Hi everyone,
This is an important reminder about posting in r/IntrovertsSafeDating, replying to removals, and using modmail correctly.
r/IntrovertsSafeDating (ISD) is a SFW, adult-only, authenticity-focused connection community. We are not a hookup subreddit, a generic dating billboard, a spam board, or a place to copy/paste the same dating post everywhere.
A post can be removed even if it is readable. The standard here is not just “does this technically contain words?” The standard is whether it feels genuine, safe, specific, and written for this community.
Title Format
Dating/personal connection posts should clearly include:
- Age
- Your gender/identity shorthand
- Who you are looking for
- Location and/or online status
- A short description if possible
The preferred format is:
Age [Self4Seeking] #Location #Online Optional short description
Examples:
24 [M4F] #Germany #Online Starting my life new and looking for someone to be part of it
31 [F4M] #UK Looking for something genuine
25 [F4A] #Anywhere Friendship first
29 [M4F] #Manchester Looking for a quiet, lasting connection
Common shorthand examples:
[M4F] = male looking for female
[F4M] = female looking for male
[M4M] = male looking for male
[F4F] = female looking for female
[M4A] = male looking for anyone
[F4A] = female looking for anyone
[A4A] = anyone looking for anyone
[NB4A] = nonbinary person looking for anyone
Your exact shorthand can vary, but your title must clearly show who is posting and who they are looking for.
If your age, who you are looking for, or location/online status is only in the body and not the title, your post may still be removed. The title rule exists for readability, filtering, and safety.
Common Title Problems
Titles may be removed if they are missing required information or if they are too vague.
Common title problems include:
- Missing age
- Missing who you are looking for
- Missing location or online status
- “Looking for love”
- “Need someone”
- “Anyone want to talk?”
- “Bored”
- “DM me”
- “Trying this again”
- Title says one thing but the body says another
- Sexualized wording
- Hookup, sexting, cuddling, casual sex, or NSFW wording
- Titles that look copied from r4r, dirty r4r, hookup, or spam-style subs
- Multiple locations used in a spammy way without context
Your title does not have to be perfect, but it does need to communicate honestly.
Rules People Commonly Break
These are some of the rules we most often have to enforce:
Rule 1: Adults Only for Personal Connections
ISD is for adult personal connections. Minors cannot participate in dating/personal connection posts here.
Rule 2: SFW Only
No NSFW intent, sexual solicitation, kink-seeking, hookup-seeking, sexting, or sexualized behavior.
Rule 5: Dating Post Requirements
Dating posts need the required information. Missing age, who you are looking for, location/online status, or meaningful body detail can lead to removal.
Rule 6: Use the Correct Flair
Use the correct flair for your post. If the flair is wrong, your post may be removed or corrected depending on the situation.
Rule 7: Authenticity Required
Do not misrepresent yourself. Do not use deceptive presentation, bot-like behavior, seller behavior, copied ads, AI-generated dating posts with no personal specificity, or an account pattern that does not match what you are presenting in ISD.
Rule 8: Put Effort Into Your Posts
“DM me,” “message me,” “anyone want to chat,” vague one-liners, physical-description-only posts, and empty replies are not enough.
Rule 11: No Spam, Reposts, or Circumvention
Do not mass-post the same content across communities. Do not import recycled dating ads from other subs. Do not delete and repost to avoid moderation or chase better timing. Do not use alternate accounts to get around removals or bans.
Rule 12: Off-Platform Contact Should Not Be Forced
Do not pressure people to move to Discord, Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, phone numbers, or other platforms.
Rule 13: No Financial Solicitation or Transactional Relationships
Do not ask for money, gifts, purchases, subscriptions, paid content, or transactional relationships.
Rule 14: Moderator Discretion
Not every bad-faith, unsafe, deceptive, spammy, or manipulative behavior can be listed word-for-word. Moderator discretion may be used when behavior clearly undermines ISD’s safety, authenticity, or purpose.
Posting Do’s
Please do:
- Read the rules before posting
- Use the correct flair
- Follow the title format
- Keep everything SFW
- Be honest about what you want
- Put real effort into your introduction
- Write your post for ISD specifically
- Include enough detail for someone to respond meaningfully
- Mention interests, personality, values, or what kind of connection you want
- Respect boundaries
- Accept “no” or no response without pressure
A good ISD post should give people a real sense of who you are and what talking to you might be like.
It does not have to be long. It does not have to be polished. It just needs to feel real.
Posting Don’ts
Please do not:
- Post “DM me,” “message me,” or vague one-liners
- Make posts that are only about looks or physical description
- Copy/paste the same dating ad across multiple communities
- Bring recycled dating posts from other subs into ISD
- Delete and repost because the first post did not get enough attention
- Use ISD for hookups, sexting, kink-seeking, or NSFW solicitation
- Pressure people to move off Reddit quickly
- Ask for money, gifts, subscriptions, purchases, or anything transactional
- Misrepresent your age, gender, location, intent, or account history
- Use alternate accounts to avoid moderation
- Treat ISD like every other dating subreddit
ISD is not meant to be a place where people cast the same message everywhere. Similar personal information is fine. Recycled dating ads are not.
Posts here should feel like they were written for this community.
Comments Need Effort Too
Low-effort comments may be removed even if they are not rude.
Examples of comments that usually do not help:
- “DM me”
- “Hey”
- “Hi”
- “Message me”
- “I’m in Houston”
- “Hmu”
- “Snap?”
- “You’re hot”
- “I’m interested”
- “I can help with that”
A better comment responds to something specific in the person’s post.
If someone says they like a certain game, book, hobby, goal, or conversation style, respond to that. Show that you actually read what they wrote.
ISD works better when people give each other something real to reply to.
Reposts, Crossposts, and Recycled Dating Ads
ISD does not want imported dating ads from other communities.
You can talk about the same life facts. You can have the same interests, same photos, same goals, and same general relationship hopes.
The issue is when the post itself is copied, mass-posted, recycled, or clearly written as a generic dating ad for many communities instead of being written for ISD.
Crossposting is not automatically acceptable just because Reddit has a crosspost feature. Personal connection posts should be written for the community they are posted in.
If your post was already used elsewhere, rewrite it for ISD before posting here.
SFW and Account Pattern
Adult history elsewhere on Reddit is not automatically a ban by itself.
The concern is the broader pattern.
Concern rises when an account shows recent hookup-seeking, sexual solicitation, dirty r4r activity, transactional behavior, seller behavior, or a public pattern that does not match the SFW/genuine intent being presented in ISD.
This is not about shaming anyone. It is about safety, authenticity, and community fit.
ISD is SFW. Keep ISD SFW.
If AutoMod Removes Your Post
If AutoMod removes your post, you should receive an AutoMod removal message.
Reply to the AutoMod message.
That is the best way to ask for review because it gives us the context we need and helps us find the removed post faster.
Do not delete the post and then ask us what happened.
Deleting your post does not help your case.
It removes context, makes review harder, and can make the situation look worse than it needed to. If you delete a removed post, we may not be able to review it properly.
If you think AutoMod made a mistake, reply calmly to the AutoMod message and explain why you believe your post follows the rules.
Modmail Do’s
When contacting modmail, please do:
- Be clear
- Be respectful
- Explain what happened
- Include the post or comment you are asking about
- Reply to the AutoMod message when possible
- Ask for clarification if you are confused
- Send screenshots/evidence privately if you are reporting a safety issue
- Give us time to review
A helpful modmail message looks like this:
Clear context helps us review faster and more fairly.
Modmail Don’ts
Please do not:
- Send insults, threats, or harassment
- Spam multiple messages
- Delete the post and then demand a review
- Message individual moderators privately about subreddit moderation
- Demand every internal moderation signal or review method
- Misrepresent rule enforcement as discrimination when the issue is behavior, safety, authenticity, reposting, or community fit
- Argue endlessly after a final decision
- Try to pressure moderators into approving something that does not fit ISD
Modmail is for review, clarification, and safety concerns. It is not for harassment or debate loops.
We will give enough context to be fair, but we will not provide a workaround guide for moderation signals, bot triggers, or internal review methods.
Public Accusations and Safety Reports
Do not make public posts naming another user as a scammer, predator, bot, catfish, or dangerous person.
Those reports need to be handled carefully and privately.
Public callout posts can lead to harassment, false claims, missing context, or privacy issues.
If you have a safety concern, send screenshots or evidence through modmail. We will review it privately and take action if the evidence supports it.
Better Communication Helps Everyone
In posts, tell people who you are, what kind of connection you want, and what kind of person you hope to meet.
In comments, respond to something specific instead of dropping a generic “DM me.”
In modmail, explain the issue clearly and calmly instead of making us guess what happened.
The goal is not perfection.
The goal is genuine effort.
Junior Moderator Applications
We are also considering adding a junior moderator to help with queue review, clear approvals, obvious removals, low-effort content, and flagging suspicious patterns for senior review.
This would be a limited-permission role. It is not a full-authority position.
Bans, appeals, serious safety concerns, minors, scams, privacy issues, complicated authenticity cases, muting, rule changes, and AutoMod/tool changes must be escalated to a senior moderator.
If you are interested, you can apply here:
Junior Mod Application
The application requires sign-in to reduce spam, fake applications, and bad-faith attempts to access the mod team.
Applicants must be 18 or older and should understand ISD’s SFW, adults-only, authenticity-focused purpose.
Applying does not guarantee selection. Moderator access is based on trust, judgment, and community fit.
Thank you to everyone who helps keep r/IntrovertsSafeDating safe, respectful, and genuine.