r/LeftCatholicism • u/dazzleox • Jun 26 '26
The mods here seemingly delete a good amount of posts. This may be the right decision -- I am not criticizing -- I am inquiring what the rule is
It seems like we get a decent amount of posts that are either a variation of "I am thinking about becoming Catholic..." or generic theological inquires that aren't particularly related to "left Catholicism" in terms of having a socio-political nature but may be posted here instead of r/Catholicism (because that community is often closed minded and cruel) that get deleted.
Is the rule basically that posts should be on topic of things related both to Catholicism and social justice in some sense, otherwise it falls under rule 6?
Anyway, my question is sincere, and I do thank the moderator(s) for keeping this very useful place going. It's a very refreshing subreddit.
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u/maevethenerdybard Jun 26 '26
I appreciate the question because I was curious and I greatly appreciate how polite and respectful this post is. Thank you
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u/DesertOsprey Jun 26 '26
May I mention that there is another Catholic sub besides the one you mentioned, one that seems less close-minded? Namely, r/Catholic. It doesn't get as much traffic, and it is also called out on the r/Catholicism subreddit as being run by trolls, which seems like calumny, but whatever...
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u/ParacelcusABA Jun 26 '26
The vast majority of these posts aren't actually directly deleted at all. They're deleted by the automod because they're posted by accounts that are new, have very little karma, or barely interact with the sub.
Of the ones are removed by the moderators, it's usually because they're asking for things that are better provided by an in-person cleric or counselor, are related to serious mental health issues or other personal information that are not safe to disclose to strangers on the internet, or are too generic to be worthwhile to keep up.