TL DR: re-opening in restricted mode to let you know we're not opening up. Probably have rules like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/badphilosophy/comments/14fsbe3/this_is_rbadphilosophy_and_here_are_our_rules/

The sub shut down as part of the reddit blackout/API protest. I have decided that, similarly to our sister sub /r/badphilosophy, I will open in restricted mode. I am doing this because we have had an unprecedented level of interest in /r/badliterature in the last month now that the doors have closed. Rather than answer all the requests for access (to ancient posts, I guess), I'll just let people in to see what they were missing. Hey, the approved submitters and mods can still do badlit posts.

Moderation tools on mobile are still crap and accessibility remains not even a second thought, so the protest continues. Insert an obligatory comment here about /u/spez having been a mod of /r/jailbait.

I am not the best messenger for this change as people looking at my comment history can see that I've recently been commenting on Discworld. Well, it's a fair cop. Sorry for failing you all.

Wow. I haven't posted here in like 6 years, but I wanted to say that I love this community and that the discussions we had were so memorable. Even if we sometimes played with received opinions like children trying on their parents' clothing; but, anyway, that's a natural stage for precocious young people. Yeah, the Discord drama could be messy and memories of it stung for a while, but sweeter ones are all I can recall now.

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Love you guys

Hi to any poets within the group - the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest is now seeking hilarious and hilariously bad poems. Enter for free until April 1, 2022.

Contest details

• First prize: $2,000 and publication
• Fee: Free to enter
• Length: Up to 250 lines
• Deadline: April 1, 2022

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