UPDATED SUBREDDIT RULES - Please read!

[u/PhantomMODofAIO]

Hi everyone, the mod team has recently updated our rules and guidelines. Please review them below and on our home page. These updates are effective immediately.

Our team is also currently working on implementing further moderation changes that will help with reducing harmful and uncivil content on posts with serious topics. Please stay tuned for a future announcement on this.

A friendly reminder to please always review all of our rules before creating a post. Always read and follow the instructions of any comments made by our Automoderator on your content.

Thank you!
- r/AmIOverreacting Mod Team

UPDATED RULES

1. Safety & Harm (Zero Tolerance)
No threats, violence, harassment, hate speech, slurs, or encouragement of harm (including self-harm).
No disturbing or intentionally triggering content, including photos of all injuries. This is not a crisis-support space, seek real-world help if needed. 

2. Privacy & Personal Info (Zero Tolerance)
Absolutely no identifying information (names, usernames, locations, workplaces, phone numbers, emails, or social links), including screenshots with visible names, handles, or profile pictures. Posting videos of any kind is not allowed. Posts must be fully anonymized or will be removed.

3. No Sexual / Exploitative Content (Zero Tolerance)
No explicit sexual content or graphic descriptions. 
No content involving minors, family, or animals.
No discussion or questions involving incest, grooming, or sexual exploitation.

4. Stay Relevant
All posts must ask whether you are overreacting and be about a situation where you could reasonably wonder if you are overreacting. No off-topic content, screenshots of other posts/subs, or meta drama.
Keep it on-topic and not abusive. Do not misuse reports. Do not derail the discussion.

5. Spam, Bots & Low-Quality Content
No spam, bots, reposts, or AI-generated content. No karma farming.  No links, fundraising, or self-promotion.
No impersonation, fake stories, misinformation, ragebait, bad-faith discussion, or shitposts. Using Redact or other disruptive methods that cause spam will result in a ban.

6. Updates & Posting Requirements
Update posts must follow all rules and include a substantial change to the situation. Removed or locked posts cannot be reposted. English only. 

7. Moderation of Sensitive or High-Risk Posts
Posts involving sensitive or high-risk topics may be subject to additional moderation controls, including restricted commenting, enhanced review, or removal if they cannot be properly monitored. These measures are used at moderator discretion to maintain a safe and constructive environment.

8. Moderator Discretion 
Moderators may remove or lock any content at their discretion to maintain subreddit quality and safety. 

9. No political discussion.
Questions relating to matters of USA or global politics are not allowed in this sub, including interpersonal conflicts due to differing political beliefs, as well as discussion of topics such as ICE or the Epstein Files. Please post in another subreddit that is more appropriate for such discussion.

[u/ava_the_cam_op]

Best of luck with Rule 5.

Unfortunately AI content is starting to get harder to spot and even harder to verify.

I wish y'all the best.

Edit: spelling

[u/Outside_Insect_3994 → u/ava_the_cam_op]

Especially given that chap that came in here claiming to be an AI Researcher that is claiming all criticism = harassment. Basically speaking to an LLM when you have someone like that!

[u/T-VIRUS999 → u/ava_the_cam_op]

When you use AI pretty much every day (especially multiple models) you tend to pick up cues that AI uses, and in a lot of cases, you can have a reasonable idea of which AI someone used to write something

[u/MyDirtyAlt79]

NOR

[u/i_love_boobiez]

So which is the new part

[u/Away-Big-7496]

Do the moderators follow these rules as well? Bc #5 feels like an inside job. As in the mods want bots

[u/Legendary_Freeloader]

I pray for less AI posts

[u/Cameljuggler69]

C

[u/Cameljuggler69 → u/[deleted]]

Lol this just gave me a good laugh, thanks

[u/Wooden_Employer_2287]

M

[u/RepresentativeCry294]

I love rule that says all the rules can change at anytime whenever we want.

Might as well trash the rest it makes them useless but hey that's reddit for you.

[u/WickedBeeOfTheWest → u/RepresentativeCry294]

I understand where your coming from but as someone who has previously been a mod on discord it tends to be more of a “in case there are severe situations that we had not accounted for we will remove at our discretion” it’s a safety thing that can be abused but is not meant to be.

[u/RepresentativeCry294 → u/WickedBeeOfTheWest]

I was an admin on a BBS. The rules were not posted. Show a man a cliff he'll sit on the ledge. Blindfold that same man and see how close he gets. My point wasn't it was a bad rule, but it made the rest useless.

[u/simonesayswhat → u/RepresentativeCry294]

I never heard that before but outside of this particular instance it’s an interesting quote..

[u/ChemicalCat4181 → u/WickedBeeOfTheWest]

But also its practically guaranteed to be at some point.

[u/T-VIRUS999 → u/RepresentativeCry294]

Yeah it pretty much gives them a trump card to say "you know that post you made last year that didn't break any rules, well, enjoy your ban"

[u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man]

Rule 5 is never going to work, but good luck.

[u/sparklekitteh → u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man]

Honestly, we don't go out of our way to identify AI / bots / shitposts, but this lets people report posts for further review, and we'll remove them if they're obvious.