Happy Holidays from the /r/dankmemes mods! Our first MODSGAY MONDAY starts 12/23!

Last month, we had an event for Thanksgiving that was very popular and we would like to make it a recurring thing.


Introducing...

Modsgay Monday

The 4th Monday of every month will be a 24 hour period (CST timezone) where we raise the karma threshold to 20k and mods are allowed to post about being mods.

It will be chaotic and fun, but also it may seem unfair to those of you who are new or do not have the karma to post that day.

Bad news, if you think that is unfair you will also really dislike what I'm about to tell you.

Starting Tuesday, our new karma threshold to be able to post in /r/dankmemes will be 5,000 link karma.

Do not despair though, we have a plan for getting around the threshold if you post original content.


Introducing also...

/r/SpecialSnowflake

We have created a subreddit for new accounts or people who can't seem to break through and make the 5k minimum but are still interested in participating by posting original content.

Our new threshold rules state 5k karma is necessary to post, however, users may post 5 original NEW memes to r/specialsnowflake to bypass the restriction. Do not post stuff you already posted somewhere else, do not repost content at all, only original content created specifically for this.

Posts will be tallied by a bot based on us flairing them in specialsnowflake. Removing a post removes it from your tally. 5 flaired posts equals approved submitter to dankmemes.

Only one flair counts per day. Posting 5 memes in 10 seconds will not get you into dankmemes any faster. Your posts must follow the rules of dankmemes to be counted.

Someone with a new account could bypass the threshold in five days if they are motivated. We hope that it increases the quality of /r/dankmemes to have some methods of letting OC makers in while sealing the place off to karmawhores who steal memes from other subs or instagram and post them here.


BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

People posting repost chains in dankmemes can be put into "reposter jail" which makes them subject to the same 5 oc memes requirement but this time the flairs will unban them from dankmemes instead of approve them. Depending on how this goes, we could maybe later on start using this method for other reposts but for now let's just focus on repost chains because they are so black and white.


TLDR

LET'S MAKE DANKMEMES THE BEST IT CAN BE

The ultimate goal here as it always has been is to make /r/dankmemes the primary source for original content memes on reddit and the internet in general. We have to make hard choices sometimes to keep it dank here but let's work together to make this subreddit the best ever.

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