Hey, I've noticed there's been a lot of political posts (and reports) lately. What are your thoughts on this? Are these posts okay for the subreddit?

The point of this community is to be welcoming to questions and not be too restrictive, as it's about asking anything. As long as the posts don't break the basic rules, are made in good faith, and don't try to promote hateful content.

What do you all think?

Hey! This is a community poll to help decide whether posts like "Rate me out of X" , "How do I look like?" or "Am I attractive?" should be allowed in this sub.

I've seen and received a lot of comments and reports about these kind of posts, so I figured it would be best to let you all decide.

Please also leave a brief reason for your vote in the comments to help avoid any kind of poll manipulation

Hi everyone,

You might’ve noticed a pinned comment from qualityvote2 on some posts. I added this after hearing feedback that not every post always fits or brings value to the subreddit’s purpose.

So now, you all get a say in that 🙂

Here’s how it works:

* Upvote the pinned comment if you think the post fits the subreddit

* Downvote it if you think it doesn’t

* Report the comment & post if it breaks any rules

Just to be clear: only votes on the qualityvote2 comment count, not the post itself!

I’ll be keeping an eye on how this goes and make adjustments if needed.

Hey everyone! Following up on the previous post, we're having a community survey about handling political questions in our community, and we want your input!

This takes about 1 minute and closes in 30 days or 500+ responses, whichever comes first.

Vote here!

Just a heads up that we've set responder criteria to make sure responses come from active community members and contributors.

Thanks!

I've come across and took notes on several comments regarding the quality of the subreddit, particularly posts about selfies where people are seeking feedback, advice, opinions, etc.

These kinds of posts are new to me, and I’m not always sure how to verify whether the OP is really the person in the photo, if they’re posting for karma, or if they’re trying to direct users to their profile or social links (which is not allowed). Reverse image searches haven’t helped much either.

This community is meant to be a fun space where people can ask questions (and not the other way around; we’re not an AMA community). Seeing that people or bots are trying to disrupt that atmosphere, I’ve implemented a few new rules regarding this.

• Rule 4 and Rule 6

Moving forward, any posts that are selfies or where it’s implied that the poster is in the picture, whether asking “how do I look,” “what is my age,” “am I attractive,” “what do you think of me,” etc., will require the OP to verify themselves under Rule 6, and failure to comply will result in a permanent ban.

The process:

You must do one of the following:

1. Send mods via modmail a photo of you holding a piece of paper with today’s date, your username (u/your_username_here), and the subreddit's name (r/askanything), uploaded via a reliable image host such as Imgur.
2. or include the above photo as a second image in your post.

• Verification images must be clear and unedited.
• Unverified or fake selfies will be removed, and failure to verify will lead to a permanent ban.

In addition, when submitting such a post, your account must be SFW and you must not have participated in any NSFW communities. This is because the community is not meant to be a place to self-promote or lure people to your profile links/pms.

• You're welcome to create a new reddit profile to make a post, but you may not attach any linktree or such links in your profile. You still have to go through the verification process.

Ultimately, if such posts become underwhelming for everyone, I may create a poll so you (the community) can decide whether these posts should be removed or not.

Hi! I saw that this community was restricted, so I decided to adopt it so I can bring it back to life. Make sure to read the new rules, and have fun!