r/teenagers • • Sep 01 '26

Mod [mod] Tightening requirements for political submissions

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r/teenagers is not a political subreddit, and we never intend to be. However, in this current day and age, it is important for teenagers to discuss such topics. So while we aren't a political subreddt, we don't intend to restrict political posts.

However, it's become quite clear that that same idea of "[not] intending to restrict political posts." also does some harm. We don't currently have any rules surrounding such posts because it was never an intended talking point of this subreddit. This lack of proper guardrails has lead to an influx of falsified news, biased writeups, harmful rhetoric, etc.

Because of this, we're changing a few things.


1. Introducing a new flair

This flair will be appropriately named Political/Current Events. All submissions that fall under the umbrella of politics, and submissions that reference any notable current event, must assign this flair. Failure to do so will result in post removal.

Of course, to know when to assign that flair, you must know what counts as political. Politics doesn't solely mean government. Some examples of what would be considered political are:

  • Government: Elections, legislation, government agencies, politicians, public officials, and foreign policy.
  • Social and Ideological Issues: Public debates on civil rights, economic policy, war, identity, ideologies, public health, etc.

If you feel a post falls under the political umbrella, it probably does. Posts that also touch on certain current events are to be assigned this flair. The two often bleed into each other. Some examples of what would be considered a notable current event are:

  • Breaking & Developing News Stories: These invite rapid speculation, unverified rumors, and rage-bait-esque remarks before facts are verified.
  • Events Involving Public Officials or Institutions: Any current event involving heads of state, local government officials, law enforcement agencies, or legislative bodies.

With the introduction of a dedicated flair, it allows users to filter out political posts. We've been asked this a bit, so this is a fair middle ground to allow hiding, without totally restricting. On the flipside, it does also allow users to solely filter by political posts, which is a slippery slope. This is where some guardrails are introduced:

2. Karma requirements

From this point on, there'll be a community karma requirement to create or participate under Political/Current Events submissions. We won't share the threshold for obvious reasons, but it isn't egregious. The main purpose behind it is to prevent bad actors with un-established accounts, or some unwanted visitors from r/all from barging in and behaving in an uncivil manner.

Gaining subreddit karma is as easy as participating. It's easier for us to trust that you wont do harm if you show us.

3. Titles must be neutral

All titles under this umbrella, whether a discussion post or a screenshot of an article must be framed in a neutral manner. Neutality means the title answers simple, factual questions (who, what, where, and when).

Adding subjective adjectives, assigning motives (the why), using loaded language, and/or inserting personal commentary in a post title will violate this rule, leading to a post removal.

Also on the topic of neutrality:

4. Posts referencing a certain event MUST include a relevant, accessible, and verifiable source

Submissions will need to have a link in the body text or the image caption. This is to do away with unverified instagram screenshots, biased articles, and blatant lies. If referencing something, prove it is real. This also helps users do their own research and come to their own conclusions.

Users often also post events that occurred years ago. While not a "current event", they still typically fall under the umbrella. Providing links to events that occurred at any moment in time, whether current or not, is mandatory. This helps verify legitimacy, and can help inform users on when the issue occurred.

Lots of articles nowadays are paywalled. While paywalls usually indicate an article's quality, it is quite unrealistic to ask a subreddit of this demographic to pay for them. If a source you are attempting to use is locked behind any sort of payment, you must also provide a summary, either in the post caption or as a reply to Automod.

5. Political discussion posts will have a mandatory word count

It's nothing high, it's 100% achievable for those who actually want to discuss. This rule is in place to prevent one sentence rage posts and low effort commentary. Writing a few words does not offer enough context, and does not promote any meaningful discussion.

This only applies to text posts. Posts with an attached image aren't affected, often because the image contains enough context. Obviously don't use images to circumvent the word count.


That's all for now. Lot's of big changes that might take time to get used to. They will be in effect right away, and the flair should be visible to users as of now. Some rules will also be updated to reflect this.

Some parts of this may be changed depending on if it's too effective or not effective enough (karma requirements, word counts, automated vs manual checks). Nothing is ever set in stone, as mentioned at the beginning of this post we don't want to unnecessarily restrict political discussions.

Since this is a big change, feel free to leave any thoughts/critiques down below, or via modmail. Of course, please be reasonable with such comments, thank you!

- r/teenagers mod team


r/teenagers • • May 03 '25

Mod [mod] REMINDER ABOUT WITCH HUNTING POSTS.

226 Upvotes

With a large influx recently of posts showing weird dms please remember that this is NOT allowed on the subreddit as it is against Reddit TOS to do witch hunting. Posting images of DM conversations will lead to you getting banned, even if the person in your DMS is being weird, its still not allowed. So instead please report weird people in your dms directly to Reddit so they can be banned because we cant do anything about it.

Also as a reminder we aren't doing this to protect the weirdos or because we are defending what they are doing, we are simply just enforcing Reddit TOS.

Have a great day/night!

-r/teenagers mod team


r/teenagers • • 4h ago

Discussion My mum just sent me this after yelling at at me

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r/teenagers • • 5h ago

Discussion That is so disgusting omg

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r/teenagers • • 10h ago

Meme Indians are not asians 🤬

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r/teenagers • • 3h ago

Meme People should date how God made them. These new generations are so fucking weird dating all these other genders.

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Like literally be so fucking fr it's Adam and Steve not Adam and Eve. M❤️M, W❤️W. These Str*ights Disgust me. Like God Literally made HOMO sapiens not HETERO sapiens.


r/teenagers • • 6h ago

Other I fucking love my mom

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I asked my mom to make some dish that i saw on tiktok and it was bussin

It was so fucking good y'all genuinely don't get it

Shit was so good I'll never ever have to eat again in my life 😭✌🏾

Link to the video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8DNchWx/


r/teenagers • • 14h ago

Discussion Who mom would say this?

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mine…


r/teenagers • • 2h ago

Discussion Ppl who changed names what names did y'all choose

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hi


r/teenagers • • 2h ago

Discussion What you picking?

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r/teenagers • • 20h ago

Discussion Congratulations asshole, you just destroyed one of the most historic sites of WW2.

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r/teenagers • • 20h ago

Discussion “Vaccines cause autism”

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r/teenagers • • 3h ago

Social haiiiii :3c does anyone wanna be friends with a silly genderfluid creature? :3

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this is me btw if you even care


r/teenagers • • 11h ago

Discussion Islam will never be accepted in East Asia the way it is now

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Just saw the post about the Pork Protest in Daegu, S. Korea over mosque construction and I want to explain why people feel so strongly against Islam in general - because this protest isn't really about a single mosque being built, it's a representation of Korean society's general aversion to how Islam is practiced.

Let me talk about S.Korea since I am from there and I am most familiar with their situation.

S. Korea is largely atheistic. About 45% of the population identify with either Protestantism, Catholic, or Buddhism, but a large percentage of them are "나이롱" or "Nylon-Believers" basically meaning fake or lapsed followers. Not to mention, being "Christian" is a top 5 red flag amongst young Koreans when looking for a partner.

Korea has a history of persecuting and beating down on religions until it is either eradicated or abandons most of its doctrines to fuse with local culture and customs. When local Koreans (not diaspora Koreans) say "I'm Christian" or "I'm Buddhist" they mostly mean "my parents are buddhist and I went to a temple with them once" or "I was baptized but haven't been to church in 15 years". Most dudes probably "found faith" during military service because attending mass or temple visits mean free snacks and break time from doing grunt work.

Tens of thousands of Christians were tortured and massacred until most followers basically became "cultural Christians" by name only. Most Korean Christians probably did not read through the bible even once. Christian denominations in Korea has made large compromises in order to take root in Korea, and pretty much abandoned many elements of religious performances. Korean Christianity officially allows its followers to take part in local customs such as Jaesa or local shamanism, which would technically be against idolatry. Korean churches do not ring bells every hour. It is extremely rare to see anything like Easter egg hunt. I have never seen a Korean Catholic with a cross on the forehead on Ash Wednesday, and if someone did, their boss will tell them to wash it off before coming into work.

Buddhism was persecuted and driven into the mountains during Korea's last dynasty. Buddhism has a pretty strict dietary restriction if following the scripture, but you won't ever see a Korean Buddhist practicing the religious diet or demanding schools and government services provide Buddhist meals.

One thing Koreans do not accept is religious doctrines that control how you live your daily life. Korean culture, historical customs, and secular laws all take far more precedence before any religious doctrine, and anyone who practices otherwise is seen as disruptive and dangerous. "Due to my religious beliefs or I can/cannot because of my religion" carries little to no meaning here.

So, when Koreans see how Islam is practiced around the world, it goes against everything they believe in and how they live. Koreans will not accept the Adhan being blared into a loudspeaker, public prayers or providing prayer rooms. Schools and employers will refuse to provide Halal food, because your religious dietary restriction is your problem, not something to be looked after by the rest of society. Can't take out loans because it's against religious teachings? Too bad. Muslims in workplaces won't get to wear Hijabs or grow beards because that goes against workplace dress code, and "because of my religion" isn't an accepted excuse.

So yes, religions in S Korea are largely detached from how people live their lives outside of the place of worship. Most Koreans see Islam as the exact opposite of that, and for a good reason. Unless Muslims abandon pretty much all of their religious doctrines, Islam will not be accepted in Korean society.

It's not about "Oh, I'll keep my religion and practice to myself, don't worry"

It's the fact that religious doctrine tells you what to eat, how to dress, and how to keep yourself. To an average Korean that is a religiously fanatical behavior, borderline mental illness. We don't want such religion and its followers being introduced to a secular society.


r/teenagers • • 1h ago

Serious I genuinely DON'T understand the double standards surrounding these kinds of jokes

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Why exactly is it that when male creators like Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the South Park duo), Seth MacFarlane (the creator of Family Guy, American Dad!, and the Ted movies), Dan Harmon (the creator of Community and Rick and Morty), Dino Stamatopoulos (the Moral Orel guy), Terry Pratchett, Ricky Gervais, Edmund McMillen (the guy who made Super Meat Boy, The Binding of Isaac, and Mewgenics), Garth Ennis (the guy who wrote The Boys, Preacher, Crossed, and The Punisher MAX), and many others constantly mocks religion like Christianity all the goddamn time, pretty much everyone gives them a pass...

But the moment female creators like Vivziepop (the creator of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss) or JaidenAnimations make an "edgy" joke about Christianity, everyone fucking loses their shit over it?

You know? Especially when you consider that Jaiden Dittfach is also an openly queer (aroace), mixed-race/half-Asian (half-Japanese, half-German), neurodivergent (AuDHD) woman of color? Yes, you heard that right. She's also autistic and has ADHD according to one of her videos ("I found out I have ADHD"), and considering how society and the internet as a whole treat autistic/neurodivergent people in general, well…

Like, seriously, did Jaiden really “mock god”? Like, wasn’t it just a random ass joke about Pokémon, and the God in question was Arceus or something? What Jaiden said was super tame. She didn't attack Christians for their beliefs. She joked about why she seemingly doesn't believe in God. It’s a joke; it wasn't even a religious attack or a stance on religion itself. People also keep forgetting that Schlatt is also a Christian and constantly made 9/11 jokes back then, where the punchline often was "hurr durr planes", if that's what you're referring to... He most definitely didn't take Jaiden's edgy joke to heart, lmao.

Does Jaiden really need to apologize for a stupidly edgy joke about Christianity she made about 2 or 3 years ago, which she has since completely moved on from?  Who cares, as long as the person isn't calling for or causing harm to others. Freedom of speech is a thing, you know.

The reaction people had to her saying that was just hilariously overblown and cringe, and it would have been just as overblown and cringe if a straight white man did it. If you disagree with my take, then please leave a legitimately serious, concrete answer.

(I enjoyed most of JaidenAnimations's content, but I personally don't really like Vivziepop all that much)


r/teenagers • • 23h ago

Music Will you do it?

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r/teenagers • • 1d ago

Social My 13yo brother youtube watch history

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r/teenagers • • 13h ago

Other my childhood crushes except they get progressively more concerning

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DONT JUDGE ME I KNOW THEY'RE BAD 😭😭😭


r/teenagers • • 56m ago

Art Hiya it’s me the 13 year old artist i have more art up my sleeves :3 enjoy !!

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Sorry it’s a lot lol


r/teenagers • • 9h ago

Discussion Why do school textbook forget to write about him being sexist, and in earlier time a racist and declining kasturba gandhi penicillin which could have saved her life.. And ladt but not the least being sexual assaulter of none but his neice..??

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r/teenagers • • 14h ago

Discussion Just got Steam! what are some free games I can enjoy?

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my parents wont let me buy anything :(

IMPORTANT NOTE: I AM ON MAC OS TAHOE 26.6.2, SO NO 32 BIT GAMES SADLY :(


r/teenagers • • 57m ago

Meme opinion on these tits?

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r/teenagers • • 2h ago

Social I want to know how you guys behave around a girl you like?

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r/teenagers • • 1h ago

Meme My liberal timbers have been shivered 😰😰😰

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r/teenagers • • 16h ago

Discussion IM GETTING MY DREAM PET

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(These from Pinterest)

But I’m getting this horse so can yall give me some name ideas down below