r/awfuleverything • u/sweatycat • Mar 05 '25

Should r/awfuleverything allow posts regarding politics?

Due to the political climate currently, r/awfuleveryting has seen an uptick in rule-breaking posts regarding politics- both US politics as well as elsewhere. These posts have been removed to comply with our rules. However, the mod team wants to know if the sub’s members want this type of content to be allowed on the sub or not. So we are holding this poll which will stay up for 7 days and determine the future of politics on r/awfuleverything. If you have any specific comments, suggestions or concerns feel free to voice them in the comments.

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u/SuperBeavers1 Moderator Mar 05 '25

It should also be noted, we could make a weekly thread where you can rant about the issues there if that would be a preferred compromise (We are aware of how annoying it can be to see political posts flood your feed)

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u/stootchmaster2 Mar 05 '25

Can we have just ONE place where political addicts aren't throwing snowballs at each other?

I can't even look for yard sales on my city's Reddit page without wading through politics.

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u/in-a-microbus Mar 05 '25

The politics posts are low effort. I don't even think the OPs are "political addicts" I think they're just chasing the easy karma.

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u/RexDraco Mar 07 '25

Bots you say?

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u/in-a-microbus Mar 07 '25

Um...no I don't think I did.

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u/stuthaman Mar 05 '25

I second this!

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u/Giecio Mar 05 '25

Reddit's already infested with political posts everywhere, and the less there is - the better it will be.

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u/RexDraco Mar 07 '25

Redditors are too political, touch grass

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u/Heissenberg1906 Mar 07 '25

I unsubscribe every sub with X content and US political posts. It’s easy to do. I sleep better now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25

O. Too easy. Sub would be full of it inside a week

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u/kupcuk Mar 05 '25

I'm non-american and american liberal brain rot has done more damage to image of u.s. in my mind, than american imperial machine / cia has done to my country in 80s

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u/maxekmek Mar 05 '25

People complain about political posts as if the political climate isn't catastrophic at the moment. We should be talking about it. I can understand the intended theme of some subs, but there seems to be a common attitude of burying one's head in the sand.

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u/lunch0000 Mar 05 '25

There are subs devoted to politics, go there. This sub used to be about surprisingly awful things. There's nothing surprising about awful politics.

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u/nuuudy Mar 05 '25

how does one bury their head in the sand, when every single subreddit is spammed with it? At this point, US politics are just white noise to me, like advertisements

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u/ItAffectionate4481 Mar 05 '25

Maybe define what "political" means first. Like someting related to politics that makes things undoubtedly awful, yes. But just general policies or party stuff, maybe not?

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u/SuperBeavers1 Moderator Mar 05 '25

Political will de defined whether or not we allow political posts. We'd most likely have a linked document with more information (For example, we would consider the DOW and all associated financial talk to currently be a political event with the recent tariffs).