Welcome to /r/BDSM, a hub for media and discussion. Read below for this community's guidelines.

Rule #1: 18+ only

• Anyone found to be under 18 will have their content removed and permanently banned from our subreddit family.
• Content of underage people are not allowed in ANY context. (pictures, videos, drawings, stories, etc.)

Rule #2: Submissions must clearly show/imply BDSM

• Generic porn or suggestive images without a clear BDSM theme will be removed.
• A title is not enough: generic "sexy" images with kinky keywords in the title will be removed

• Low effort content, memes, survey-results will be removed.

• Low effort content includes but is not limited to:

• generic "look at my body/body part" content

• generic "look at me in my underwear/outfit" content

• generic "look at me holding/wearing a sex toy" content

• generic "this is me looking at myself in a mirror" content

• generic "this is me making a funny face at the camera" content

• images that are too dark, too light, too blurry/out of focus, with too many effects filters, with too many distracting emojis

• No artwork or drawings

Rule #3: Be excellent to each other

• No name calling or personal attacks
• No homophobia, sexism, racism, bigotry of any kind.
• No explicit or implied threats.
• No doxxing/outing/name-dropping.
• No shaming people for their kinks (or lack thereof).

• No callout posts, naming and shaming people (Reddit users or otherwise).

• We welcome people from all walks of life, all genders, and identities here as long as you can conduct yourself with civility. Kinky roleplay is not the same as real life, respect each other.

Rule #4: No drama/baiting/trolling

• No MGTOW, TRP, incel, etc. type of content.
• No malicious baiting/trolling or purposefully inciting arguments.
• No purposefully inflammatory posts.
• No linking to posts or bringing up incidents from subreddits outside our subreddit family to complain about or brigade.

Rule #5: No advertising

• No spam/self promotion, repeat offenders will be banned.
• No linking to personal blogs, paid content, subscription sites, or other self-promotion
• No direct URL or QR code watermarks
• No advertising outside chat groups (kik, skype, discord, etc)
• No personal contact information (kik, skype, email, etc), no requesting/offering DM's
• Guidelines for self-promotion on reddit
• Personal ads belong in /r/BDSMpersonals
• Do not redirect users posting personal ads to /r/BDSMpersonals. Here is our explanation why

Rule #6: Text posts must prompt discussion

• Please include a question or discussion prompt in all text posts.
• Erotic stories (real or fictional) & creative writings belong in /r/BDSMerotica
• PSA's (public service announcements) are not allowed - Here is our explanation why
• Rants, vents, love letters, goodbye letters, shower thoughts are not allowed.

Rule #7: No surveys

• No academic/research survey posts
• No posting online survey results

Rule #8: All standard reddit rules apply

• Reddiquette
• Guidelines for self-promotion on reddit

Rule #9: Mods will use their discretion

• The /r/BDSM subreddit family mods will take things on a case by case basis and remove posts/comments and ban users at their discretion. We reserve the right to use our own judgment and ban anyone from the subreddit or entire subreddit family if we view you as being detrimental to the community, regardless of if you break any specifically stated rule.
• When the mods say to do something, stop something, or let something go, do it. If you have a concern you are free to send us a politely worded modmail, but arguing or being rude to the mods is a one way ticket to a permaban.

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