Season 7 has concluded and we're taking a moment to give you guys a status update on the subreddit.
The subreddit has grown so much over the last couple of years and in the last few months as well since Season 7 began airing, we moderators have watched the number of members climb steadily and we've now hit 30,000+ members, which is slightly more than triple what we were at in Season 3 if memory serves. Welcome to all of you.
Please be aware that the subreddit is currently in Post Moderation mode, if your post does not immediately appear, do not repost it - that just increases the posts we have to review, all posts are being manually reviewed for rule violations. Be patient.
Because we have had recent issues with spam-bots, ad-bots and trolls who are using new accounts to spam the subreddit, we are using filters (and still tweaking them) to catch them - new visitors may get caught in these filters when they attempt to create a post, we are handling those on a case by case basis.
Season 7 brought some big surprises and changes that won't be mentioned because of spoilers... except that not all of the changes it has brought have had a positive effect on the subreddit.
So we'll channel The Boss: Sue Blevins and get that out of the way before we move on to the rest of the update.
The war needs to stop.
The Moderators are over it, and the daily reports generated by the Ship War - valid and invalid - have more than doubled. Because of the Ship War and because people keep breaking the no spoilers in the post title rule we've had to extend moderation of posts, which was originally done as a temporary measure intended to slow the flood of posts that appeared right after a new episode (often with the same topic which turns into spam - the subreddit isn't so active that these posts go unnoticed and we start getting spam reports about it), we'd rather this wasn't necessary, we have better things to do with our time. The conduct of the people engaging in this war - in regards to insults, slights, insinuation, personal attacks towards cast members and subreddit members, full-blown arguments, gloating, malicious generalizations based on race, religion, age, gender, identity, politics or sexual orientation as well as attempts to post social media content with user names in full view and saying look what this person said on this platform, and more... break our number one rule - Keep it Civil, number two rule - Ship Wars, our number three rule - Spoilers and our last rule - Posting other peoples content on the subreddit.
This is Twitter behavior and we expect better here. This subreddit is not an echo chamber for you to hear only your own opinions echoed back at you. There are two subreddits linked on this one where you can go for that.
Warnings have been given about this behavior, both to individuals and the members collectively, we are past the warnings now and are actively banning people, temporarily at first, then followed by a permanent ban if it continues after their ban is lifted. Continue at your own risk.
Debate with each other, discuss the show, we want you to, that's what the subreddit is here for, but be polite about it and follow the . Understand that someone else is going to have an opinion you might not like; they might have an opinion the Moderators might not like - and we don't all like the same things; but as long as they aren't doing any of the previously mentioned behavior it doesn't matter how many times it gets reported, we will ignore the report if they are doing nothing more than politely and calmly expressing that opinion.
Stop weaponizing the report system.
Even though Moderators can't see who is falsely reporting posts and comments, it does not mean we can't or won't do anything about it. We can, and will be sending reports that we suspect of abuse to the Reddit Admin who can see the account tied to the report, they will look at the posts and comments being reported as well as our remarks about the contents (such as how the post/comment is not breaking subreddit rules) and they can ban your account site-wide if they see multiple instances of abuse. Don't risk it just because you want to make someone's post or comment disappear because their opinion doesn't match yours.
Valid reports are not an issue. Do keep reporting bad behavior, other broken rules or missed spoilers in titles (sometimes they slip past us).
About the Spoilers in post titles issue, this is a long-standing rule, it isn't new and it is always enforced. Older members know this and new members should if they have read the rules. We try to ensure that new viewers who have not been spoiled - and don't want to be - can still come here and talk to other viewers about the show.
To the people complaining to the Moderators about having to follow it - We aren't changing the rule to suit you so stop sending us modmails complaining about it.
That's done. Boss hat off.
Now on to the rest of the update.
We will be posting a weekly character discussion during the off-season to replace the weekly episode threads.
Let us know below which characters you'd like featured!
Some of the rules have been simplified and merged with similar rules - like Karma Farming has been merged with Low Effort Content and has been expanded slightly to include clickbait titles with no context in the post or little to no effort. Some rules have been given more context - like Piracy, at no time is piracy okay on the subreddit, even if you aren't providing links. If you just don't want to pay for an available legitimate streaming or viewing source... we can't help you.
We're sorry that Disney+ is taking its time to release season 7, however, we can't do anything about it as we are not affiliated with the company in any way. Please send your requests for faster releases to Disney via their page, let them know you want the show released to (non-US) Disney+/Star+ on the same schedule as Hulu.
You may have noticed the disappearance of a few post flairs and the appearance of new ones. The explanation page has an updated list and descriptions.
Gone :
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Episode Discussion (merged with Character Discussion to become Season #)
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Character Discussion (merged with Episode Discussion to become Season #)
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Miscellaneous (use General Discussion for this - should not be used for canon events discussion, that's what Season # is for, see the Post Flair explanations for best use)
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Shit Post/Vent (due to abuse)
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Fanworks (has been split)
New:
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Where/When/How Can I watch 9-1-1?
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Fanart - drawings or other creations made by you
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Fanfiction - requests for recommendations, do not use it for a fanfiction prompt (visit for that)
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All Seasons Spoilers (for topics that aren't limited to one season and may include the newest season)
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Season # Discussions (most recently Season 8 was added)
Being considered:
That's it for now!
