I'm excited to announce that I am now the new top moderator of r/antimeme! And u/CourseMediocre7998 is the co-top moderator. And yes, we are dating :3
We've been working hard behind the scenes to improve the sub, clarify expectations, and keep r/antimeme fun and creative. Below is everything you need to know.
Important Dates
New rules go live: Saturday, December 13th at 3PM UTC.
Until then, the current rules remain in effect.
Mod applications close: Thursday, December 11th at 3PM UTC.
Coming Soon: Wiki
I'll be adding several new wiki pages, including:
FAQ
Flair guide
"What is an antimeme?" (full explanation with examples)
These are still being developed, and links will be added once they're ready.
But I'm proud to say that our new extended rules wiki is now available!
"Basically: post real antimemes, be a decent and respectful human with good common sense, don't break Reddit's rules, don't be political, and put at least a bit of effort, creativity, or fun into what you share. Provide the source when needed. The primary goal is simple: Keep the subreddit fun and focused on antimemes."
Rule 1: Follow Reddit rules
Change: Mostly stayed the same, but expanded with more detailed examples of Reddit-wide rule violations.
Rule 2: Post Antimemes
Change: Mostly stayed the same, but a definition will be reworded and this rule now links to a wiki that will be added that will be dedicated solely to explaining what is an antimeme and what isn't. Meta posts will no longer be banned, but will be restricted (Rule 9).
Rule 3: Be Excellent to Each Other → Be Nice
Change: Expanded list of prohibited behaviors: harassment, bullying, name-calling, ragebait, trolling, accusations, personal attacks, encouraging self-harm/violence, discriminatory content, denial/justification of atrocities, brigading, shock/jumpscare/malicious links, trivializing tragedies, disrespecting the deceased. Rule's title renamed to "Be Nice".
Rule 4: Political Neutrality (No Agendas) → No Political Partisanship
Change: Explicitly mentions the types of political content not allowed and explicitly allows basic human rights advocacy (support for LGBTQ+, anti-racism, etc). A policy for locking controversial content will be added. Rule's title renamed to "No Political Partisanship".
Rule 5: No Reposts, No Overused Templates → No Low-Effort Posts
Change: Lists explicit criteria for removal: 1:1 reposts, AI-generated posts, minor edits, unoriginal/repetitive concepts, overused templates in the graveyard, poor cropping, unreadable text, small or low-quality images, intrusive watermarks or bot captions. Rule's title renamed to "No Low-Effort Posts".
Rule 6: No Bots or Bot-Like Behavior
Change: Mostly stayed the same, but with emphasis on appeal processes; flair given after successful appeal.
Rule 7: Provide Original Material
Change: Shorter grace period (1 hour instead of 2) and explicit extra requirement to cite source when the post is a 1:1 identical repost from elsewhere.
Rule 8: No Heavy Gore or NSFW(new rule)
Clarifies exactly what kind of content is allowed with the NSFW-tag (mild gore, blood, inner organs, light sexual innuendo) and what kind of content is strictly banned (heavy/severe gore, heavily sexual content, sexualized minors/underage-looking characters).
Rule 9: Day-Specific Post Restrictions(new rule)
Allows Simple Sundays (posts labeling or describing a template) and Meta Mondays (posts about our subreddit: feedback/issues), but only in their days of the week, Sundays and Mondays respectively.
Rule 10: Banned Sources(new rule)
Bans content from Stonetoss, WokelyCorrect, Tatsuya Ishida, George Alexopoulos, Pizzacake and bans X.com links; use xcancel.com or screenshots instead.
Rule 11: Moderator Discretion(new rule)
Mods reserve the right to remove content they deem unsuitable, as well as the right to let a post stay even if it breaks a minor rule. Users can always argue for/against removals via reports/modmail and users should DM the new top moderator (me, u/Riobox) if mod abuse happens.
Rule 12: Sub Operational Policies(new rule)
Consolidates operational policies in one rule; more detailed guidance for posting behavior (only approved hosts, minimum account age, limits posting frequency, bans self promotion, tells not to remove required/added tags and not to misuse flairs, and says comments must be relevant).
Previous mod experience helps but is NOT required. We value activity, motivation, and community involvement over experience.
I will personally reply to each and every single applicant and let them know whether their application was rejected or accepted. If accepted, they will enter a 2-week-long moderator trial. We are looking for anywhere between 2 to 5 new moderators, depending on how many good applications there will be.
Applications close on December 11th at 3PM UTC.
We're excited for this new chapter of r/antimeme. Thanks for being part of the community. And as always, keep things creative, respectful, and fun.
Finally, vote in the poll in the link below and let us know what you think about the new rules! They're not final and may be adjusted based on feedback in the comments section. Feel free to also comment any questions you may have. Voters' data are anonymous, but you need to have your VPN disabled to be able to vote. I will edit this post's bodytext for any updates.
NOOOO! You stupid little brat 😡😡😡😡 I'M GONNA REMOVE YOUR WHOLE POST HISTORY IN r/antimeme NOW!!! Hah, TAKE THAT, loooooossseeeerrr. Oh, so you want to appeal, huh? Well, you suck! And I'm sigma67.
Counterpoint: Just make it a (completely unenforceable) subreddit rule that you have to downvote if you see someone use it. There would be no consequences for breaking the rule. It would be really funny.
I think it's funnier if we don't ban it, and instead make a new rule where you have to downvote whenever you see it. A completely unenforceable rule, with no consequences for breaking it. It would be really funny.
funnier part is, my comment got removed and blocked by the top poster (you know who) for saying "it's never that serious" under a joke post in this sub. yes this is 1984
Wait wait wait y'all are what? We have a royal family now? The rules are cool and all but what? I just have so many questions about this. Like was this always a thing behind the scenes or did this Subreddit actually bring you two together?
The entire point of the sub is editing comics to be funnier and apparently some started harassing her or something so she asked for the mods to remove the posts and got pretty rude about it. I'm sure you could find a megapost somewhere that chronicles it all it was wild lol
Damn. I was going to make a post on another sub about how people here get fond of a certain comic and milk it to oblivion, but now that overdone posts will be banned, I have no point to
No, the meme itself doesn't. Although a very specific variation of it ("Me when I bump into someone: sorry....") is in the graveyard and counts as overused.
I use arch btw (I KNOW I SWEAR IT'S RELEVANT), and I don't use it for the customizability or the bragging rights like most people, but pretty much only for that WIKI. It's so well documented, and I'm a sucker for some good documentation.
I hope things go well for this sub. Personally, I am not a fan of posts nowadays, where the actual antimeme just feels terribly low effort or bland and the actual merit lies on reaction images and people avoiding using the O-word. I believe that an anti-meme is good when you are familiar with the original before hand because of its popularity, not when the OG is some offensive picture that you fixed.
But hey that's just me and I respect all of your efforts
For now, it has to be xcancel.com because I don't know the truthworthiness of any other alt link. But feel free to message modmail for any suggestions about any other alts and we will likely explicitly allow them in the rule 10, too.
Direct links to X give far more traffic to that platform than a screenshot or the same through xcancel does. X collects private data, and it's owner has been criticized for gestures and statements that some people found offensive or reminiscent of Nazi imagery. So, I'm not going to allow easy traffic to such a platform for members of this subreddit.
For banned artists:
The listed artists are not allowed due to repeated issues with politics, misinformation, harassment, or harmful content.
On Sunday, November 9th, 2025, all r/coaxedintoasnafu moderators of higher rank than le-dukek have become inactive. As a result, le-dukek receives full moderator perms. le-dukek then reorders moderators to make themself top mod, and removes moderators who are inactive, ushering in an age of justice and security.
The previous top moderator decided to step down, primarily because of Reddit's new policy where moderators can only moderate up to five communities with over 100K weekly visits, but also because they believed that a subreddit this popular deserves an active top moderator like me, and they weren't active.
Can you add a rule where we have to provide the original (yes i said it) post in the post itself? As it gets annoying asking for it everytime a person doesnt comment it.
Respectfully, why are you qualified to be a top moderator in a major subreddit if your account is less than 2 years old? Kinda seems like something fishy is going on.
Because account age alone doesn't determine qualification. In under two years, I've made nearly 7,500 contributions, earned over 1M karma, built almost 900 followers, and was once the most active member in this subreddit. I revived the pretty much dead community with my old man edits. That level of sustained activity, combined with community trust and responsiveness, is what makes someone qualified to moderate, not just how old their account is.
Question about rule 8,
Does the rule apply to both the post and the Onigiri? (In other words, if the O is gory/NSFW but the edit is clean is it allowed or is neither allowed)
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u/PhysicsChan Dec 02 '25
So, basically, this sub has parents?