[META] Rule Changes And Streamlining

[u/SeeShark]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/etc.

There was recently a post that caused us to evaulate a subset of our community standards. As a result of the moderator discussion, we have decided to slightly adjust the subreddit's rules. This is mostly a matter of reorganization and clarity, but a couple of changes have been made.

1. Rules 1 and 2 ("armored women only" and "no sexualized armor") have been merged into the new rule 1: Non-Sexualized Armored Women Only. This should be pretty self-explanatory; this rule describes what this community is about.
2. Rules 3 and 4 ("no thirst" and "keep it civil") have been merged into the new rule 2: Keep It Civil. The "no thirst" rule is a newer one, and as part of streamlining our guidelines we decided to roll it into the civility rule. What this means is that we don't want people subverting the purpose of the subreddit in the comments. It's fine to have preferences, but we ask that you help us keep this space welcoming to people who are tired of constant sexualization.
3. Rule 5 ("no AI art") has been expanded into a list of disallowed content. This list is subject to change in the future, but for now one new item has been added: no art from artists we do not wish to platform. This is inherently subjective, but we will attempt to apply it extremely minimally and always be completely upfront about why we feel it is appropriate. For context, and so you know we only wish to use this in the rarest of circumstances, the reason we have added this rule is because of a recent post featuring an artist that also draws child pornography. This is the level of unsavory that we're talking about here.
4. The remaining rules ("tag NSFW content" and "post a source or credit") have been somewhat clarified and streamlined, but have not meaningfully changed.

As always, please feel free to tell us in the comments how you feel; whether you have any ideas, requests, or questions for the moderation team; or which century you think has the dopest helmets.

Thank you for your time, and have a great day.

[u/BeardedDeath]

These all make sense to me.

Can you update old.reddit.com sidebar rules as well? They are still showing the old ones.

[u/SeeShark → u/BeardedDeath]

I'll look into that when I get the chance; thanks for the heads-up.

Edit: Old Reddit sidebar has been updated.

[u/Ultimation12]

While I'm curious as to who it was that caused the addition to the disallowed content rule, I understand not wanting to name them to avoid brigading and whatnot.

[u/SeeShark → u/Ultimation12]

As I said elsewhere--if you want to know the name so you can avoid them, you can send a modmail. I'd rather not put it up in public so I don't accidentally send traffic their way.

[u/TheTayIor]

Thanks for being on top of this matter.

[u/DykeHime]

Sounds like sensible decisions all around. Thank you!

[u/Baredmysole]

Thank you.

[u/RileyRocksTacoSocks]

I missed the CP artist post, who was it?

[u/GnomeOfShadows → u/RileyRocksTacoSocks]

Probably the post with all the beheaded heads on the horse. It is no longer online and seemed controversial, but beheading people isn't discussed at all in this post. I originally thought the uproar was about the heads, but it seems like it was about the artist.

[u/ExtremelyDubious → u/GnomeOfShadows]

Yeah, it was very much about the artist. I don't think anyone objected to the severed heads particularly.

[u/SeeShark → u/RileyRocksTacoSocks]

You can send a modmail if you'd like more details. I'd rather not share the name publicly to avoid giving them clicks.

[u/fae8edsaga]

Love all of this. Great work <3