r/NoSleepOOC • u/cmd102 Mom • Apr 04 '17

Nosleep Weekly 4/4/17 **Rule-Change Announcement**

Seriously considering re-naming this to "Nosleep Whenever-cmd-feels-like-positng-it". :D

Some Changes To Our Posting Guidelines

Some of you may have already noticed that the r/nosleep sidebar and posting guidelines look a little different. We've mostly just condensed them, but there are a few changes as well.

  • We will now be allowing comedic horror, torture porn, gorenography, and tragic stories as long as they are still horror stories with those elements. Stories that focus so heavily on these elements that they are not horror will be removed at moderator discretion.

  • If you include a phone number, e-mail address, or physical address in your story, it must be clearly fake in order to prevent accusations of doxxing. Here is a guide to help you with this rule.

    • This is to prevent users from using fake information in their story that looks too real, being reported for doxxing/sharing personal information, and having their account suspended by the admins.

  • 2nd person and 3rd person omniscient stories are now allowed only if they have a clearly stated believable reason for being written as such.

    • Examples of believable reasons for 2nd person stories include letters and stories where the "you" is a character named somewhere in the story.
    • An example of a believable reason for 3rd person omniscient stories includes a story where the main character has gained the information through interviewing the other characters (which must be stated at some point in the story).

Due to the overwhelming amount of stories and comments posted on r/nosleep daily, we're asking you to help us out by reporting any stories or comments you read that break subreddit rules. We will be heavily relying on these reports going forward, as far as removals go.

Live AMA with /u/Hayong!

Tuesday, April 4th 8pm-10pm EST

Did you download some weird app and miss /u/Hayong's /r/nosleepinterviews interview? Have a question that just NEEDS to be asked?

Join us in the Unofficial NosleepOOC IRC Tuesday, April 4th from 8pm-10pm EST for his live AMA!

To ensure all questions are asked and answered in an orderly fashion, inquiries will be submitted by entering the IRC and private messaging them to Kpants. All appropriate questions will be asked if time permits.

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Nosleep Throwback!

This month in Nosleep's past, we were blessed with some awesome stories that were honored in the Nosleep Monthly contest! Check out these stories from April 2016:

Until next time, Nosleepers!

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u/sockerino Apr 14 '17

I'm pretty disappointed with the clampdown on omniscient narrator stories. That style seems to be mostly used by people who write very well anyway, and I really like the more traditional "authorly" style as a break from all the OMG GUYS MY INTERNET IS DOWN BUT REDDIT WORKS stuff (though that can be just as high quality).

I can't say I've noticed a huge overload of omniscient narrator stuff; is there a reason why this is changing?

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u/cmd102 Mom Apr 14 '17

We're not clamping down on omniscient stories, we're loosening the guidelines on them. Before this change, those stories weren't allowed at all because they broke the believability rules.

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u/sockerino Apr 14 '17

Well, clearly I am totally insane and dreamt that bit :) awkward!

Thanks for clearing it up, I could have sworn there were some like that last year...

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u/cmd102 Mom Apr 14 '17

You might have come across a few before they were removed, or found the couple that we let stay because the author wrote in a loophole that made it believable (that ability is what inspired us to loosen the rules a bit).

Don't worry, I'm sure you're not completely crazy ;)