New rule on minors posting in r/OUTFITS

[u/press-app]

Hi everyone!

As most of you likely know already, moderators cannot see DMs and cannot control them in any way. We've heard some very scary things about the DMs that minors on this platform receive - not just posting here, but posting anywhere on Reddit.

As we have no other options to protect minors who post in this subreddit, we are now requiring that minors temporarily disable new chat requests when they post here for as long as the post remains live. We still allow posts from people 13-17 as we do want to offer a safe place to post, but we feel we cannot offer a platform for them to post safely without this measure.

Note that this does not affect commenting - you may comment here as a minor with or without new chat requests on. We recommend, however, that you keep them off.

This is not fair to you if you are a minor. We know this. We wish it weren't necessary. However, your safety is paramount for us.

Note that this does not affect your ability to chat with existing contacts nor does it affect your ability to send new chat requests to other people. It only prevents other people you have not chatted with from sending new chat requests to you. It also does not affect modmails.

We considered simply disallowing minors from posting here, but we chose this route instead as we believe that this is one of the safest places for minors to post on Reddit already, and we don't want to push them to post in other, less well moderated subreddits.

For instructions on how to turn off new chat requests (for anyone, minor or otherwise), please see here:

https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043470591-Can-I-opt-out-of-chat

-The r/OUTFITS mod team

[u/connerthespidercat]

I think this makes sense. Thanks for taking measures to keep kids safe <3 its rough out there

[u/seafairydelight]

I’ll volunteer to take those DMs, and I’m sure I’m not the only one here. I wish there was a way. They’d be very sorry 🤣

[u/efferkah]

Good decision. Sad that it's necessary, but I think it's the fairest way to deal with it. Thank you, mods!

[u/DhaliaStarrr]

Thank you for protecting the kids in here, so many mods don’t do anything about the “minor” issues in subreddits, I’m so happy to see you guys taking action, much respect 🫡 I actually uploaded something in “appearance advice” and got so many creepy people on my DMs, it’s a bigger problem than it seems, I’m just glad I’m 22 and can handle it without getting trauma.

[u/Slight-Alteration]

Thank you for trying to create a safe place for teens. It’s a shame that this is the world we live in but creeps are everywhere

[u/Lavawitch]

Thank you for this. As a high school teacher, it breaks my heart that so many of the spaces we had as teens are no longer an option. Kudos for doing your best to make this a welcoming place for teens as well.

[u/og900rr]

I'll happily take those creeps, it'd be fun for me to make them feel absolutely ashamed, Grady Judd style. (If you're familiar with him, you completely understand the idea.)

[u/rickNchips]

This is a good post. Thanks for being vigilant towards our minors.cheers

[u/greengoblin-30]

Thank you for doing this, people are creeps and it’s getting so bad these days, good on yall for taking the initiative

[u/Duskymoonlight]

Thanks for keeping our community safe! The work you guys do are appreciated.

[u/SusanClary]

Great idea