Rules
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Reddit Usernames and Subreddit Names Must Be Censored When Sharing Screenshots
Reddit Usernames and Subreddit Names Must Be Censored When Sharing Screenshots
When posting screenshots of content on Reddit, you must blur, censor or replace (randomly) usernames, subreddit names, and user and post flairs (if the flair mentions the subreddit's name). This is to discourage people from attempting to locate a post, comment, and/or user to brigade. Only partially censored usernames or sub names are not allowed and the post will be removed.
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No Ticker/emoji spam, shilling or low effort
No Ticker/emoji spam, shilling or low effort
Sharing opinions on stocks (even if they dissent from the subreddit's primary focus) is permitted, however prepare for likely ridicule if you post favorable opinions about a meltdown stock. Pointless spam promoting stocks will be removed and may result in a ban – this is not an ape sub. Also low effort text posts will be removed. If it can be said in the shill agenda or the chat, it doesn't need a new post.
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Ape Brigades
Ape Brigades
All rules are suspended in the event of ape brigades, which is for purposes of this sub defined as two or more apes attempting to subvert the narrative of this sub. Do not do your typical LARPer "oh have you heard of GME?" "Oh, is that the stock with..." shit in this subreddit, you will be banned. Mercilessly. Do not flood the sub when the stock is up 10%. You will be banned. Mercilessly.
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Financial Discussion is Limited to the Lounge. Submissions are for Memes and Loss/gainporn
Financial Discussion is Limited to the Lounge. Submissions are for Memes and Loss/gainporn
This rule exists because in the early days of the sub, people were doing nothing but spamming posts about “Please explain why the MOASS can't happen.” Discussion may occur within the thread, but may not be the main purpose of the thread. This rule is interpreted loosely.
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This Subreddit has a Near-Zero Tolerance for Toxicity – Including Jokes About Suicide and Ableism
This Subreddit has a Near-Zero Tolerance for Toxicity – Including Jokes About Suicide and Ableism
Toxicity is a challenging topic to define, but includes (but is not limited to) racism, ableism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia (including things like intentional misgendering or deadnaming), bad takes about nationalities or religions, etc. Words and jokes that are tolerated on other subreddits are not tolerated here (do not make $rope jokes, no “wife's boyfriend” stuff, etc.) It is highly recommended you do not use the word “retard” (even though apes do) as reddit has issued bans for this.
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Accounts Must be Older than 1 Month to Contribute
Accounts Must be Older than 1 Month to Contribute
The automod will enforce this rule. We get dozens of spam posts/comments every day of bots linking to merchandize scams, random penny stocks, and more. Our mod team is small and does not have the capabilities of larger subs. As such, the best solution was simply to require a account age restriction. This is not about trying to exclude anyone, it is simply that if you are related to Gamestop, the merchandising bots target you.
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No Linking or Cross-posting to Other Subreddits
No Linking or Cross-posting to Other Subreddits
See this post for details: https://www.reddit.com/r/gme_meltdown/comments/okxzyd/please_read_new_meltdown_subreddit_rules/
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No Naming or Tagging of Users and/or Subreddits Outside This Community
No Naming or Tagging of Users and/or Subreddits Outside This Community
Do not name or tag users and/or subreddits outside this community. This includes referring to certain usernames and subreddits with an alternate name. No user-centric drama or hyper-focusing on any particular group of people or individual users. Keep it about the stock and their irrational worship of it and pipe dreams of silliness. Don't make it about the individual people. This is to prevent people from targeting other users or communities to brigade and/or harass.
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No Manufactured Content – Do Not Intentionally Instigate Arguments or Bait in Other Subreddits
No Manufactured Content – Do Not Intentionally Instigate Arguments or Bait in Other Subreddits
Do not go to other subreddits and attempt to start arguments with people for purposes of baiting them into providing content to produce screenshots. Content you post here must occur organically. Ban messages from other sub Reddits are not allowed.
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No Antivax/"Vaccine Hesitancy" Rhetoric
No Antivax/"Vaccine Hesitancy" Rhetoric
Anti-vax/"Vaccine Hesitancy" rhetoric, fearmongering, or promotion of "alternative therapies" will result in removal of the post or, in extreme cases, an outright ban from participation in this subreddit. For purposes of this rule, 'rhetoric' is defined as verifiably false statements that are oft-repeated.
Conversation on this should go to the appropriate subreddits. This is not the place to discuss vaccines, this is a matter for individuals and their licensed medical provider.
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Bans and Appeals
Bans and Appeals
Good-faith ban appeals will be heard by a moderator other than the one that banned the participant. Responding with trash will result in a mute. This is a “Spiderman situation” - everybody gets one. If you actually want to be unbanned, do not make your first modmail memeworthy or an immediate launch into an argument. Just state you think you were banned unfairly, and that's all that's needed.
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Duplicate posts, or near duplicate posts, are not allowed and will be removed. Read before posting.
Duplicate posts, or near duplicate posts, are not allowed and will be removed. Read before posting.
Due to increased traffic on the sub we're going to remove duplicate (or near duplicate) posting to reduce the signal to noise ratio.
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Proof or ban
Proof or ban
Proof or ban. If you make an affirmation about your portfolio, you need to prove it in the next 24 hours or you will be banned. This can apply to other extraordinary affirmations at the mods discretion or by special petition.
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No Trolling
No Trolling
If you are not a regular contributor to this sub and you show up to troll this sub's members, you will be banned. This includes 'concern trolling' and 'gatekeeping'. Don't come here to start arguments.
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Gif bots and copy paste bots
Gif bots and copy paste bots
We do not allow karma farming bots in this sub. They will be banned mercilessly.
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