Mod Announcement: Rule Changes & Content Limitations
Posted by usgapg123@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 15 comments
Please read the following announcement before posting or commenting.
Violations of these rules may result in a permanent ban.
Changes to Rule 2:
Rule 2 has been changed to include the use of AI. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of AI in writing comments and posts or generating images. This also includes presenting AI theories or arguments, even if you explicitly state they are generated by AI. AI-generated content regarding aviation is frequently wrong and is incredibly low effort. The use of AI may result in a ban.
Introduction of Rule 10:
Even though we have been restricting NSFW content and gore before this, we have added it as an official rule and will be strongly enforcing it from now on.
Rule 10 bans any gore being posted to this subreddit, even if it is a link to an outside source. This includes as a post or a comment. Violations of this will result in a permanent ban from r/aviation. In addition to this, we are also limiting NSFW content that is not explicitly gore. This content will be decided on a case by case basis. Content involving incidents like the one that was seen at Milan Bergamo Airport will always be marked as NSFW, and we will provide details in pinned comments and the flair to elaborate on how NSFW the content is, so that everyone can make their own choice on what they want to see.
Geopolitics:
Please remember to keep discussion in this subreddit focused on aviation. While geopolitics will frequently be a part of discussion, please remain respectful and avoid getting in arguments about this. Do not bring geopolitics into posts where they don’t belong.
Air India Related Content
Before posting Air India related content, please do the following.
- Search through the 4 megathreads below to see if your content has already been discussed;
Megathread 2 (2 days after crash)
Megathread 3 (week after crash)
Preliminary Report Megathread - Search this subreddit to see if it has already been posted. - Check if there are any active megathreads about the Air India crash, and if so, post there instead. These will be found pinned on the subreddit homepage. - Check if the content you are posting is up to date, original, and adds to the discussion. If you are posting news, check if it is from a reputable source.
Thank you for your understanding. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out through modmail.
The r/aviation Mod Team
Outrageous-Split-646@reddit
Doesn’t this inadvertently ban any official accident reports because they’ll often include gore in them? Or is there a definition of gore that doesn’t include what’s in the reports?
usgapg123@reddit (OP)
It will be decided on a case by case basis. This mainly applies to videos or pictures, so official reports will be fine.
_ferko@reddit
Don't particularly like how this is left to interpretation, feels like you guys didn't think this one through.
doyouevenfly@reddit
It seems pretty simple to me. If it’s a video of a guy walking into a prob and his brains going everywhere it prob won’t be approved. If it’s a report that has a picture of the prop with a dent and a little blood red it will prob be approved.
_ferko@reddit
Then why not clearly state it if it's so simple? Leaving it to interpretation is not a good thing.
Clean__Cucumber@reddit
exactly my thought as well, they need to reword the rule to say that accident reports etc. should be allowed and only images/vids in the post itself will be removed
Joshwoum8@reddit
I have no issue with the substance of these rule changes but I think it is pretty crazy how open to interpretation these rules are to the point there is going to be uneven enforcement.
MerDeNomsX@reddit
How will you be able to discern a comment or post written by AI?
Sometimes I’ll use AI to clean up a comment or the message in a post to clearly communicate my message, especially wrt complex topics
IvanStarokapustin@reddit
I don’t think this will be a problem. More than a few subs are seeing long drawn out nonsense treatises that people are generating.
Joshwoum8@reddit
Once the post is on its ninth paragraph with a couple of needless lists and em dashes in every sentence it isn’t that hard to figure out.
PunkAssBitch2000@reddit
Probably referring to copy and paste stuff from ChatGPT
Fog_of_War_@reddit
So why did you removed this
Video of accident in comment : r/aviation
?
OP clearly described that his link redirects to NSFW, and any human being clicked the link can see that this is exactly incidents that was seen at Milan Bergamo Airport.
Mike__O@reddit
Does Rule 2 still include FR24 and other flight tracking related content? If so, that should be explicitly stated. Those posts are incredibly common, despite being against the rules
Hambone76@reddit
Question about rule #10: does this include things such as bird strikes, or are you talking purely about human remains? Just clarifying if showing damage from a strike that has residual bits or blood would trigger a ban.
usgapg123@reddit (OP)
That will be fine. If there is a lot of blood it will be marked as NSFW and we will add a comment to clarify. Again, this really will be determined based on the post. Don’t hesitate to reach out before posting or right after posting and we will help out.
We also won’t permanently ban you for a small, genuine mistake. As long as you try to mark it correctly and communicate with us, we will work out an acceptable way to post it (or remove it and avoid a ban, at the very least).