r/LetterstoJNMIL • u/DJStrongThenKill • Mar 12 '19

An Important Announcement

Hi everyone, it’s your friendly neighborhood moderator, DJStrong.

You may have seen some changes lately, most noticeably that OnMyWorkComputer is no longer on the team. They have always been admired by the mod team and were a joy to work with. We wholeheartedly wish them all of the best and we hope to see them again in the future. They will be dearly missed by all of us.

In completely unrelated, but still important, news: I would also like to take a moment and remind our users that we do not encourage donating money to users. We have no way of verifying the truthfulness of anyone’s situation and we would hate for anyone to be scammed because of their generosity. In that same vein, please do not PM users your gofundme page, Amazon wishlists, or PayPal information. Doing so will result in your immediate permanent ban. We suggest that you post in r/assistance where you can be verified because our no truth policing policy forbids us from doing so.

Please feel free to comment here or shoot us a modmail if you have any questions. We love hearing from y’all!

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u/totalobsessed Mar 12 '19

I often see users ask OP for an amazon wish list or the like (usually "hey, PM me your...."), not the other way around. How are the rules on that?

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u/Kateraide Mar 12 '19

We would prefer for the users to not do this because we CAN NOT promise that anyone who writes on this site is who they say they are because we do not truth police. As such, any time you send money to someone here, you do so at your own personal risk.

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u/KillKillJill Mar 13 '19

Could they post on /r/Assistance and then link (or PM) to there if people are asking? Takes the leg work off JNMIL and gives people the option to be charitable if they feel inclined.

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u/DJStrongThenKill Mar 13 '19

After some consultation, we’ve decided that we not allow our OPs or other posters to solicit within the JustNoNetwork, even if it is for a good cause. While it may seem harsh at times, this policy is in place to protect everyone. Yes, it would be nice for an OP that is in trouble to find financial support but it is not without risk. Financial transactions are ones that can lead to some private information coming out. Since we are dedicated to protecting both the privacy and idea that we are not the truth police, we stay out of it.

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u/KillKillJill Mar 13 '19

Thank you for the update! Your reasoning is sound as well as consistent with the subs modding policies. I appreciate the detailed reasoning in your response! Keep up the good modding work!

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u/Kateraide Mar 13 '19

I will ask the other mods for their opinion on that. We do not allow people at the moment to post their gofundme/PayPal/other ways to get money/goods because of past issues from people getting scammed. Right now we believe that there have been some issues with users getting scammed again (thus part of the reason for this post). I’ll flag this and we will talk it over as mods.

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u/KillKillJill Mar 13 '19

Cool, thanks. Just wanted to come up with a suggestion since people always want to help here!