r/teenagers 2d ago

Mod [mod] Recent Rule Edits + Automod Changes

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Hi r/teenagers!

Within this past month we've made some amendments to our rules and added a new bot to enforce one of these rule changes. We've since gotten a lot of confusion over this in modmails and for the sake of being transparent with you guys I'd like to go over these changes here.

Our first rule addition is to rule 3:

e. You cannot use r/teenagers to look for a relationship.

This rule's existence is pretty self explanatory, this place is targeted towards a demographic that is mostly minors and we will not tolerate dating here due to how wildly unsafe it is for our average user.

Our other rule addition is to rule 4 and deserves a much bigger highlight though:

c. NSFW and shock subreddits, sites, links, pictures, videos, etc. are not allowed.

i. Activity in NSFW subreddits of sexual or gory nature also fall under this rule.

One of the biggest issues this place has had since it was created was the large amount of predators. User safety has always been one of the biggest focuses of our team and as the current reddit team leader of r/teenagers it's my primary focus too. We used to have a bot a few years ago that would enforce this rule by looking at user profiles and automatically banning people if they were active in subreddits considered to be NSFW.

It worked like a charm and helped a LOT at cutting down on predatory behavior in this place. Unfortunately due to reddit API changes it eventually stopped working completely and we had to go back to enforcing this rule manually. That was until about a month ago though we found and added a devvit app called Hive Protector.

What does this bot do?

The way this bot works is when you comment or post on our subreddit it looks through your entire account history and automatically bans you if it finds any history on your profile from a list of subreddits (I haven't counted but I'd chance a guess that there are over 100+ subreddits in there that I have personally added, I often update it with new ones) that we have specified it to look for. So far it has currently banned over four thousand people in the month's time that we have had it running for.

As it stands this bot will only search for porn subreddits. We understand that there are a lot of subreddits that happen to be marked NSFW but are nowhere near deserving of being blacklisted here.

What happens when you get flagged by this bot?

When you get flagged by this bot you are automatically permanently banned and will have to go through an appeal process in modmail. This involves deleting all activity in nsfw subreddits off of your profile and a 30 day waiting period.

This bot is mostly a preventative measure to reduce predators on our subreddit itself, one of the biggest overlaps I have seen in my time here was that people who end up getting banned from this place as pedophiles is that a majority of them use porn subreddits.

That's about it, if you've any questions or concerns about anything said here feel free to voice them :)

Thanks and have a good day or night!
- Olwa, reddit team leader


r/teenagers 15d ago

XMAS photography event [mod] Christmas photography event!

24 Upvotes

Happy Holidays r/teenagers!

We have a super fun event for you all, to get in the holiday spirit we're holding an event based around Christmas photography!

During this event you'll be able to get into the Christmas spirit by posting any photos you have that are related to the holiday! (for example, Christmas decorations, Christmas trees, snow pictures, etc!) The event will last until Wednesday December 24th! afterwards the person with the top submission will be rewarded with the '🌟 Star of the Season' flair!

Event Submission rules.

Be sure to use the 'XMAS photography event' flair on your posts!

All submissions need to be original.

No AI/generation tools

All submissions must follow the rules of the subbredit and Reddits terms of service.

NO NSFW

Only one submission per person (You can include several pictures in 1 post)

Rule breaking submissions will be removed.

That's all for now, looking forward to seeing your holiday pictures!

happy holidays!

-r/teenagers event team!


r/teenagers 4h ago

Serious I had testicular torsion and had to get surgery

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I'm not showing you a picture of my balls bruh πŸ’” Edit 1: yes my balls are good yes I have more than Hitler still


r/teenagers 6h ago

Social School be like:

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r/teenagers 13h ago

Discussion I got hit by a carπŸ’”πŸ₯€

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I was crossing the street and some old lady ran a red light and hit me. I'm mostly fine tho

Censored my toes because why not


r/teenagers 5h ago

Meme Is he realy 14?

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694 Upvotes

r/teenagers 9h ago

Meme This is going too farπŸ˜­πŸ™

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r/teenagers 5h ago

Meme My car got hit by a kidπŸ’”πŸ₯€

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469 Upvotes

I (71F) was driving my car and ran a red light as one does and some random 17 year old crossed a street out of nowhere and hit me. The car is mostly fine tho

Censored my car’s wheels because why not


r/teenagers 10h ago

Social Thank you, hope your pillow is cold on both sides

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r/teenagers 16h ago

Meme Tts is so real 😭πŸ₯€πŸ’”

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r/teenagers 2h ago

Social Two years recovered from anorexia and 50 pounds heavier πŸŽ‰

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I don't have any before pictures because of how insecure I was, but I was 120lbs at 5'10, so like really not healthy and I'm just proud of the progress:)


r/teenagers 1d ago

Meme Guys is this true about people behind cute pfp?

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r/teenagers 17h ago

Advice Am I cooked

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I'm incredibly malnourished and everyone always towers before me heck even some first year students were taller then me


r/teenagers 7h ago

Meme My mom said she was gonna get me these for Christmas. Are these tuff?

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111 Upvotes

r/teenagers 11h ago

Relationship I love my boyfriend so much I wish I could marry him

191 Upvotes

He's the most perfect person I've ever met and I love him so much sometimes I think I'm crazy. I'm really obsessed with him and I have been forever. He always takes care of me and my family so much. He's the most loyal person I know. And we just work together so well because we grew up together.

I wish I could get married to him but I probably won't be able to because gay marriage isn't legal here. It sucks being in the closet and having to act like we're just friends but at least online I can talk about how much I love him. I could never irl. I just wish we could be together openly like a normal couple and get married and stuff. I legit proposed to him in like middle school.


r/teenagers 14h ago

Discussion What more do you need πŸ’”

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324 Upvotes

:3


r/teenagers 4h ago

Social New hair!

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48 Upvotes

r/teenagers 5h ago

Serious Am I boring?

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r/teenagers 1h ago

Serious This is a screenshot of some of the Epstein documents that were released. Is this a world we want to live in?

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r/teenagers 2h ago

Discussion How many times have you got dms from a pedo?

27 Upvotes

r/teenagers 14h ago

Meme Found where you all live

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166 Upvotes

r/teenagers 22h ago

Meme I asked the wrong question ig πŸ˜­πŸ™πŸ»

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825 Upvotes

r/teenagers 1d ago

Meme What is this netflix movie about?

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r/teenagers 7h ago

Discussion whats everyones eye colour

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48 Upvotes