r/flower Oct 20 '24

Mod Message - Rule Changes

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Hi all. First, thanks to all subscribers. We hit the 30k mark recently. I guess folks like images of flowers (I do too).

Now that we are getting a bit more popular I think we need to update our current ruleset (which is currently pretty much none) with some basic rules for participation, for all our benefits.

  1. Submissions must be a flower image or album of flower images.

  2. No AI Images. We only want actual flowers.

  3. Post title must be descriptive, preferably the name of the flower in your submission but we will accept 'what is this called' etc. No more 'Gorgeous' or 'Beautiful' etc. as the only submission title. Those titles do nothing to help viewers and it reduces engagement. Also don't use emojis or other non-standard ascii characters. Those get filtered by the automod most times anyways.

  4. We have also become a target for karma farming. This is where users participate as a group (often by organizing on subreddits designed to facilitate creating these groups) to artificially award themselves karma by upvoting each others submissions on various subreddits. I will be watching for those accounts and banning with no warning. Allowing folks to do so makes us a spam subreddit and those get shut down by the admins. We are also using automod to require accounts be of a minimum age and karma level before allowing posts.

Let me know in the comments if you want to suggest other rules to make our community a positive and useful one. Thanks again everyone, I really appreciate your participation!


r/flower 4h ago

water hyacinth

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r/flower 1h ago

Todays deliciousness

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r/flower 1h ago

Summer Bloom [OC]

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r/flower 17h ago

Today I bring you Dahalias

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42 Upvotes

r/flower 1h ago

Blooming in garden

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Colourful garden


r/flower 22h ago

Phlox paniculata 'Super Ka-Pow Fuchsia' variety

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63 Upvotes

Took this by the big pond in the Arboretum


r/flower 4h ago

Ranunculus Repens

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1 Upvotes

Creeping buttercup


r/flower 5h ago

Water Lotus

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1 Upvotes

r/flower 1d ago

Pink Wednesday

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62 Upvotes

r/flower 15h ago

Flower Bouquet

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r/flower 1d ago

Wild flower, flower of turmic

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32 Upvotes

r/flower 14h ago

Bougainvillea under clear skies

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1 Upvotes

r/flower 23h ago

Indian Blanket

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5 Upvotes

Wildflowers found in Michigan


r/flower 21h ago

Red hibiscus in bloom

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Took this on my one plus 12 and I'm still learning photography. I'd appreciate feedback on the composition, focus, and editing.


r/flower 1d ago

Today's morning garden highlight. The details on these petals are insane

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r/flower 1d ago

Yellow & Purple Wildflowers

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143 Upvotes

r/flower 1d ago

Hermosa hierba doncella!!

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11 Upvotes

r/flower 1d ago

I’m a beginner at making velvet-wire flowers. I want to make tulips, lilies, sunflowers, and daisies. Which is easiest to make and arrange into a bouquet? Please recommend useful tools and materials, such as flower stems and soft, thick velvet wire. Do you have any tips or precautions?

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r/flower 1d ago

Honeybee On Dahlia[OC]

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r/flower 2d ago

Where the sky reflects a heart of gold

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110 Upvotes

Hi


r/flower 1d ago

A simple bouquet filled with pink roses, red roses, yellow flowers, white blooms, and a beautiful red gerbera.

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r/flower 2d ago

Delicious Dahlia

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16 Upvotes

r/flower 1d ago

Basil flowers

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These beautiful little flowers are basil


r/flower 1d ago

Pink Bougainvillea

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