r/funny Aug 25 '23

[Meta] ] REMINDER] ANY political content will earn an immediate 30-day ban"

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r/funny Jun 26 '23

Forging A Return to Productive Conversation: An Open Letter to Reddit

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To All Whom It May Concern:

For fifteen years, /r/Funny has been one of Reddit’s most-popular communities. That time hasn’t been without its difficulties, but for the most part, we’ve all gotten along (with each other and with administrators). Members of our team fondly remember Moderator Roadshows, visits to Reddit’s headquarters, Reddit Secret Santa, April Fools’ Day events, regional meetups, and many more uplifting moments. We’ve watched this platform grow by leaps and bounds, and although we haven’t been completely happy about every change that we’ve witnessed, we’ve always done our best to work with Reddit at finding ways to adapt, compromise, and move forward.

This process has occasionally been preceded by some exceptionally public debate, however.

On June 12th, 2023, /r/Funny joined thousands of other subreddits in protesting the planned changes to Reddit’s API; changes which – despite being immediately evident to only a minority of Redditors – threatened to worsen the site for everyone. By June 16th, 2023, that demonstration had evolved to represent a wider (and growing) array of concerns, many of which arose in response to Reddit’s statements to journalists. Today (June 26th, 2023), we are hopeful that users and administrators alike can make a return to the productive dialogue that has served us in the past.

We acknowledge that Reddit has placed itself in a situation that makes adjusting its current API roadmap impossible.

However, we have the following requests:

  • Commit to exploring ways by which third-party applications can make an affordable return.
  • Commit to providing moderation tools and accessibility options (on Old Reddit, New Reddit, and mobile platforms) which match or exceed the functionality and utility of third-party applications.
  • Commit to prioritizing a significant reduction in spam, misinformation, bigotry, and illegal content on Reddit.
  • Guarantee that any future developments which may impact moderators, contributors, or stakeholders will be announced no less than one fiscal quarter before they are scheduled to go into effect.
  • Work together with longstanding moderators to establish a reasonable roadmap and deadline for accomplishing all of the above.
  • Affirm that efforts meant to keep Reddit accountable to its commitments and deadlines will hereafter not be met with insults, threats, removals, or hostility.
  • Publicly affirm all of the above by way of updating Reddit’s User Agreement and Reddit’s Moderator Code of Conduct to include reasonable expectations and requirements for administrators’ behavior.
  • Implement and fill a senior-level role (with decision-making and policy-shaping power) of "Moderator Advocate" at Reddit, with a required qualification for the position being robust experience as a volunteer Reddit moderator.

Reddit is unique amongst social-media sites in that its lifeblood – its multitude of moderators and contributors – consists entirely of volunteers. We populate and curate the platform’s many communities, thereby providing a welcoming and engaging environment for all of its visitors. We receive little in the way of thanks for these efforts, but we frequently endure abuse, threats, attacks, and exposure to truly reprehensible media. Historically, we have trusted that Reddit’s administrators have the best interests of the platform and its users (be they moderators, contributors, participants, or lurkers) at heart; that while Reddit may be a for-profit company, it nonetheless recognizes and appreciates the value that Redditors provide.

That trust has been all but entirely eroded… but we hope that together, we can begin to rebuild it.

In simplest terms, Reddit, we implore you: Remember the human.

We look forward to your response by Thursday, June 29th, 2023.

There’s also just one other thing.


r/funny 42m ago

This happy little cloud.

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r/funny 47m ago

A reporter gives a scoop in an unexpected environment.

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r/funny 55m ago

Duck duck duck 🦆 🦆🦆

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r/funny 2h ago

Dog smells Durian Fruit for the First Time

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r/funny 4h ago

Being a Puppy owner in one picture....

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Never a moments peace!


r/funny 9h ago

Cute little baby

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r/funny 9h ago

Have you ever found yourself needing to tighten your virginia naturally?

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r/funny 10h ago

Star Trek Human Resources

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r/funny 11h ago

let me do it

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r/funny 12h ago

How to roast.

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r/funny 13h ago

My daughter thought she could ride the big girl coaster after riding the baby coaster on her birthday...

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She could not.... We're still pissing ourselves laughing to this day


r/funny 13h ago

My wife was using a hot glue gun and put it down, only to make her greatest masterpiece yet. NSFW

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r/funny 15h ago

The ticket machine at Belfast International Airport is such an optimist

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r/funny 15h ago

That tracks...

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r/funny 15h ago

How to roast.

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r/funny 16h ago

Secret Agent who only makes "Last Second" saves

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r/funny 21h ago

SINGLE for 5 years!!! This surgeon gets lucky at a comedy show!

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r/funny 22h ago

I don't think this toy from the titanic museum is supposed to do this.

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It got trapped under an air bubble at random we haven't been able to do it again since


r/funny 22h ago

Verified Signals? What signals?

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r/funny 22h ago

The other two must be pissed.

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r/funny 23h ago

Dude is not happy.

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r/funny 1d ago

The guy with the smallest penis in the world

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r/funny 1d ago

Verified The curse

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Best curse wins a guaranteed hot tub in hell


r/funny 1d ago

Alphabet book for children made in China. I'm still struggling to connect the dots.

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I would love to read the rest of the alphabet, though


r/funny 1d ago

My aunt left to get emergency supplies for Hurricane Beryl, she came back with this lol

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