r/pokemongo / rules

Posting Requirements
- Why are we doing this?
Rule One: Politeness and the Reddiquette
Rule Two: Restricted content
Rule Three: Piracy and cheating
Rule Four: Self-promotion and exchanges

Removals are made at the moderators discretion. If you feel a post is removed in error, please message the mods and we can take another look!

Disclaimer: Please note that this list is not comprehensive. The /r/PokemonGo moderation team reserves the right to remove content or ban users any time, for breaking the rules of the subreddit

Posting Requirements

All submissions and comments from accounts less than 7 days old will be automatically removed. Additionally, all Comments require at least 10 comment karma, and all posts require at least 50 post karma. Award karma and combined karmas do not count.

Why are we doing this?

Simple!

This is a countermeasure to reduce spam, troll accounts, alt accounts, new users who join the subreddit and do not read the rules and hop in to submit a rulebreaking post among other things. This is an opportunity to browse the subreddit and take some time to familiarise yourself with our rules (especially Rule 3).

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/wiki/edit/rules#

Rule One: Politeness and the Reddiquette

1a: Politeness

Please be polite here, even when you are upset or disagreeing with someone

-Do not contact mods directly. Use modmail if you have an issue. It is creepy, and limits our ability to know what conversations are happening. If you contact a mod directly about a moderation action instead of modmail you will be banned.

Note that we do not expect you to just avoid being rude, but we expect you to try and actually be polite. Swearing is okay but there is a difference saying "Fuck you" and "Fuck my Dragonite ran"
Please do not post any NSFW, suggestive or otherwise explicit content

1b: Brigades and witchhunts

Please do not post any personal information or engage in brigading or witch hunting. Examples of brigading and witch hunting include:
"Give the app a n-Star rating"
"Everyone email/tweet/call/etc all these people who work for this company"
"Go request a refund"
"How come "insert name" isn't banned yet"

1c: Creepshots

Please don't post photos of individuals without their permission.
Photos of groups will be allowed either way, but it's still much better if everyone in the group was aware a photo was being taken.
We will not allow photos used to ridicule anyone, even in a group.
Do not in general be creepy when people post photos of themselves. This includes asking for more photos, hitting on them, asking where they are from, etc.

Rule Two: Restricted content

2a: Relevance

Submissions should be directly related to Pokémon GO, not just to Pokémon more broadly. In link submissions, this relationship must be both obvious and intentional in the linked content itself, not just in the title
Political posts must include something uniquely GO. Protest signs with items from the game, or your favorite mon in AR protesting alongside you for example. Please make every attempt to keep any political posts civil.
Please direct commentary and feedback about /r/pokemongo itself to modmail, rather than posting about it on the subreddit. We can address it more quickly and effectively that way

2b: Screenshots and Media

Rule 2b has been revised to allow all OC (orginal not repost) Pokémon GO related images. All image submissions must be OC This includes screenshots, AR images, art related directly to Go, memes that use Go image assets, photos of Go related events such as GOFest, Raid groups, community day gatherings etc. Flairs are now required for all posts, and we request you use the proper flair for image posts. Here is a post what flairs are for what images

2c: Image macro memes

Image macro memes submitted here must use Pokémon GO assets and be OC. Other macros, including those based on existing macros unrelated to Pokémon GO, will be removed. Examples: Ok post and not ok post

2d: Link and image submission limits

In the interest of promoting quality submissions and discussion, please avoid posting any of the following link submissions:
Links to livestreams or Let's Play videos
Posts made primarily to leave a basic complaint rather than generate discussion (please use the Dear Niantic Thread)
Posts for which an active megathread exists—for example, simple questions should be posted in the Newbie megathread and not as their own submissions

2e: Text submission limits

In the interest of promoting quality submissions and discussion, please avoid posting any of the following text submissions:
One-liner text posts/short jokes
Posts made primarily to leave a basic complaint rather than generate discussion (please use the Dear Niantic Thread)
Posts for which an active megathread exists—for example, simple questions should be posted in the Newbie megathread, and complaints in the Dear Niantic thread

2f: Trainer Codes/ Trading request posts/ Remote raid request

In the interest of promoting quality submissions and discussion, please avoid posting any of the following text submissions:
Posts requesting trades. If this is what you want to do, please visit /r/pokemongotrades.
Posts requesting trainer codes or engage in friend code related activities. If this is what you want to do, please use /r/pokemongofriends.
Posts requesting remote raids please use /r/pokemongoraids or /r/pokemongofriends
Posts requesting Vivillon gifts please use /r/VivillonCollectors

Rule Three: Piracy and cheating

What is not allowed

We do not tolerate any form of piracy, or cheating. THIS INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITIES DEDICATED TO CHEATING OR TRADING FOR EXAMPLE, BANS FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE PERMANENT!!! (e.g. spoofing, flying, trading past the distance limit, ...)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Breaking this rule will result in an immediate ban from the subreddit without a warning.

Cheating: as defined by Niantic's Trainer Guidelines.

Examples include but are not limited to:

Direct links to or naming third-party application/services that violate the ToS breaking (i.e. spoofing tools and automated/botted scanner maps).

Tutorial videos showing how to bot/hack/spoof or posts asking about these methods e.g. "How can I setup a bot?"

A text post describing similar tricks to those listed above

Any form of post/comment promoting cheating strategies, such as automating gameplay or faking any aspect of the game mechanics, or belittling people for not using them

Any form of post/comment asking for cheats or offering or asking for users to go to gyms/raids to help take them down

Screenshots or videos of 3rd party applications in use (includes but is not limited to spoofing tools, maps, bots etc.).

Sharing Coordinates. This is a global subreddit, and the majority of people utilizing coordinates are cheaters.

Advocating cheating: posting or commenting in a way that would encourage others to cheat (even if you don't cheat yourself) Advocating includes comments such as but not limited to, spoofing is good because x reason, go make a second account, share your account with your friend so he can trade, I use to cheat, etc.

What is allowed

Accessories: if Niantic cleared it on this page it is allowed, if not refer to the other bullet points within this whole section to determine whether it would be allowed or not.
Discussion: the bread and butter of Reddit

Examples of allowed discussions under Rule Three include:

Discussion of cheating methods without advocating them or naming any in particular, e.g. "What do you think about Niantic taking down trackers and scanners?"

Discussing and describing exploits originating from GO itself, e.g. Gym Egg bugs

Sharing and discussion of tools for getting around the game's jailbreak/root checks, as long as it is not for the purpose of cheating

Discussing information found by others in the apk file or game_master, as long as it is not for the purpose of cheating

What is borderline

If you are not sure whether your post/comment would break rule 3, please modmail us and ask for a clarification.

Why this rule

To be frank we don’t want to promote anything that currently causes account bans(we know people like to talk about IV checkers, so we'll allow them. Though be warned, there's no guarantee that they won't trigger a suspension).

We aren’t Niantic and we don’t know how they operate (they said they hated spoofers, but took nearly 2 years to actually do some kind of punishment), so we’d hate it if something that we allowed conversation or promotion of, caused our users to lose access to their accounts. So again, be careful with what you do as you could still get banned for using things that a majority of the community uses.

Using this approach helps us ensure equality and consistency with our moderation while hopefully also allowing you to feel less restricted with what content you can discuss.

Rule Four: Self-promotion and exchanges

4a: Spam

Please do not spam

4b: Self-promotion

Please limit links to websites or accounts you control, such as Instagram or store pages, to one link per OC submission
OC submissions include original artwork and other original media. OC does not include screenshots

4c: Exchange threads

Please do not post threads to trade or exchange anything here. This includes:
Posting affiliate or referral links
Begging of any kind
Personal/third party selling of any kind

4d: AMAs, Surveys, and Giveaways

Any AMA, Survey or giveaway hosts must contact the mods for verification prior to submitting

4e: Discord, Facebook, Telegram and similar links

Please ask permission before posting links to group servers