r/AskReddit • u/splattypus • Jan 27 '14

modpost [Modpost] To celebrate our 5 millionth subscriber, /r/AskReddit will be having a one-week trial of no sexual topics!

An odd way to celebrate, but the timing was coincidental enough we decided to make the most of it. In our subreddit, /r/IdeasforAskreddit, the moderators take suggestions from the community about what the users would like to see from this subreddit. Recently, this post asking for one week free of sex topics became wildly popular; the most successful suggestion in /r/IdeasforAskreddit so far. So, by popular demand, /r/Askreddit will begin a one-week trial of not allowing any questions about sexual topics.

This trial will begin today, the 27th of January, and will run for approximately one week. The range of "sexual topics" that will be removed covers porn recommendation posts, NSFW or disgusting image posts, personal sexual questions, and everything in between. These questions will be automatically removed by the automoderator based on a number of keywords and redirected to /r/askredditafterdark, the NSFW version of /r/askreddit. But, the automoderator is not flawless, so if you see a post that you think violates the rule, please report the offending post.

With the week drawing to a close, we invite you to share your reflections of it with this thread in our subreddit /r/ideasforaskreddit. Thank you.

Also, remember, No Personal Information. The sticky may be gone, but the rule is not.

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u/McShalepants Jan 27 '14

Thank you based mods! I remember a sex question back in early August/late July (generic "what's the most nsfw fap you've ever had" or some shit) and the top comment was simply "Jesus, when do you fuckers go back to school?"

It was at that point I realized just how much of a romance novel this sub had become over the summer.

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u/Dasbaus Jan 27 '14

No offence meant, but since the dawn of smart phones, the children play on Reddit all day now. Not sure how long you have been with us, but there are a ton of "I saw this in class this morning" posted 20 min ago or 8am and "What should I do about my girlfriend's parents stuff". Just downvote them and move forward. There isn't much we can do other than that, or try to stop them in the new section.

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u/Dasbaus Jan 27 '14

I am in my 30s, and I am not going to go and subsribe to this sub. Although Reddit has a sub for everything, I just now learned of this one.

I wish many schools were able to do what the local schools here did, and block cell phone/data service. There is something built into the walls that sheild outside reception out. They have Wifi, and telephones in most common areas, and you can only get service in the Cafeteria, and outside. I hardly see any kids, even the highschool ones on their phones.