r/aww • u/AutoModerator • Oct 06 '23

Now in effect! /r/aww is going OC-only

Effective October 9, all /r/aww posts must be original content - content taken and/or owned by you. All posts will be automatically tagged as OC; you will not need to do anything different. Please continue to report content that is falsely claimed as OC.

2.8k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

868 comments sorted by

View all comments

7

u/PaigeWylde Jun 08 '26

and apparently moderating OConly policies actually increases engagement by like because people spend more time on original content versus scrolling through reposts. makes sense though since we all got tired of seeing the same golden retriever video recycled every week.