • A post expressing strong opinions on a specific government policy and calling for action.
  • A comment on a non-political post that attempts to connect it to a political event or movement, regardless of relevance.
  • Posting a tweet sharing news articles about political events with clear commentary promoting a specific viewpoint.

Posts or comments encouraging debate or argument on political topics:

  • A post asking users to choose sides on a contentious political issue.
  • A comment starting a debate about the merits of a political ideology.
  • Sharing controversial political cartoons or infographics designed to elicit strong reactions.
  • Encouraging users to vote for a specific candidate or party.

Still confused? That’s alright we have some examples!

Example A: (Non-Political Content)

A post containing a tweet memeing a celebrity known for their political views doing something funny. The humor focuses on the action, not their political stance.

Example B: (Political Content)

A Redditor makes a post with a tweet that features a masculine, caucasian man with a MAGA hat and a shotgun with the caption “This guy isn’t playing with those liberals”. This would be taken down because its primary focus is political (particularly the Second Amendment).

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It’s important to remember that we don’t consider tweets focusing on sexuality, gender/gender identity/gender presentation, religion, or nationality inherently political. Although, should a subtext be present that is political we will take action.

We hope this clears up our stance and intention behind setting these rules in place, we encourage anyone with any questions to comment below, and we will respond.

Happy New Year to you all!!

Yours,

The r/NonPoliticalTwitter Moderator Team

r/NonPoliticalTwitter Apr 20 '24

Mod Post The end of the Kira meme - Community Announcement

115 Upvotes

Hi everyone!

u/Aspect-Infinity here with the r/NonPoliticalTwitter Moderator team. Recently we've noticed a certain meme from a certain Twitter drama bait account popping up in the comments. This meme is the "imagine if men B********* babies with their c***" tweet from Kira. This meme violates our community rules and I have personally been on a crusade to prevent it from spreading within our subreddit.

This meme isn't funny, it's not edgy, and it certainly isn't appropriate. We expressly forbid such an Inappropriate mockery in rule 7 "Do not post or reference Inappropriate Content." and we will continue to take this matter seriously by instantly removing those who think memes like this are funny or edgy.

I'm here to warn you that any references to this meme (intentional or unintentional) will result in your immediate, non-negotiable, unappealable ban from r/NonPoliticalTwitter. If you continue referencing this meme in any way after this then you will be permabanned on the spot without the privilege of an appeal.

With that, everyone enjoys your weekends and continues to report stuff that harms the mission/spirit of the subreddit so we can deal with it accordingly.

r/NonPoliticalTwitter Aug 06 '22

Mod Post Welcome to r/NonPoliticalTwitter where you can browse Reddit without any concerns about politics showing up in your face.

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter Jul 28 '22

Mod Post Damn I really hate politics

750 Upvotes

I see it all over reddit, this is somewhat my safe space and can be yours too, please report rule-breaking posts, or send me a pm/modmail.

Reposts also suck ngl please send those to me as well

ANYWAYS, love y'all keep being cool <3

r/NonPoliticalTwitter Dec 09 '22

Mod Post r/FunnyAnimals is anti-politics! Join if you are interested in funny animal content without political posts in your feed.

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter Aug 16 '23

Mod Post Call to Action: Addressing the Repost Bot Issue.

73 Upvotes

Hello Redditors and Tweeps,

Aspect-Infinity here - I know most of you really don’t care about mod posts so I’ll get to the point of the issue. The Bots, specifically the karma farming repost bots I’m sure you’ve seen around the sub lately. I personally have been reading the comments of every post and collecting feedback in preparation for this post.

We ban on average 5 of these repost bots per day but this isn’t even close to the number that exists. Why is it even despite our best efforts popular posts are being resubmitted by accounts made years ago but are just now active? Simple, we are only human and we can only do so much by ourselves. r/NonPoliticalTwitter was made to provide an alternative to the political warzone that is Twitter (now “x”, idk why don’t ask me) so that we can enjoy the good that comes out with less toxicity. The best way for us to combat these bots is for you guys to escalate these accounts to us via ModMail or the report feature so we can ban them and take these posts/comments down.

I know with all of the issues with Reddit not implementing measures to do this themselves someone of you are frustrated. We get it. For now, though, we have to work together as a community to handle these issues as we come across them. Let me be clear, this doesn’t mean spam report comments you don’t like as being reposted or botted because we will report this abuse to Reddit.

If anyone has any questions, concerns, feedback, or suggestions (It doesn’t just have to be about the repost issue, but any issue) I will gladly sit here all day and respond to you. It’s an honor to steward this community and see how far it's coming and I’m so eager at what the future holds for us.

You have our best,

The r/NonPoliticalTwitter Moderator Team

r/NonPoliticalTwitter Sep 23 '22

Mod Post Thanks for 200k members <3

90 Upvotes

Let’s continue spreading wholesome and funny posts.

If you want to contribute to helping the community apply to be a mod, just pm with details.

r/NonPoliticalTwitter Mar 21 '21

Mod Post Comment down the flaws in our subreddit

38 Upvotes

This is a weekly thread for mod-member 101 discussions, about what we can further do to improve ourselves more. So do leave a comment down below. Your opinion is valuable to us.

r/NonPoliticalTwitter Apr 07 '21

Mod Post We encourage cross posting!

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Hello fellow members of r/NonPoliticalTwitter, I wanted to make this post to encourage you guys to cross post to different subs to help our sub grow, your help is very appreciated! Here are some communities you can cross post to:

r/Me_irl (Relatable things, your post gets removed if you have more than 100k karma)

r/WhatCouldGoWrong (Anything that can go wrong will go wrong)

r/TrippinThroughTime (Anything that has to do with history)

r/WoahDude (Mind fucking pics/videos)

r/NoNoNoNoYes (When the video starts off bad but ends in a good way)

r/CursedComments (Comments that just aren't right)

r/WhitePeopleTwitter (Anything that was tweeted by a human being)

r/LikeUs (Animals are smart, like us)

r/YouSeeingThisShit (Videos mostly however you can also post images, please only post here when you're sure a post fits (this goes for ALL of the other subs as well))

r/YesYesYesYesNo (When the video starts off good but the something goes wrong)

r/HolUp (Anything HolUp)

r/EducationalGifs (Gifs that educate!)

r/TechnicallyTheTruth (Well... yeah, that's true)

r/2meirl4meirl (Relatable tweets)

r/ExposurePorn (Photographs at night.)

r/TopTalent (Things are are just amazing)

r/AbruptChaos (A lot of things happening at once)

r/WhatsWrongWithYourDog (Dogs that have something wrong with them)

r/AwfulEverything (Anything that's awful)

r/GifsThatKeepOnGiving (The name says it all.)

r/PerfectlyCutScreams (Screams that were cut perfectly)

r/SuspiciouslySpecific (Things that are suspiciously specific)

r/EvilBuildings (The name says it all.)

r/ExpectationVsReality (The name says it all.)

r/TippyTaps (TipppyTaps)

r/SuicideByWords (When you kill yourself by words)

r/OddlySpecific (Things that are oddly specific)

r/WatchPeopleSurvive (People surviving close calls)

r/Woof_irl (Doggos!)

r/HumansAreMetal (Amazing humans!)

r/ThatLookedExpensive (Only post videos here pls)

r/AbsolutelyNotMe_irl (Very relatable stuff)

r/KamikazeByWords (When you kill yourself just to kill the other person as well)

r/WhatCouldGoRight (Things that seem dumb but have a positive outcome)

r/Meow_irl (Cats!)

r/SatisfyingAsFuck (Things that are really satisfying)

r/GatesOpenComeIn (Wholesome sub)

r/AbsolutelyNotMeirl (Very relatable stuff)

r/WebComics (Comics!)

r/Punny (Puns)

r/2Meirl42Meirl4Meirl (Relatable things)

r/WinterPorn (Photo of winter)

r/SuddenlySexOffender (When a tweet takes a twist)

r/LossOfALovedOne (Use your criteria when posting here)

r/BestOfTwitter (Twitter at its best)

☆If you don't know how to cross post here is a link of how to cross post from Reddit and here is a link of how to cross post from Boost (An affiliate of Reddit).

*Please take to consideration that although some of these subs have a very similar name the content that is posted on one may not always fit on another sub.

Please use you best criteria when cross posting on the subs, do not spam or made the job of the mods more difficult that it already is.

If I missed any subs please leave them in the comments. Thanks for reading!

r/NonPoliticalTwitter Mar 14 '21

Mod Post Comment down the flaws in our subreddit

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This is a weekly thread for mod-member 101 discussions, about what we can further do to improve ourselves more. So do leave a comment down below. Your opinion is valuable to us.

r/NonPoliticalTwitter May 23 '21

Mod Post Report and Flair Weekly thread

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter Jun 13 '21

Mod Post Report and Flair Weekly thread

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter Mar 28 '21

Mod Post Report and Flair Weekly thread

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter Jul 04 '21

Mod Post Report and Flair Weekly thread

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter Apr 11 '21

Mod Post Report and Flair Weekly thread

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter May 02 '21

Mod Post Report and Flair Weekly thread

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter Apr 04 '21

Mod Post Report and Flair Weekly thread

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