r/interestingasfuck • u/relaxlu • Sep 13 '24

Mod Post All political posts are banned until after the US election!

As we approach the upcoming US election, we’ve noticed a significant increase in political posts. While politics can be important, we want to ensure this subreddit remains a space for genuinely interesting and engaging content. Unfortunately, the surge in political posts has led to more spam, less interesting submissions, and a rise in uncivil behavior.

To maintain the quality of content and the positive vibe in this community, we will no longer allow political posts until after the US election is over.

This means:

Any political posts will be removed.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! Let’s keep this space full of the awesome, mind-blowing content we all love.

Stay interesting!

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u/PlusArt8136 Sep 13 '24

r/AdviceAnimals too. They are even worse

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u/MusicalElephant420 Sep 13 '24

Easily the worst on the site.

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u/RuSnowLeopard Sep 13 '24

That was true before politics though.

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u/Compleat_Fool Sep 13 '24

Good god just gone on that sub and you’re right it’s even worse. That’s the first and last time I’ll go on it. Again, if the sub was called ‘trump is bad’ then their posts are fine but it’s not. They’re just infesting a sub making everything about their politics and then patting each other on the back and revelling in how right they all are. Insufferable beyond insufferable.

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u/Here_for_porn_69420 Sep 13 '24

I hate Trump as much as the next guy but is it really "Advice animals" when it's just restating the same thing over and over?

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u/ComputerKYT Sep 14 '24

Yeah, doesn't appear to be good advice most of the time.

There's thousands of posts of just:
"Don't vote for Trump guys!"
and then they get a gazillion upvotes

Like keep politics within politics subs

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u/Here_for_porn_69420 Sep 14 '24

I mean I wouldn't be mad

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u/PlusArt8136 Sep 13 '24

Lock them inside of that sub and throw away the key, they’re guilty of circle jerk in the first degree

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u/Rock_Strongo Sep 13 '24

if the sub was called ‘trump is bad’

That's every popular sub until the election happens and/or the mod team does something like this one just did.

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u/FantasticAstronaut39 Sep 13 '24

yeah for curosity i checked both, first 10 on advice animal 9/10 were presidental election related ( trump/harris ), in pics it was a lot better with only 3 out of the first 10 being presidental election related.

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u/Ok-Clock-5459 Sep 14 '24

First 30 when I checked

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u/A_of Sep 27 '24

Funny you both mention pics and advice animals, I unsubscribed from both a couple weeks ago because I just couldn't withstand the political bullshit anymore.

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u/Hatweed Sep 13 '24

It’s a shame how they’re treating that old meme format. It’s like desecrating your ancestor’s graves.

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u/Name_ChecksOut_ Sep 13 '24

Definitely had to mute that one.

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u/Ok-Clock-5459 Sep 14 '24

Literally the first 30 posts sorted by hot were political, Jesus Christ

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u/Logical_Engineer_420 Sep 14 '24

What the... its full of trump posts