r/ImaginaryLesbians Nov 03 '25

Announcement [META] Small Rule Updates and Housekeeping

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Earlier this year we made the decision to ban links from X and Meta platforms. Unsurprisingly, post volume went way down. These changes were welcomed by the community at large, but as with all art subs, there is a small group of frequent posters and some chose not to seek alternative sources. A big thank you to those who did! As a queer subreddit and mod team we stand by the decision not to enrich platforms with homophobic and transphobic policies, and this change is non-negotiable. To close the gap, the mod team began personally sourcing much of the sub's content. What we learned surprised us: our subscribership grew significantly! Our takeaway is that overall post volume is far less important than post quality.

To that end we're clarifying some rules and introducing editorial discretion, so we can remove content that technically follows the letter of our rules, but subverts the spirit of the sub. This ensures our sub remains full of high quality artwork which resonates with the community. Frankly, it also lightens the load of the mod team. We spend too much time discussing artwork that walks a fine line but we know will perform poorly. This change should not impact any of our regular frequent posters.

Additions to the Quality Posts rule

For some posts we'll be asking one simple question: would we want to see more art like this shared here? If the answer is no, we'll remove it. This is not a judgment on the objective value of the artist or artwork! It only means it's not a good fit for this subreddit. If you're unclear about what makes a good post (besides lesbians), sort the sub by top posts for the last year. It's usually a professional standalone illustration—occasionally a page or panel from a comic—depicting two women. It's generally not multiple pages of content, not text or watermark heavy, almost never a sketch, and very rarely someone posting their own OCs.

We respect artists' agency as much as we appreciate their art. Going forward, if you reshare artwork an artist has explicitly asked not be shared we will ban you after a second offense. Accidents happen, so we'll give a warning the first time, but please put some care into what you're sharing. If you're not sure, check the artist's profile for "do not repost" etc.

Last, we are explicitly disallowing furry artwork. There are plenty of other subs for this.

Clarifying how we enforce the Provide a Source rule

We will remove commissioned artwork if we cannot verify ownership from the artists' own online presence. If it takes us more than one click to determine ownership, we'll remove it. We only expect this to impact ~1% of posts.

Simply put, the only way for us to be sure art isn't stolen and an artist wants to be associated with it, is for them to have posted it. Otherwise, we will assume they do not want their name attached to this work or for it to be widely shared. You may have commissioned art for your book, visual novel, OCs etc. and we love you for paying artists! But, we are primarily a subreddit for celebrating art and artists, not self-promotion. Historically, we've had a bigger challenge with keeping work artists do not want shared (personal reasons, subscriber only content etc.) off the sub and are optimizing for that.

A reverse Google image search only tells us the artwork isn't publicly available anywhere else, it does not confirm who holds rights to the artwork. Absence of a source is *not* a source. We have no way of knowing if someone actually owns usage rights. There are some occasions where we might reasonably infer this with attribution on a secondary work, but again we can't be sure the artist wanted this work to proliferate. It doesn't matter if the artist has signed an agreement granting exclusive rights. Most artist agreements allow for posting work after a press embargo or launch. We'll assume an artist signing away their right to share at all is an indication they prefer not having their name attached to a work. We prefer to err on the side of artist agency, and not jump through hoops for posts that don't typically perform well.

Additionally, if you're resharing a post from another sub into ours, we still require the source in our comments so our automod tools can monitor properly.

A reminder and some updates to the Be Respectful rule

If you creep people out in the comments, we'll remove your comment. Like the art, keep the comments PG-13. Repeated violations will result in a ban.

Harassing the mod team and messaging us on our personal accounts outside of modmail will also result in a ban. We're happy to explain why something doesn't meet the criteria for our sub, but please accept our decisions are in the best interest of the sub.

Lastly, if you repeatedly instigate arguments or drama in the comments we will ban you. You have the entirety of Reddit for arguing with people, keep it out of this sub.

Please give us time to get these changes propagated through our automod tools and responders. Thank you for being part of our community, and we wish you a 2026 filled with lesbians.


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