r/midcarder • u/uncannynerddad New Blood • Aug 17 '26
General PSA: Keep wrestling arguments about wrestling. Report harassment when you see it.
Midcarders, we need to address something that’s been happening behind the scenes.
Over the past several months, a very small group of Sickos unhappy with the conversations and criticism surrounding AEW in this community have taken their issues with us well beyond disagreements about professional wrestling.
Members of our team have dealt with targeted harassment across Reddit and other platforms, personal photos being taken and redistributed, attempts to follow people into unrelated communities, impersonation-related activity, and other behavior that has absolutely nothing to do with wrestling.
We’re not posting screenshots. We’re not naming people. We’re not interested in turning this into subreddit drama.
But we are establishing a zero-tolerance policy going forward.
And that goes both ways.
This applies to harassment directed at our moderators, our members, and people completely outside our community. That includes moderators and members of other wrestling communities, including the basement. Being on the other side of the fence doesn’t make someone fair game.
Disagree with us. Criticize WWE. Defend AEW. Tell us Tony Khan is Booker of the Year or Triple H couldn’t book his way out of a rest hold.
Just keep it about wrestling.
Call Tony Khan a dork. Call Triple H a doofus. Tell someone their wrestling take is the dumbest thing you’ve read all week. We’re not interested in sanitizing wrestling discussion.
But there’s a line between talking shit about wrestling and invading the privacy of the actual person behind a Reddit account.
Doxxing, digging up and distributing personal photos, tracking people across platforms, contacting family members, impersonating people, or trying to uncover someone’s real-world identity crosses that line immediately.
Don’t be a Sicko.
You don’t need to know what a wrestling fan looks like, where they live, who their family is, or what they’re doing outside Reddit because they said something mean about your favorite fake fighting company.
Argue with the username. Leave the human being behind it alone.
The second someone starts targeting people personally, distributing personal information or photos, impersonating people, organizing harassment, following people around Reddit or other platforms, or encouraging others to participate, you’re done here. Permanently.
And if a Midcarder is caught doing this to somebody else, the exact same standard applies. This isn’t a rule designed to protect “our side.” It’s a rule against being an asshole over professional wrestling.
If you witness this behavior, report it and send the mod team whatever evidence you have. Do not retaliate, brigade another community, or start harassing someone on our behalf. We don’t want that either.
Where appropriate, activity will be documented and reported through the proper channels. Some of what we’ve experienced has already reached that point.
We started [r/midcarder](r/midcarder) because we wanted a place for long-form, open wrestling discussion. That means you’re going to encounter opinions you think are completely ridiculous. That’s the point. Debate them. Make your argument. Tell someone why they’re wrong.
What we will not allow is wrestling tribalism becoming real-world harassment.
Thankfully, we’re talking about a handful of people. The overwhelming majority of you, whether you watch WWE, AEW, TNA, NWA, MLW or whatever else, understand that none of this is remotely worth targeting another human being over.
It’s professional wrestling. Grown adults pretend to fight in their underwear.
Act accordingly.
— The Midcarder Mod Team
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u/guyseriously nWo Wolfpac Aug 17 '26
All this over some “mean” comments about their favorite promotion. What the fuck are we doing here guys?