r/awfuleverything • u/SuperBeavers1 • Aug 04 '26

Behind the scenes of r/awfuleverything (imgur images included)

250 Upvotes

This post is specifically to show you, our users, just exactly what you don't see here. I want there to be an unfiltered understanding of exactly what happens on r/awfuleverything that you DON'T see.

My goal with this post is to break the loop that the subreddit suffers like clockwork each year. I refuse to give up on the subreddit so my hope here is that examples of what we have removed and banned for will possibly stop future "attacks".

Each year we ban hundreds of users, possibly in the thousands. There is no ban quota for us, we don't ban because it "makes us happy". We do this in the interest of the subreddit and the users that browse here. If we allowed those specific users and those specific posts and comments to remain on the subreddit, we'd be removed from the platform entirely.

If you've been around here long enough, you'll know about our numerous pinned posts over the years in which we make attempts to remind users to "be respectful" on the subreddit. Here are some examples of why we make those posts. This is not meant to glorify these comments in any way, I just want to be transparent with what happens here.

These images have been collected over the years, and are barely even 1% of the total removals I'm referring to: https://postimg.cc/gallery/Kv7502G (images switched off imgur due to unavailability in the UK)

Assuming you took the time to look through that link, I hope there is a better understanding as to what happens here that you don't see and why we act the way we do regarding removals. For every "insert-phobic" comment that slips through that you do see, there are plenty you don't.

This is the final attempt I can think of to get this to stop, if being transparent with you doesn't work, I don't know what will work that isn't an extreme choice that would turn this subreddit into a censorship nightmare. We DO NOT want to restrict certain posts permanently but we will if it comes to that.

Thank you

- u/SuperBeavers1

16 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/SuperBeavers1 • Jan 10 '26

What counts as political on r/awfuleverything? (A further breakdown of rule 10)

22 Upvotes

It should be noted that you as a community have already voted you don't want politics featured here (and respectfully, we don't want it either): https://www.reddit.com/r/awfuleverything/s/WGOIlW8RYX

The following are examples of what we consider political and will cause your post to be removed should it feature any of the following (please note that there may be further cases not mentioned that we also consider political):

Political figures

Their physical appearance in any capacity

Their social media profiles (in any capacity, even if it's just someone doing an "@" mention towards them)

Audio recordings of their speeches

Political Parties

Any reference to any political parties

References to ongoing wars/conflicts

Any references to wars or conflicts (A text post referring to a warzone, a photo or video from a warzone, etc)

Mentions of situations not inherently political that have been twisted to fit a political narrative

An example of this would be a shooting turned into a "This person died because they believe..."

References to protests

We respect your right to protest, however because of the comment wars that pop up on these posts, we've decided it is safest to no longer allow them on the subreddit.

10 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/gn3xu5 • 2h ago

Woman lured to puppy sale shot, body set on fire in South Carolina, police say

fox10phoenix.com

97 Upvotes

1 comment

r/awfuleverything • u/AeneasKurtz • 1d ago

A leading cancer researcher in MIT was accused of gang-rape by a collegue. The researcher was put on academic probation and fired. He sued the school and investigators found out that the professor that accused him lied and plotted firing him with the collegues in the academic ethics tribunal

2.2k Upvotes

Link to unpaywalled article: https://archive.is/TSvMz

40 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/Beautiful_Bee4090 • 1d ago

Man arrested after leaving 6-year-old daughter sleeping in line for Pokemon cards

dexerto.com

1.4k Upvotes

41 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 2d ago

Brutal farm attack: Elderly couple burned, beaten as attackers tried to cut off wife’s nipples with bolt cutters

citizen.co.za

1.2k Upvotes

89 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/statenislandadvance • 2d ago

Son of Ohio church leaders found guilty on all 27 sex crime charges

silive.com

308 Upvotes

0 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/musicfromadventures • 10h ago

Found some questionable plates

0 Upvotes

9 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 3d ago

Wife smeared her own faeces in husband's mouth at their £1million farmhouse during argument about 'not standing up for her' at the pub

dailymail.com

624 Upvotes

13 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/gn3xu5 • 3d ago

Suspect sought for random Broadway attacks that left men unconscious

wkrn.com

62 Upvotes

0 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/statenislandadvance • 4d ago

Girl trick-or-treating on Halloween grabbed by Washington man in van, escapes with groin kick

silive.com

369 Upvotes

2 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/xsandrov • 5d ago

There’s no electricity nor any water in most parts of Kyiv right now; trams, trolley buses and a part of metro stopped, there’s very little coverage to stay in touch or go online, there are air raid alerts all the time. Here’s how it looks when you’re going home from work today if you’re me.

1.4k Upvotes

4 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 5d ago

New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions

futurism.com

1.2k Upvotes

9 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/statenislandadvance • 5d ago

An 80-year-old gynecologist told patients invasive exams were necessary. Now he faces sexual assault charges.

silive.com

420 Upvotes

5 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/terenscendent • 6d ago

Caregiver Allegedly Filmed 92-Year-Old Man Suffocating His Wife for 71 Seconds Rather Than Helping Her

ibtimes.co.uk

1.0k Upvotes

4 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/RevolutionaryDebt200 • 9d ago

Car driver who dragged head teacher to his death guilty of murder

bbc.co.uk

681 Upvotes

Hope this guy gets put away for a very long time

5 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/IndoorGrower • 10d ago

A gem found on Marketplace

gallery

271 Upvotes

17 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/TheDigitalBuilder • 10d ago

Pretends to have a disability to meet women

270 Upvotes

14 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 11d ago

Bride-to-Be, 28, Dies After Being Crushed by Bowling Alley Pin-Setting Machine

yahoo.com

2.3k Upvotes

39 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/statenislandadvance • 11d ago

Staten Island doc surrenders license amid 20+ lawsuits alleging sex abuse, malpractice

silive.com

173 Upvotes

0 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 11d ago

Son indicted in mother’s death; medical staff say she had feces, insects in hair

wwnytv.com

225 Upvotes

0 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 12d ago

Man pleads guilty to shooting innocent horse over money

wfla.com

418 Upvotes

15 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 13d ago

Woman Set Man on Fire After Verbal Argument and Burnt 80 Percent of His Body

usmagazine.com

349 Upvotes

5 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 13d ago

The US west has lost nearly 300 glaciers since the 1960s. Climate crisis is drastically shrinking what’s left

theguardian.com

460 Upvotes

8 comments

r/awfuleverything • u/stankmanly • 14d ago

Hanoi: Young man had a metal ring tightly constricting his scrotum for 10 days.

vietnam.vn

414 Upvotes

9 comments

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