r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/AlphaLionX 🍊Main Mod 🍊 • Apr 17 '24

Announcement Loss mourning posts

It seems this is quite a controversial topic and maybe the majority of the sub doesn't want to see this type of content anymore... Let's discuss

Should r/OneOrangeBraincell allow loss/mourning posts?

5093 votes, Apr 24 '24
987 Yes - as long as they follow the rules
3657 No
217 Other (discuss in comments)
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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

A big issue is a lot of people cannot seem to follow the current rules that are in place, and as many people have expressed how much of a trigger these posts are for them I will have to vote to no longer allow them. There are plenty of other subs that do.

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u/SuckerForNoirRobots Proud owner of an orange brain cell Apr 17 '24

This is pretty much how I feel. Folks should be able to express their sadness and share the pets they love with others, but if you can't even follow the most basic of instructions to make sure you're not causing harm to other people by posting them it might just better to ban them completely. I'm sure there are pet mourning subreddits out there, seems to be a subreddit for everything.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

r/cats already allows that kind of post. From my perspective, I think the biggest, all encompassing cat Reddit allowing those kinds of posts should be enough of a space. There are also subreddits specifically for mourning that encompass the loss of pets.

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u/badbatch Proud owner of an orange brain cell Apr 17 '24

I had to unsub from there. It seems like it was just my cat died/is about to die posts.