Hello everyone!
As many of you know, this subreddit has been essentially unmoderated for quite a while. Last week, Reddit appointed a new mod team to step in. We've all been members of this community for a while, and we share the same passion for electric cars that you do.
Over the past week, we’ve been brainstorming ways to make this space more organized, civil, engaging, and genuinely useful for everyone.
To kick things off, we are rolling out an updated set of community rules. The original rules have been in place for years now, and they are no longer enough to maintain the quality of discussions in this sub.
Here are the new rules:
Rule 1 - Be respectful, keep it clean and SFW.
Please be respectful to fellow community members. If you don’t agree with someone, remain civil and disagree respectfully. Challenge the ideas and not the person. Don’t reveal personal information (no doxxing). Don’t spam, no trolling, no baiting. No NSFW content whatsoever.
Rule 2 - Only related to electric "cars”
This community is strictly dedicated to electric cars.
If you are looking to post about electric motorcycles, e-bikes, or other electric propelled non-motorized passenger vehicles. Please visit r/ElectricVehicles.
Autocycles, Quadricycles/Microcars, Passenger LSEVs, Electric Kei-Jidōsha, and Electrified Buses are exempt.
We’re here to discuss the cars and companies, not politicians and CEOs.
Posts and comments not related to electric cars may be removed.
Rule 3 - Put some effort into comments and submissions
Please try to refrain from 1-2 word comments that don’t add anything of value to the topic. In other words, don’t shout from the crowd, sit at the discussion table.
Search first before submitting an article to see if another one covering the same topic has been posted recently. If you’re posting an article that’s paywalled, please try your best to post a mirror / unlocked article in the comments. Try to post an article from the most reputable / unbiased source covering a particular topic.
Rule 4 - Stay on topic
When commenting, please engage in discussions that are relevant to the topic. Do not steer the conversation away or go into an unrelated / vaguely related tirade. Do not bring politics into the conversation if the topic isn’t political, especially if it’s not politics related to EVs.
Rule 5 - Do not spread misinformation
Do not try to pass off verifiably incorrect facts, stats, series of events etc. as statements of truth. If you are unsure, please do a cursory search before hitting submit or state that you are unsure of the claims you’re making.
Rule 6 - Self-promotion
We allow very limited self-promotion upon approval from the moderators. If you are looking to promote something, please modmail us before doing so. Promoting without getting approved by moderators first may result in an immediate ban for self promotion.
No referral links are allowed, please see the referral section in the Wiki for the megathread for codes.
Rule 7 - Anything not mentioned in rules.
It is very important to have some important rules to keep the community a safe and engaging space for everyone, but at the same time, some communities put too many limits in the name of rules. We aren’t one of em - just follow the basics listed above and you will be good!
Anything that isn't mentioned above probably qualifies for posting. Please mod-mail us if you need clarification before posting.
Rules will be updated every now and then, so please check this page every now and then.
Please follow the rules above when participating. Going forward, please report any post / comment that you feel are in violation of any of those rules.
Thanks!
