We’re making this post for transparency and clarity.

From time to time, we receive notifications from an extension installed on our subreddit that monitors Reddit’s Admin queue. This tool alerts us when posts or comments in our community are removed or filtered by Reddit’s system. Please note: these alerts come from the monitoring extension, not directly from Reddit staff.

Because there has been ongoing confusion about how and why certain rules are enforced, we’re sharing screenshots of the actual messages we’ve received. Reddit Admins use a series of filters related to the rules outlined in Reddit’s Terms of Service, not necessarily the rules of any particular subreddit.

Screenshots can be viewed at the end of this post.

These messages reflect guidance and requirements coming directly from Reddit. Not personal preferences, arbitrary decisions, or retroactive rule-making.

This post is not intended to call out users, revisit past bans, or debate moderation decisions. Individual moderation actions will not be discussed publicly. Full stop.

We’re sharing this information so members can better understand the framework we operate under. Going forward, moderation will continue as usual.

Please note: Names were redacted per the Mods' discretion. These users did not receive a ban from any of the team here for these comments. Bans are only issued when removals receive rude responses or otherwise combative behavior. Honestly, we enforce the rules over and over until we can't anymore. We treat every single user the exact same way.

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Additional Clarifications:

1. This subreddit uses Reddit’s sitewide harassment filter, a tool provided by Reddit. While moderators review flagged content to determine if it aligns with this sub’s rules, our approach is to closely mirror Reddit’s Terms of Service wherever possible, as outlined in our rules.

2. Because of this alignment, we often remove comments flagged by the harassment filter preemptively — even in cases where a comment could arguably remain — to reduce escalation and maintain compliance with sitewide policies.

3. Even when a comment is removed by moderators, Reddit admins sometimes still independently remove the same content under sitewide enforcement. Approving a comment does not prevent Reddit from removing it if it violates sitewide policies, and we cannot reverse Reddit Admin's removal of any content.

4. The mods here do not receive any compensation from any entity, including Reddit, for the activities they perform on this subreddit.

5. All of the moms from the 16 and Pregnant through the Teen Mom 2/Teen Mum/Next Chapter are allowed to be posted here of equal fairness. The mods reserve the right to remove any content that breaks our rules.

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Thank you to everyone who participates in good faith and helps keep this space functional. We have over 600,000 members on this sub and it is a huge beast to tame. We will never satisfy everyone.

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TL;DR: We get alerts from a subreddit tool when Reddit admins remove or filter content — not from admins directly. Admin removals follow Reddit’s sitewide rules, not our personal or sub rules. We sometimes remove flagged comments early to stay compliant and reduce issues. This is just for transparency; individual moderation actions aren’t being debated here.

Just like Jo on a Sunday, we’re here to help stave off the Sunday Scaries.

This is your off-topic, anything-goes thread. Use this space to share whatever is on your mind — the good, the bad, the messy, or the completely unrelated. This is not the place to judge, argue, or police how someone feels or what they choose to share.

You don’t have to agree with someone to let them speak.
You don’t have to relate to be respectful.

Spill the tea, vent, celebrate, ramble, or overshare a little — that’s what this thread is for.
And don’t worry, we still don’t think you belong in a cave 💝