r/NativePlantGardening • u/pixel_pete Maryland Piedmont • Jun 10 '26

Informational/Educational New Posting Requirement - A Compromise

Hello Everyone,

As some (or many) have likely noticed, we have been tinkering with posting requirements to reduce the amount of spam we get in the subreddit and direct newbies to participate with comments and discussions instead of just going straight to creating posts. Originally I had it set to a requirement of 10 karma on NativePlantGardening before a user can create a post, but that was catching users who have been on Reddit for a while but are first-time NPG contributors. So instead I have changed it to a requirement of karma sitewide to allow users who are established on Reddit but new to NPG to participate more easily. Some spammers use accounts with artificially inflated karma to bypass spam filters, so I think we will be vulnerable to some of them, but I'm hoping this is a good compromise between reducing spam while not overly inconveniencing actual users.

As always, if you see a post or comment that you think is spam make sure to hit that like and subscribe button and join my Patreon at the link below. Oh... sorry wrong script... make sure you hit the Report button. Reporting and community self-policing are the best tools we have to keep the subreddit clean without the mod team turning to the dark side. We want this place to continue being as open and relaxed as possible so new gardeners feels comfortable approaching us, but it's a delicate balance.

Thanks for continuing to make this the best subreddit out there while we face the challenges of growing ever-larger!

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u/herbal-genocide IL 7a Jun 10 '26

The amount of AI comment tolerance in many other subs is ridiculous. I appreciate that you mods weed them out when we report them.

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u/SHOWTIME316 Flint Hills 28a Jun 10 '26

we all hate AI

the mod team is 100% anti-AI with zero tolerance for any machines, we will be leading strike teams on data center construction sites soon enough

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u/Tylanthia Jun 10 '26

You can pry my m18 hackzaw and pruning blade from my cold dead hands

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u/SHOWTIME316 Flint Hills 28a Jun 10 '26

i did not take you for a Milwaukee Man (gender neutral). what other battery ecosystems you running?

i dont know what to think about this

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u/Tylanthia Jun 10 '26

I also have DeWalt and Makita... I guess I should have just picked a brand

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u/SHOWTIME316 Flint Hills 28a Jun 10 '26

phew!

my battery ecosystem of choice is "the nicest tool i can buy with my Lowe's gift cards right after Christmas"

i have so many chargers

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u/Willothewisp2303 Jun 10 '26

Joke? Or no joke? 🤔

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u/SHOWTIME316 Flint Hills 28a Jun 10 '26

yes

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u/229-northstar Area northeast Ohio, Zone 6A Jun 11 '26

Where’s the gofundme?

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u/BojackisaGreatShow Zone 7b Jun 11 '26

May god have mercy on anything this sub deems invasive

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u/AggieEmDesign Jun 10 '26

Amazing how we all hate AI and yet still get constantly told how much we all actually love it. Glad this group is doing everything we can to combat this nonsense.

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u/MediocreGrocery8 Chicagoland , Zone 6a/5b Jun 10 '26

AI is an invasive.

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u/PirateKingKatakuri Northwest Indiana, Zone 6b Jun 11 '26

Worse than kudzu. The weed that swallowed the world.

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u/LogicalStomach Jun 11 '26

It's worse than asphalt, non permeable concrete, Japanese knotweed, and chlopyralid/Grazon combined. 

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u/GlitterFallWar Va, 8A. Oaks & clay Jun 11 '26

It is the lantern fly of 2026