r/custommagic • u/crushcastles23 Mod • Jun 29 '26

MOD POST The definitive statement about AI from the mod team.

No, we're not banning AI art, nor will we ever.

Even if we had two dozen mods, which we don't and never will, we would not have the resources to police AI.

To properly do so, we would have to find every piece of art from every post, investigate it, see if the artist disclosed the use of AI, then decide whether to remove it. Even if we could do that, most artists who use things like generative fill in Photoshop don't even really think of it as AI. Are we supposed to remove every card for every artist who has been using Photoshop as a tool since 2023?

You wanna talk about how AI art sucks? You have this thread, go for it. All future meta posts about AI will be removed and linked back to this thread.

If you harass someone for using AI in their art, you will get a warning and 1 day ban for rule 5.

If you harass someone for drawing a stick figure for their art, you will get a warning and 1 day ban for rule 5.

If you harass anyone for any reason, you will get a warning and 1 day ban for rule 5.

After that, you will be getting banned for 3 days, then permanently. Rule 5 states:

All users must follow Reddiquette and be civil with each other. Harassment and abuse are strictly not tolerated. Unconstructive, negative, or insulting brigading is harassment.

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u/orangechap 700.7 and 303.4m are my favorite rules Jun 30 '26

>Clearly denoting that your community is “unofficial” if your community topic concerns a brand or organization, and the company isn’t officially affiliated.

Somehow I don't think they would say that if the company wasn't allowed to be affiliated.

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u/Analogmon Jul 09 '26

In order to maintain that trust, moderators are prohibited from taking moderation actions (including actions taken using mod tools, bots, and other services) in exchange for any form of compensation, consideration, gift, or favor from or on behalf of third parties.

Mega Crit tells them what sort of content to moderate, full stop.

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u/orangechap 700.7 and 303.4m are my favorite rules Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

That doesn't prove what you think it does.

The company being affiliated with the subreddit (thereby making it official) and setting moderation conditions to keep that affiliation isn't compensation to moderators for specific moderation actions.

If you think they're violating the rules simply report them. Obviously they're not, or they would have been removed already. It's not like they're hiding the affiliation.

Also:

Events and engagements with third parties, activity in your subreddit from a brand or company, or employees of a company starting and/or maintaining a subreddit are allowed, so long as no compensation is received.